Logan County

A new technology grant is adding some extra funding for several rural libraries in Central Illinois. The libraries have two years to spend the grant awards from the Illinois Secretary of State's office on tech upgrades.

Staff from Logan and other regional correctional centers held a charity softball tournament Friday that served both to raise money for the Lincoln food bank, and to spotlight efforts to keep the prison in Logan County.

Rural homelessness is on the rise and not all counties have the tools they need to help people find permanent supportive housing. In Central Illinois, most rural counties don't have homeless shelters.

The Illinois Department of Corrections held a public meeting Thursday in Lincoln to give residents and other stakeholders the opportunity to express concerns about the planned reconstruction of Logan Correctional Center to a location in northern Illinois.

The union that represents state employees, including correctional workers, has joined other state and local leaders in critiquing a plan to tear down and rebuild two aging prisons, including the Logan Correctional Center outside of Lincoln.

Gov. JB Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Corrections announced in March the state intended to tear down and rebuild two prisons in poor conditions: Stateville Correctional Center for men in Crest Hill outside of Joliet, and the Logan Correctional Center for women outside of Lincoln.

When Lincoln Christian University closes its doors in May, a local church is set to become the owner of much of the properties and grounds that comprised the 80-year-old private liberal arts college and seminary.

A state plan to rebuild two aging prisons has some state and local government leaders in Logan County concerned about the future of a facility that provides nearly 500 jobs in the area.

The 420 Illinois Festival is being organized by cannabis consulting company Sour Diesel Group. Several other cannabis-friendly festivals have been held since recreational cannabis was legalized in 2020, but, so far, none have been in central Illinois.

Lincoln College will go back to hybrid learning Monday after a two-week quarantine and virtual learning period.College President David Gerlach said a…