Friday, March 13

COVID-19 LOCAL IMPACT

• Pritzker Announces Two-Week Statewide School Closure to Minimize COVID-19 Spread
  Additional Economic Measures to Reduce Burden on Illinois Families

• IHSA Cancels Remaining Winter State Tournaments Over COVID-19 Pandemic

• Heartland Community College extends Spring Break through March 20

• Land of Lincoln Honor Flight for April 7th to be postponed due to covid-19 concerns for elderly

• State of Illinois and City of Chicago Issue New Guidance to Minimize COVID-19 Spread

• Illinois State Athletics Spring Sports Suspended Until March 30

• Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, Springfield closes to protect public health
  Research services still offered online and by phone

• Illinois State Museum Takes Precautions to Prevent Spread of COVID-19
  Programming suspended through April 10; museum and branch facilities will remain open

LOCAL TOP STORIES

• Downtown Lincoln business owners bring unity and small town friendly feel to the heart of the city

• Hilltop Tree Huggers encourage tree planting in Mount Pulaski

• Tyler Miller recognized as District FFA Proficiency Winner

• U of I Extension
  Fishing for Omega-3's During Lent

Thursday, March 12

• CORONAVIRUS LOCAL IMPACT

  • IHSA announces tournament updates related to COVID-19 : Lincoln Sectional Final ticket sales suspended

  • IESA Coronavirus update:
    State Wrestling canceled
    State Seventh Grade Volleyball in limbo
    Music events to the discretion of local health authorities and schools

  • Logan County Department of Public Health working with IDPH and CDC to protect local communities from Coronavirus

  • The Christian Village prepares for possible cases of Coronavirus
    Visitors to the facility will be limited for the time being

  • State of Illinois Daily COVID-19 Briefing – 25 Cases
    World Health Organization Declares COVID-19 Pandemic

  • CDC to Award Illinois $14,667,281 in Support of COVID-19 Response

  • Pritzker Administration to Provide Unemployment Benefits to Workers Impacted by Coronavirus
    Benefits to cover workers without access to paid sick leave impacted by COVID-19

• Lincoln Park District offers "ideas” for the future of city parks to the City Council

• Charles Morris named March LTEC Student of the Month

• Illinois Route 66 Scenic Byway announces new executive director

Wednesday, March 11

• Logan County Department of Public Health
  It's National Groundwater Awareness Week

• Olympia FFA has three recognized as Section 9 FFA Proficiency winners

• Forty-Six Local Students Receive Honors at Lincoln College
  List Includes Fourteen with Perfect 4.0 GPA

• Crime Stoppers accepting applications for 2020 scholarships

• Memorial Medical Center Earns Highest National Designation for Comprehensive Stroke Center

• Free Tax Preparation Assistance Available Throughout Illinois

Tuesday, March 10

• Lincoln City Council
  Tuesday, March 10, 2020 Committee of the Whole meeting agenda - Pdf

• Renowned organist and educator Dr. Paula Romanaux shares quest to find Carnegie organs

  • Romanaux visits Elkhart Christian Church - Album

• Logan County All Hazards Mitigation Plan Public Forum March 26th
  Public invited to review and comment on plan

• Mount Pulaski announces 2020 landscape waste pick-up dates

• Pritzker Issues Disaster Proclamation to Build on State’s COVID-19 Response, Unlock Additional Federal Resources
  Proclamation Formalizes Emergency Procedures Currently Underway Across State Government, Makes New Resources Available

• Roosevelt University student from Lincoln selected for 2020 Al Golin Fellowship

• Kiwanis Club of Lincoln hosts third annual Golf Outing

• Born female, lived as a man: A fascinating story of the Civil War
  Albert Cashier to be focus of History Forum on March 12

Monday, March 9

• Two Peoria men arrested for thefts from Lincoln gun store

• Logan county Republican debate brings out the best in the candidates

• Solar company would like Logan County’s Enterprise Zone for construction phase

• Young Artists featured in the March exhibit by Logan County Arts and Lincoln Art Institute
  Artist reception Thursday evening

• Lincoln Community High School District 404
  Notice of Special Board Meeting, Monday, March 9, 2020 - Pdf

• U of I College of ACES
  Corn productivity in real time: Satellites, field cameras, and farmers team up