Wednesday, July 31:

• Logan County receives GIS funding

• NWS Lincoln taking part in 'mixed case experiment'

• Crystal Quint crowned Miss Logan County Fair 2013 and Celia Cross, Little Miss

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• Safe Ride service available for Logan County Fair weekend

• Rain pushes kiddie tractor pull inside

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• 4-H Rabbit Show

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• 4-H Horse & Pony Show

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• A wet Tuesday doesn't stop the Fireman's Waterball

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• Logan County 4-H show results:

  Tuesday shows:

  • Cats

  • Goats

  • Horse & Pony

  • Rabbits

  • Poultry

  Previous shows:

  • Crops

  • Dogs

  • Food & Nutrition

  • Home & Family

  • Home Beautification

  • Miscellaneous

  • Vegetables

  • Visual Arts

• Tuesday's Logan County Fair results:

  • Agricultural Products

  • Fine Arts

  • Junior Horse & Pony

  • Junior Poultry

  • Junior Rabbits

  • Photography

  • Waterball

• Book Look: 'Taken'

• Illinois Dept. on Aging seeking nominations for Senior Hall of Fame

• Births: 

  • Wesley William Wernsing

  • Noah Brighton Wetzel

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news

Tuesday, July 30:

• Logan County Fair changes up grandstand events
  Talent show moved to a grandstand event for Friday night

• Mount Pulaski Grade School registration starts Thursday

• Logan County Fair starts today. First order of business: crown a new queen -- album

• 4-H Dept. W exhibits:

• Miscellaneous

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• Crops

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• Floriculture & Horticulture

  • 4-H exhibitors present flowers, herbs and potted plants

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• Vegetables

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• Original Visual Arts

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• Scammers play on health care law confusion

• Wingshooting clinics scheduled at Decatur Gun Club

• Upcoming Logan County blood drives

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news

Monday, July 29:

• Tourism appoints Leslie Hoefle as interim director

• Logan County 4-H'ers join in the 100th anniversary celebration of Extension

  • Extension celebrates 100 years of extending knowledge

• 4-H Dog Show turns out blue ribbons for everyone

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• County continues to sort out public transportation oversight position

• Zumba goes Hawaiian at Curves

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• Recalls announced

• Unemployment rate falls in most areas of Illinois since last year   (PDF)

• Column: The most rewarding marketing mistake I ever made

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• WLB baseball sets tryout dates

• Abe Lincoln Quarter Midget racers head to nationals

• State junior girls golf pairings Tuesday include LCHS' Katlyn Hasprey   (PDF)

• AP news

Saturday, July 27:

• Logan County Board recognizes Zion Lutheran and WLB student athletes

• Tickets available for LC Cards vs. Cubs event Aug. 10

• Slim Randles' Home Country: Shots and pills

• U of I news: Factual communication needed to build good-neighbor policy between livestock industry and communities

• Emerald ash borer found in Whiteside County

• CGB Diversified Crop Insurance Services announces new regional manager, Scott Crumbaugh

• Library notes

• AP news

Friday, July 26:

• Pulaski Street project could bust budget
  Oglesby bridge to be added as bid alternate

• Community Action Senior Nutrition receives donation from Trinity Episcopal Church

• A pitch-perfect performance on the Mount Pulaski square -- album

• Recognition by Chronicle of Higher Education puts Lincoln Christian University in elite company

• Weekly Outlook: Beef industry about to make a slow turn

• Police reports

• Marriages

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news

Thursday, July 25:

• District 27 registration Aug 5; school starts Aug. 26

• LCHS registration Aug. 5-7; classes begin Aug. 19

• Girl Scouts get cooled off with the help of the LRFPD -- album

• Buchanan awarded nursing scholarship by American Legion Auxiliary

• Lincoln Christian University offers ministry MA in Indy

• U of I Extension garden article: Purslane -- a summer weed?
  By Jennifer Fishburn, University of Illinois Extension

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news

Wednesday, July 24:

• Breaking News: Convicted drug dealer Michael Trotter faces up to 14 years in prison

• Mount Pulaski summer band concert tonight

• Chamber partners with Elks to offer vets free balloon rides

• Lincoln Christian Church to produce 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'

• HSLC seeks foster homes for special-needs kittens

• IEMA commemorates 20th anniversary of 1993 flood by highlighting flood mitigation efforts

• Births: 

  • Aliza Marie Davis

  • Blayke Austin Montgomery

  • Elizabeth Irene White-Surratt

  • Audrina Marie Wilson

• Fire and rescue reports

• CCS-NHM-ZLS baseball practice starts Aug. 5

• AP news

Tuesday, July 23:

• CEL: Education would take hit if state cut bus funding; consolidation not a consideration; amended budget presented

• Lincoln College to hold emergency drill Tuesday

• Logan County Clerk Sally Litterly announces she will seek re-election

• Habitat breaks ground for home; the 18th goes to the Senters family

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• Peacekeepers ride includes stop in Mount Pulaski

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• Lincoln Hampton Inn named among best-reviewed hotels on Expedia

• Fair entry deadline Wednesday

• HSLC biannual membership meeting Wednesday

• Soil moisture levels decline slightly in Illinois

• Illinois releases June employment report

• Latham United Methodist Church garage sale

• School supply lists: 

  • Carroll Catholic:  Pre-K to 8th

  • Chester-East Lincoln:  K-4  |  5-8

  • District 27:  Adams, Central, Jefferson, LJHS, Northwest, Washington-Monroe

  • Hartsburg-Emden:  K-4  |  5-8 & high school

  • Mount Pulaski:  Pre-K  |  K  |  1st  |  2nd  |  3rd  |  4th  |  5th  |  6-8

  • Olympia:  Pre-K, 1-2  |  3-5  |  6-8

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Protect your eyes from sunburn: How to pick shades

• AP news

Monday, July 22:

• 2013 Miss Logan County Fair contestants

• 2013 Little Miss Logan County Fair contestants

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• Hundreds turn out for Family Fun Day and John Schlitt

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• Illinois COPS make pit stop in Lincoln

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• Lincoln College to hold emergency drill Tuesday

• ALMH among most wired hospitals in nation

• West Nile virus detected in Logan County

• FFA members throughout Midwest invited to attempt to break world record Aug. 3

• Enroll now for Master Naturalist volunteer training

• Illinois EPA launches new effort to warn public about dangers of harmful algal blooms

• 'Prairie Voices' returns to Old State Capitol for six performances

• Recalls announced

• Sears of Lincoln is the Chamber Business of the Week

• Logan County Herb Guild meeting July 30

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news

Saturday, July 20:

• 5 consecutive life sentences for Christopher Harris

  • Statement from prosecution on sentencing of convicted murderer Christopher Harris

• Fulscher awarded state's top emergency services recognition

• Lincoln Library's summer program closes with giggles

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• Outdoors with Babe Winkelman: To shoot bigger animals, look up

• Slim Randles' Home Country: Fertilizer figures

• Author of major new book on Lincoln and Douglas to speak Wednesday at Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

• Abraham Lincoln Association celebrates anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation and contributions of African-American soldiers

• Illinois receives $4.1M bonus for accuracy in food assistance program

• Letters:

  • Logan County Relay for Life reviews 2013 results

  • Special Olympics Illinois at 45 years and growing

• Division of Professional Regulation new license report now available online

• 4 reasons to plan your child's college funding wisely

• Anniversary: Dan and Anne Conrady

• Outdoors with Babe Winkelman: To shoot bigger animals, look up

• AP news

Friday, July 19: