Lincoln News

T he Mount Pulaski and Postville courthouses each hosted special open houses Saturday in honor of the beloved 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln.

Sydney Loeffler, 4, was one of the children who played piano for visitors to the open house at Montessori Children's House of Lincoln on Tuesday night.

A live theatrical show, "The Water Pirates of Neverland," will be presented to elementary students in Lincoln this month.

I t was brisk and below freezing, yet Thursday's sun-filled morning brought a hardy and cheery crowd to an outdoor news conference.

12, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Knights of Columbus Hall in Lincoln. The meal includes spaghetti and meat sauce, salad, garlic bread, dessert, and drink.

W ith a memorial service on Sunday, friends and family plan to celebrate the lives of four teens killed four years ago.

I n a news conference this morning at the new site for Aldi, 2500 Woodlawn, the Lincoln & Logan County Development Partnership announced the implementation phase of the Logan County Economic Development Master Plan.

B randon Umphrey has been promoted to the newly created position of associate director of admissions for the undergraduate admissions office at Lincoln Christian University.

For Lincoln's Birthday weekend, the "Big Three," the state of Illinois' most significant original Abraham Lincoln documents, will be on display together for the first time in three years in the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum's Treasures Gallery, starting Thursday and continuing through Monday.

C lasses at Washington-Monroe will have guests today when local and state officials visit to conduct earthquake drills for the Great Central U.S ShakeOut.

Humane Society soup luncheon, Cumberland Presbyterian dinner concert, Hartem FFA notes, 4-H Foundation spaghetti meal, FAFSA workshop, rummage sale by Jaycees, caregiver program at Vonderlieth, Zion honor roll, Zonta scholarships and Jenny Johnson in Close Up H umane Society soup luncheon Feb.

O n Thursday at 9 a.m. the Lincoln & Logan County Development Partnership will have a press conference at 2500 Woodlawn, the new site for Aldi, to announce the implementation phase of the Logan County Economic Development Master Plan.

I n January, a couple of concerned Beason residents came before the planning and zoning committee of the Logan County Board.

Due to freezing fog, visibilities as little as a few hundred feet and some slick surfaces across central Illinois until noon T he National Weather Service in Lincoln released an urgent weather message at 6:57 a.m. Monday.

LINCOLN, Ill. -- The defense attorney for one of two men charged with killing five members of a central Illinois family wants to withdraw from the case.

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E arly Wednesday morning, the cafeteria at Zion Lutheran School in Lincoln was humming with conversation.

L incoln Public Library will host a black history exhibit, "Allen Chapel and Literary Lincoln, Ill.," from Feb.

The bus, tagged as a rolling billboard by tour manager Zach Daigneault, features brilliant colors and larger-than-life depictions of the some of the central characters of the Quidam performance.

Katherine Boss, Logan County Democrats, Zion pancakes and sausage, Logan County Animal Rescue fundraiser, Animal Protective League special, writing club, Paul Beaver lecture in Elkhart and Oasis tax help at Vonderlieth make Close Up The University of Southern Mississippi has released its president's and dean's lists for the 2011 fall semester.