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LEAD launches with new CEO The Courier LINCOLN, IL – A major new regional economic development organization has been formally launched and has also named a new chief executive officer.  Lincoln Economic Advancement & Development, Inc. (LEAD) is announcing the hiring of Andrea Runge, an economic development professional with more than 20 years’ experience in community and economic development in Illinois as CEO of the organization. The hiring of Runge coincides with the official launch of the new economic development group aimed at growing opportunities and businesses in Lincoln. The form...

Dan Tackett Gene Burwell’s theme song could have echoed the famous Sinatra tune’s message, “I did it my way,” according to a non-relative who considered himself to be the Lincoln man’s third son and viewed the Lincoln businessman as his second dad. That man, Jay Jessen of Chatham, describes Gene Burwell as “bigger than life.” Sadly, that life came to an end on Nov. 24 at a hospital near Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri. He was 85. This column last week was a tribute to Mr. Burwell, as recalled by several friends.  Those tributes continue today, as written by Jessen and two surviv...