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Thursday, October 16

• Lincoln City Council
  Lincoln Council weighs 2026 Work Camp support, food-truck process, LED upgrade, Tasers, and Depot lease

• Logan County Board
  October Finance Meeting

• Randy Lane recipient of Veteran Tiny Home No. Nine; CIVC hosts dedication ceremony

  • CIVC Veteran Tiny Home Dedication - Slideshow

• SPECIAL FEATURE
  New ACS Study: Number of Cancer Survivors in the U.S. Reaches 18.6 Million — Projected to Exceed 22 Million by 2035

• Lincoln Rotary fundraiser today at Culver's 5 - 8 p.m.

• 2026-27 FAFSA workshops at Heartland Community College

• Department on Aging Offers Free Help to Make Medicare Open Enrollment Decisions

• Logan County Parks Coalition invites community to smash, splash, and compost their pumpkins this November

Local Sports
High School Volleyball

• Mount Pulaski sweeps Midwest Central

High School Soccer

• Railers host Meridian on Kick Cancer/Senior Night

High School Football

• Silkowski looks back at top wins during tenure as LCHS head football coach

• LCHS Head Football Coach discusses the top 5 wins of his career - Video

• 2025 Paint the Paper PINK

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Wednesday, October 15

• Calvin Aukamp’s Eagle Scout project building a Gaga ball pit

• Logan County Parks Coalition invites community to smash, splash, and compost their pumpkins this November

• City of Mt. Pulaski 2025 Leaf Collection Program - PDF

• SPECIAL FEATURE
  New ACS Study: Number of Cancer Survivors in the U.S. Reaches 18.6 Million — Projected to Exceed 22 Million by 2035

Local Sports
High School Volleyball

• Lincoln defeats SHG on Kill Cancer Night
  $5,000 raised for classmate Lexy Boyer

• Cross becomes all-time assist leader as Stags sweep Springfield Lutheran

High School Football

• Silkowski to step down as Railer football coach, looks back at 10-year tenure at LCHS

• 2025 Paint the Paper PINK

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Tuesday, October 14

• Lincoln City Council
  Tuesday, October 14, 2025 Committee of the Whole Meeting Agenda - PDF
  Meeting start time moved to 7 p.m.

• Senator Sally Turner to host Community Blood Drive with ImpactLife Friday, October 31

• “Lincoln Heritage Museum hosts presentation of Peoria abolitionist Lucy Pettengill

• Illinois FOP Corrections Lodge 263 calls for accountability and demands immediate removal of IDOC Acting Director Latoya Hughes

• Neal Stimpert, EVP/CEP of Atlanta National Bank, re-elected as group director of the Community Bankers Association of Illinois (CBAI)

• SPECIAL FEATURE
  New ACS Study: Number of Cancer Survivors in the U.S. Reaches 18.6 Million — Projected to Exceed 22 Million by 2035

Local Sports
High School Volleyball

• Mount Pulaski gets past Lanphier

Lincoln Speedway

• Snell spectacular and Dodgers barely hold on in 9th to beat Brewers 2-1 in NLCS opener

• 2025 Paint the Paper PINK

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Monday, October 13

• Dolan Dalpoas named Memorial Health Chief Community Impact and Philanthropy Officer

• Illinois art contest invites students to let their imaginations run wild

• Lincoln Street Dept.
  Press release - Union Street closure

• “Dress Up the Dog”at Gail’s Pumpkin Patch

• SPECIAL FEATURE
  Cindy Good: Cancer means asking for help when you need it

Local Sports
High School Volleyball

• Hartsburg-Emden Stags win Quincy Invitational
  Briggs, Cross and Eeten make all-tournament and Briggs is the tournament MVP

• 2025 Paint the Paper PINK

• 2025 Fall Home Improvement

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