Saturday, September 28

• Crowd enjoys rain or shine ALMH Run/Walk

• Third Annual Drones in the Heartland Conference to be held October 11

• 2019 Fall Home & Garden Video Magazine Special Feature
  New technology for cooking

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  Buck hunting the Amish way

• Pansies Add Color and Interest to Every Occasion
  By Melinda Myers

• IDNR Announces State and Federal Sites to be Open for 2019 Youth Waterfowl Hunting Seasons
  Youth Hunt Weekends Precede Start of Regular Waterfowl Seasons in Each Zone

• Illinois awarded $4.5 million in federal funding to improve Medicaid substance use disorder treatment
  State is one of 15 receiving funds for enhancing behavioral health care

• Twenty-first history conference for the 21st state
  Conference on Illinois History explores the state’s legacy Oct. 3-4 at Lincoln Presidential Library

Friday, September 27

• Boy Scout Troop 1102 awards five new Eagle Scouts - Elijah Burton, Evan Derrick, David Papach, Zachary Smith and William Trent

• Free Workshop for High School Students Interested in Business
  Lincoln College hosting second annual “Taking Care of Business” Workshop

• Isabella Wade named September Senior of the Month at Mount Pulaski High School

• 2019 Fall Home & Garden Video Magazine Special Feature
  2019 Fall Home and Garden video magazine "The tools that make the job"

• Palmer amaranth’s molecular secrets reveal troubling potential

• Breast Cancer Support Group to Discuss Cancer Treatment Plans

• IDHS Launches New Video Campaign to Promote Illinois Helpline for Opioids and Other Substances
  Illinois shares stories of hope and recovery for individuals suffering from substance use disorder

• Pritzker Announces Appointments to ALPLM, Workers Compensation Boards
  Ray LaHood and Kathryn Harris appointed to Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum Board of Directors

• Job applicants can no longer be asked for wage history
  A change in state law effective September 29 prohibits requesting past salary information

Thursday, September 26

• Atlanta Ag 4-H bakes cookies for fall festival auction - Album

• Lincoln Woman's Club gathering donations for Operation Santa
  Support our troops on October 2nd

• Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois announces October 1st start of LIHEAP Winter Energy Assistance Program

• Community Foundation offers grant opportunities for 2020
  Children and Youth focus of fall grant cycle

• Tips for Planting Blubs This Fall

• Most of Illinois has warmer, drier soils in mid-September

• Illinois Fall Trout Season Opens October 19
  Early Catch-and-Release Opportunity Opens October 5 at select sites*

• Endangered Species Protection Board to Conduct Public Hearing on Proposed List Changes

Wednesday, September 25

• Donath restoring newly found 19th century Lincoln newspaper collection

• Olympia FFA takes fourth at State Horse Judging

• Lincoln Heritage Museum Grand Soirée
  Black-Tie Optional Event Celebrates the life and legacy of Abraham Lincoln

• The Center for Creativity & Community to host Drumming Circle

• ALMH Offers Free Prenatal Classes Sunday

• AmeriCorps Funds Now Available from Serve Illinois
  Grants designed to improve and strengthen Illinois communities

• The movies of World War II: Fact vs. fiction
  Lincoln Presidential Library compares Hollywood war movies to the reality of the battlefield Sept. 26

Tuesday, September 24

• Whitney Hill Wind Farm owners answer to over a quarter million dollars in accumulating fines

• Lincoln City Council
  Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Committee of the Whole meeting agenda - pdf

• Deer Creek Bridge Project on Primm Road moving along nicely
  County Engineer hopes for good fall weather

• Chester-East Lincoln Consolidated District 61
  Tuesday, September 24, 2019 Board of Education meeting agenda - pdf

• Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Festival

  • Railsplitter Festival turns out a little wet, but still wonderful

  • Results of the 2019 Abraham Lincoln Railsplitting Contests

  • Junior Crosscut Saw Contest - slideshow

  • Traditional Crosscut Saw Contest - slideshow

  • Non-traditional Crosscut Saw Competition - slideshow

  • Womens Firewood Splitting Contest - slideshow

  • Amateur Railsplitting Contest - slideshow

  • Team Railsplitting Competition - slideshow

  • Adult Corn Shelling Contest & Junior Corn Shelling - slideshow

  • National Railsplitting Competition - slideshow

  • Something for everyone at the festival - slideshow

  • Fun and games pioneer style - slideshow

  • Did we see you there? - slideshow

• Atlanta Quilt Corner raises $800 for Atlanta Memorial House

• Rademaker Meet & Greet Thursday evening
  Meet the Candidate for Logan County Circuit Court Clerk