Monday, Oct. 27:

• Lincoln to support Pontiac's opposition to prison closing

• Freeze warning in effect for central and southeast Illinois overnight and early Tuesday morning

• Logan County Chamber to host Junior Achievement event
  In conjunction with Eaton and Wal-Mart

• Halloween safety tips from state public health director

• Police reports

• Fall leaf management
  By John Fulton

• Lincoln College soccer playoff results

• Lincoln College volleyball ends regular season with 2 wins

• AP news

Saturday, Oct. 25:

• Lincoln College Museum changes name

• City briefs: Future of volunteer work cleared; Fifth Street Road progress; Comcast channel lineup changes

• Lincoln College announces more scholarships

• Proposal designed to protect borrowers from predatory lending practices

• Brady named 'Champion of Free Enterprise' by state chamber of commerce

• Local help available on Medicare Part D and Illinois Cares Rx

• Marriages

• Dissolutions

• Sheley promoted on Farm Credit team

• Letter: Time for a realistic approach rather than more promissory rhetoric from mayoral candidate Pat O'Neill

• YMCA notes

• Laura on Life: Be prepared

• Home Country (column)

• Angels' win streak snapped

• AP news

Friday, Oct. 24:

• Lincoln observing fire prevention throughout the month of October
  Tips to protect property and lives
  Lincoln leaves and leaf burning
  Area businesses help with fire prevention measures

• Mitchell pushes for photo ID requirement for voters

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum offers half-price admission

• Memorial signs along state roadways approved
  1st official marker installed to honor DUI crash victim

• Close Up: VFW Men's Auxiliary, Head Start, Lincoln College, 4-H Achievement Night, ALMH pumpkin decorating contest in Close Up
  By Mike Fak

• Want to help? Spread the word

• Police reports

• Honeybees help Illinois' top pumpkin crop

• Letters:

• Lincoln Bicentennial Commission says thank you

• 'Dear Lincolnites at heart'

• Please help return family valuables

• LCC remains No. 2

• AP news

Thursday, Oct. 23:

• Fire ravages Elkhart homes

• County passes general fund and individual fund levies
  Health department levy takes cut

• Funk to assume judgeship in December

• ALMH's annual Light Up A Life campaign begins

• Lincoln's leaf pickup program scheduled

• Marriages

• A walk through the Old Testament

• After-school tutoring available

• Red, White & True Mysteries: Transplanted Texan's name not synonymous with his many careers

• Logan Lanes:

  • Logan Lassies

  • Tuesday Super Trios

• Angels win in 5

• AP news

Wednesday, Oct. 22:

• Fire ravages Elkhart homes

• County passes general fund and individual fund levies
  Health department levy takes cut

• New Lincoln billboard ordinance passed
  Signs ordinance under way

• Bomke encourages Illinois families to enroll in College Illinois

• Abraham Lincoln Association offers 2009 Lincoln Bicentennial calendar

• Farmers market grant program for next year

• Police reports

• CMT's laboratory manager celebrates 35th anniversary

• Oasis notes

• Letter: We got change in 2006

• Harvest of Talents: Thank you, Lincoln and Logan County!

• Book Look: 'Say Daddy!'

• Laura on Life: Teacher vs. Mom

• Jamie McFadden named a national player of the week

• Lincoln College volleyball

• AP news

Tuesday, Oct. 21:

• City passes new sewer rates
  Mayor announces new city website on display

• Recycle those computers and save our landfill space

• Vonderlieth nursing care spans 35 years

• Police department releases photos of armed robbery suspect

• Close Up: Lincoln Military Family Group, Humane Society, blood drive, Harvest of Talents, Holy Family Parish and Vonderlieth in Close Up
  By Mike Fak

• Police reports

• Weekly Outlook: Don't panic

• This week's 'Viewpoint' guest

• ZLS winners at speech contest

• August-September food inspection scores

• Logan Lanes: American Bowling League

• AP news

Monday, Oct. 20:

• Turner to run for Ward 4 council seat

• Flu season reminder

• Historic buildings link past, present and future

• Recall information

• Police reports

• Fall and winter rose care
  By John Fulton

• Zion Lady Eagles win tournament

• Angels win St. Louis tournament

• Lincoln College volleyball

• AP news

Saturday, Oct. 18:

• Logan County Department of Public Health administrator: Smoking scofflaws could lose liquor or food licenses

• City briefs: Roof repair funds received
  Letter claims local bars not complying with 'no smoking' law

• Lincoln confronts slavery issue before massive throng on the square
  Dateline: Oct. 16, 1858 / Oct. 16, 2008

• National economic slowdown continues to weigh on Illinois labor market

• Laura on Life: False alarms

• Home Country (column)

• AP news

Friday, Oct. 17:

• Lincoln confronts slavery issue before massive throng on the square
  Dateline: Oct. 16, 1858 / Oct. 16, 2008

• Historic day in our new city
  Mr. A. Lincoln delivers a speech to 5,000 strong
  (pictorial)

• City assists in west-side business development
  Negotiates sewer line agreement to help build assisted-living facility

• City's website options debated

• New Illinois website for volunteers

• IDOT offers $7,000-a-year scholarships for civil engineers

• Our military, Zion Lutheran Scouts, YMCA and Harvest of Talents, quarter midget racers, and Humane Society in Close Up
  By Mike Fak

• Police reports

• Marriages

• Financial crisis and agriculture

• LCC Angels ranked 2nd in nation

• AP news

Thursday, Oct. 16:

• Germanfest this weekend
  10th year -- family time, German food, polka music

• Graue Inc. to unveil new vehicle sales website

• LCHS College and Career Night this evening

• More scholarships announced at Lincoln College

• Police reports

• Red, White & True Mysteries: Who is buried in Grant's tomb?

• Logan Lanes: Logan Lassies

• LCC Angels win 3 straight

• AP news

Wednesday, Oct. 15:

• Illinois receives $3.4 million to improve rail switch stations
  More on-time, faster and smoother travel for Lincoln Service

• Setting the stage for re-enactment speech on Thursday

• Volunteers needed to help Indiana flood victims

• Deer hunter safety stressed

• IDOT cautions motorists during deer season

• Police reports

• 4-H International Night

• New relationships and single sexuality are divorce group's topics

• Oasis notes

• Letter: Thanks to Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission

• Laura on Life: People will talk

• Logan Lanes: American Bowling League

• AP news

Tuesday, Oct. 14:

• The constant companion revisited
  'I'm still me' -- Michelle Conrady-Brown

• Community to walk this Saturday in honor of Michelle

• 4-H Find Out Party this Saturday

• Water main flushing program in Mount Pulaski

• Illinois joins American Diploma Project

• The Mill, Olivia Graue and Zippy, Brad Miller, Holly Woodhall, and park district all in Close Up
  By Mike Fak

• Police reports

• Weekly Outlook: Corn and soybean prices

• This week's 'Viewpoint' guest

• Logan Lanes: Split 'n' Gutter League

• AP news

Monday, Oct. 13:

• WSEC/PBS Springfield airs 'Lincoln Stories'
  Logan County segment re-airing tonight at 6:30

• Senate GOP Caucus criticizes governor
  Claims disregard of important legislation

• Genetic testing for breast and ovarian cancer for women on Medicaid authorized

• Recall information

• An explanation of fall color
  By John Fulton

• Laura on Life: Alarming clocks

• AP news

Saturday, Oct. 11:

• Police searching for armed robbery suspect

  • Artist's sketch

• Sen. Brady: Governor is circumventing legislature again

• Walgreens joins in Breast and Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

• Governor asks feds to help states facing credit and budget crises

• Internet advertising isn't the wave of the future. Its time is now

• O'Neill welcomes Snyder to mayor's race
  Proposes city manager handle city finances

• Letter: Gearing up for Abe's rally-speech

• YMCA Exchange (column)

• Home Country (column)

• AP news

Friday, Oct. 10:

• 'Attention Citizens of Logan County: Show Your Support for Ole Abe'
  Join the rally at the courthouse for Lincoln, the candidate

• Farm Credit's 'Meals in the Fields' another success

• 'Looking for Your Lincoln Hero' essay and art contest

• Middletown, Kroger, Kiwanis, Chestnut School, Genealogical Society and Writers Club in Close Up
  By Mike Fak

• Police reports

• Drying, storing costs rise

• Value is relative

• Angels go to 14-7

• AP news

Thursday, Oct. 9:

• Local graphics business moves over a little, expands a lot

• City: Make your budget changes now
  Lincoln sewer rates expected to increase Nov. 1

• Lincoln College announces more scholarships

• Lincoln College instructor and board members to receive state's top honor

• 4-H window display contest results

• Reminder: Lincoln's Jennifer Sydney on 'Grey's Anatomy' tonight at 8

• Marriages

• 'Green' dairy production

• Value is relative

• Red, White & True Mysteries: The last major invention of the alphabet has a few twists to it

• Mutterings: A 'Wicked' weekend
  By Jeff Mayfield

• AP news

Wednesday, Oct. 8:

• Lincoln College instructor and board members to receive state's top honor

• Governor's comments on award winners

• Windemere Estates drops income restrictions on affordable housing

• City briefs: Committee completes new billboard regulations
  Next up: signs
  Letter: Comcast programs need to be made affordable again

• Lincoln Presidential Museum wins 2008 EXPY Award

• U.S. dairy products safe

• Divorce seminar answers tough questions

• Book Look: 'Rock and Roll Cage Match'

• Laura on Life: No water in the glass

• Logan Lanes:

  • Logan Lassies

  • Split 'n' Gutter

  • Tuesday Super Trios

• AP news

Tuesday, Oct. 7:

• Community finds Bonanza at local eatery

• Lincoln College Museum changes name

• Reminder: Today is last day to register for Nov. 4 election

• New law protects the rights of victims of domestic and sexual violence

• VFW, LCCS, park district, Habitat, Zonta and Little Lambs all in Close Up
  By Mike Fak

• Weekly Outlook: Crop demand

• Police reports

• This week's 'Viewpoint' guest

• LCC soccer

• AP news

Monday, Oct. 6:

• The most common questions we get from readers
  And what the answers are

• A hauntingly familiar task
  Jaycees prepare for this year's haunted house

• Oct. 5-11: Fire Prevention Week

• Online safety refresher course for Illinois hunters

• 153,000 Illinois low-income seniors, veterans still haven't filed for economic stimulus checks

• Recall information

• Police reports

• Planting spring bulbs and diagnosing tree decline
  By John Fulton

• LCC presents annual James D. Strauss Lectures with C. Christopher Hook, M.D.

• Volleyball: Lincoln Christian College at Millikin Invitational

• AP news

Saturday, Oct. 4:

• Scholarship news from Lincoln College

• Menard County joins efforts to coordinate transportation

• New laws to protect children from online exploitation

• Family caregiver services available at Oasis

• YMCA notes:

• Lincoln Area YMCA partners with youth sponsors and supporters

• Y Run results

• YMCA Exchange (column)

• Laura on Life: Procrastination and flying arachnids

• Home Country (column)

• AP news