Lincoln News

W ith only three members of the Logan County Board's Executive and Economic Development Committee present -- chairman David Hepler, Gene Rohlfs and Chuck Ruben -- no votes could be taken, but there was still discussion on multiple topics on Monday.

Some are asking, "What can I do to help?" Here is one of the quickest, easiest ways to get 100% of your needed help to the "front lines" of disaster.

The traditional Memorial Day services will be held Monday, May 27 at 10:30 am at the Lincoln American Legion Post 263.

As an Illinois House vote on marriage equality approaches, former President Bill Clinton is speaking out in support of it.

After more than more than three decades of caring for the sick and injured at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital, Anne Sydney, RN, BSN, of Lincoln was named the 2013 Nurse of the Year.

J ill Hower of the Zonta Club of Lincoln presented the Young Women in Public Affairs Scholarship to Melissa Anne Studach, a senior at Pleasant Plains High School, on May 14.

Life Pointe Church of God, 601 Pulaski St. is having a quarter auction Tuesday, May 28th at 6:30pm . Doors open at 5:30pm. Vendors include Lemongrass Spa, The Cloth Penguin, Pampered Chef, Paparazzi, Tupperware, Dove Chocolate Discoveries, Lia Sophia, Babyations, Jamberry Nails, Scentsy, Pink Zebra, Celebrating Home, It Works, Clever Container ... (more)

The classes are designed for the kids to have fun while creating. We will meet in the Community Center of Jefferson Street Christian Church - 1700 N. Jefferson.

Our nation's permanent mission is to form a 'more perfect union' - deepening the meaning of freedom, broadening the reach of opportunity, strengthening the bonds of community.

A my Row of Lincoln retired from Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital this month, the very same place she began her 42-year-long career in nursing and the same place her father worked for over 30 years.

I n cooperation with Senior Citizens of Logan County, the Area Agency on Aging for Lincolnland has scheduled a Lunch and Learn program for informal caregivers of older adults and for grandparents and other relatives raising children.

T he Main Street Lincoln organization is inviting everyone to make their way downtown to the courthouse square for a day of good, healthy fun on Saturday, June 8. The event is dubbed as the "Cruise into Main Street 5K and Health Expo," and there will be a lot of interesting and fun activities going on the entire day.

T he Logan County Genealogical and Historical Society will host its monthly program at 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 20, at 114 N. Chicago in Lincoln.

P lans are underway for a reunion of the LCHS Class of 1968 this summer. But it is not only for the Class of '68. Throughout their years at Lincoln Community High School, the class made friends with, had classes with and crushes on, and laughed and cheered with those in grades ahead of and behind them.

H ailie Williams, an eighth-grader at Zion Lutheran School in Lincoln, has been selected as Zion's April Student of the Month.

H ailie Williams, an eighth-grader at Zion Lutheran School in Lincoln, has been selected as Zion's April Student of the Month.

The Route 66 Association of Illinois will induct three new members to its Hall of Fame on June 8, during its annual Hall of Fame banquet in Lincoln, Ill., reported the Morris Daily Herald .

This week is National Nursing Home Week. As a part of their observance, Symphony of Lincoln had wheelchair races in their parking lot on Tuesday.

B ig Oak Hunting Paradise, outside of Lincoln, and Pistol Prep Academy will host an NRA Basic Pistol Course on June 1 and June 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The course will be taught by Annette Chapman, a local NRA-certified instructor, and will cover the basics of safe gun handling and shooting.

In 2012, Row was named ALMH Nurse of the Year. A graduate of Lincoln Community High School, Row spent a lot of time at the hospital as a candy striper, in medical records and as an aide.