Daily headlines
August 2008
'Can you hear me now?'
County officials and
employees struggle with new Verizon phone system full of
glitches
Bomke: Governor's changes to ethics reform bill could mean no changes at all
Lincoln College theater instructor plays the graveyard shift
Governor chastised for funding cuts to DCFS, tourism
Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival sponsors, supporters
Chamber's September calendar
YMCA Exchange (column)
Laura on Life: Strangers in my house
Home County (column)
Listen to Railers football game audio from Friday night
AP news
Lincoln Montessori House teaching
more than students
Two new
teachers set for certification
State opens construction zones for Labor Day motorists
Fun
at Zion Lutheran School, work to be done at The Mill
headline Close Up
By Mike Fak
The neighborhood
newspaper
By Mike
Fak
September is Baby Safety Month
September H.O.P.E. Mobile schedule
LJHS baseball update
AP news
WANTED: Retired business executives in Logan County
No-sue sewers, no sewers cleaned
Commission launches bicentennial envelope design contest
State cracking down on illegal diesel fuel users
Police reports
Marriages
Dissolutions
LCC names new coordinator of international students
Red, White & True Mysteries: Did an 11-year-old girl change the course of history?
Logan Lanes bowling: Tuesday Super Trios
AP news
City briefs: Festival, Lincoln rally, signs and sewers
Free transit rides for disabled becomes law
Statewide
preparedness exercises for pandemic influenza planned
Logan County exercise Sept. 17
Smoking laws restricting minors expanded
Police reports
Logan County 4-H Foundation presents scholarships
Diaspora: Eichelberger family birth announcement
Laura on Life: Snapshots in time
Reminder: Important Railer football attendance policy announced
AP news
Hard
work behind 'noteworthy' performances
LCHS band
LCHS band
prepares for the season
(pictorial)
Road closure -- now open
Reminder: Lincoln blood drive Thursday
Governor names new state agency directors
Events this week and events just ahead
make the Close Up
By Mike Fak
Weekly Outlook: More pork, less pork
This week's 'Viewpoint' guest
Eliminate mosquito breeding areas
Reminder: Important Railer football attendance policy announced
AP news
Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival:
Artist's passion chisels out a winner
Lincoln Art Fair winners
A look back on the Art & Balloon Festival and Postville weekend in pictures
A stroll through the Art Fair -- pictures
Saturday afternoon's balloon launch -- pictures
Saturday night's balloon glow -- pictures
Sponsors
(Updated list)
Illinois National Guard units begin overseas deployment
Road closure -- now open
Stiffer sentences for illegal gun trafficking
Recall information
Illinois farmland values hit record high
Support group explores divorce-related topics
Baseball: Chiddix at LJHS
Lincoln Youth Football 4th-grade Railers vs. Rochester
Reminder: Important Railer football attendance policy announced
Logan Lanes bowling: Major Super Trios
AP news
Lincoln balloon
fest -- Friday: Day 1
High winds keep balloons on the ground
Solid planning makes navigating the airport a
breeze
Pictures from Friday's balloon fest...
Some of the smiling faces from Friday's balloon fest -- pictures
Lincoln College dining hall to help environment
State urges motorists to be cautious
Schools start back next week
New Illinois law expands college campus security
Grazing conference date set
YMCA Exchange (column)
Home Country (column)
Reminders:
'Meet the Railers' nights
Important Railer football attendance policy announced
AP news
A spontaneous adventure
1st balloon flight and all
the charm
Airport transformation from hayfield to balloon launch site -- pictures
Remembering last year's stunning balloons, fun and record crowds
Weather radios to be distributed to all area schools
Illinois enacts new health care policy provision
New law addresses Internet safety for children
A super cat, free advice and festival
kudos hit the Close Up
By Mike Fak
Reminders:
'Meet the Railers' nights
Important Railer football attendance policy announced
AP news
'Godfather' enticed fellow balloonists
Local
balloonists prepared for weekend flying
Balloon fest preparations -- in pictures
Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival sponsors
Hardee's donates to local military support group
Community Action Partnership announces scholarship winners
Heartland Community College offers updated radiography program
Clinical
portions to be offered at Abraham Lincoln Memorial Hospital
County sifts through budget
requests
County
clerk and recorder juggles high election costs
(First posted Wednesday
afternoon)
Illinois seniors urged to file income tax returns
Stimulus
checks tied to filing 2007 return
New law protects Good Samaritan animal rescuers
Marriages
Dissolutions
Fall forage considerations
Red, White & True Mysteries: Founder of New York's Wells College helped settle the Old West
Reminders:
'Meet the Railers' nights
Important Railer football attendance policy announced
AP news
County sifts through budget requests
County clerk
and recorder juggles high election costs
State Rep. Mitchell to host identity theft and scams workshop
Bomke's capital report: 50th District receives $34 million from IDOT
Important Railer football attendance policy announced
New law will bring fed dollars to health care providers
Police reports
YMCA Exchange
'Meet the Railers' nights
AP news
Are you ready for
some football?
Railer
coaches, team prepare to prove pundits wrong
City: Mayor
makes Ward 1 alderman recommendation
Eaton Corp.
recognized
HOPE Mobile back on
the road after repairs
Chestnut and Mount Pulaski stops today
Statewide crackdown on impaired drivers to begin
New law aimed at cyberbullies
Close Up:
Chamber hire, blood drive, more important
announcements
By Mike Fak
Police report
Weekly Outlook: Mixed signals
This week's 'Viewpoint' guest
Letter: Soccer thank-you from the YMCA
LCHS football game attendance policy
Lincoln Youth Football in Springfield Jamboree
AP news
'Hot air'
taken out of the weekend forecast
But
rains could present Art & Balloon Festival problems
An introduction to Eaton
Ameren delivers bad news for central Illinois users
AmerenIP
and CIPS customers could get hit twice
Mount Pulaski road closure
Commission
created to reduce poverty in Illinois
Eight critical areas to
be addressed
Recall information
Police reports
Letter: Senior nutrition centers in Illinois are at risk of closing
Grub control
options
By John Fulton
Dairy industry honors Hutjens
West Lincoln-Broadwell baseball vs. Heyworth
AP news
Main Street Lincoln announces entertainment lineup for The Art of Wine
County finally gets good look at finances
Annual
audit back on track
Texas oil
billionaire a huge proponent of wind farms
T. Boone
Pickens says they help local economies
Motorists: Remember, kids are going back to school
Home County (column)
2008 Lincoln Legion banquet
AP news
County finally gets good look at finances
Annual audit back on track
Mount Pulaski workshops offer advice in navigating health care system
Waste could then go to local landfills
Creates threat to water supplies, including northern Logan
County
5 new laws signed to protect children from sex offenders
By Mike Fak
Diabetes 101 to educate care providers
AP news
Chasing a dream and
perhaps catching it
Lincoln
actress gets role on 'Grey's Anatomy'
City
considering takeover of west-side business sewer line
St.
Clara's proposal includes contribution to lift station upgrade
Lincoln Art Fair marks 35th year
State treasurer: You could be rich!
Police reports
Marriages
Dissolutions
Letter from Lester Plotner, city treasurer
Red, White & True Mysteries: James Cleveland ran into history as one of Cleveland's most famous residents
Diabetes 101 to educate care providers
AP news
City briefs:
Firemen
and fitness
City Hall building and leaks
Traffic safety and street work
2nd Abraham Lincoln interpretive sign unveiled at Postville
A
whole 'Lotto' business at the fair
5th Street
Food Mart working the state fair Lotto booth
Sens. Bomke, Brady get their wish
Senate
votes down legislative pay raises
Police report
Weekly Outlook: Production forecasts
50th anniversary: Richard and Rogene Heisler
Book Look: 'Your Left-Handed Child'
Laura on Life: Photographic memories
July food inspection scores
Logan Lanes bowling: American Bowling League
AP news
City: Taxes
What does the city get and what do they do with it?
Youth's death believed due to
natural causes
(First posted late Monday)
Illinois Department of Revenue recommends transparency with TIF districts
New Illinois law against senior citizen exploitation signed
An offer to help
and more good news in Close Up
By Mike Fak
Police reports
This week's 'Viewpoint' guest
Lincoln College Lynx sign Peoria Manual's Augusta
AP news
Youth's death believed due
to natural causes
(Posted after 5 p.m. Monday)
Payless ShoeSource closed
Wayside exhibit to be dedicated tomorrow at Postville Courthouse
'Historic Houses of Worship' tour Aug. 23
Governor uses amendatory veto
Proposes property tax relief for
disabled veterans
Recall information
Police reports
Foundation sprays,
beetles and lawn diseases
By John Fulton
Lincoln results at Section 14 FFA Fair
Reaching new heights
Mayfield's
Mutterings: Support Railer
football
By Jeff Mayfield
AP news
Stacy's Family Pharmacy celebrating new name, 20 years in business
State auditor general: State loses millions with inefficiency, slow pay practices
The 2008 balloons, pilots & sponsors -- pictorial
Postville Courthouse to host 1800's Craft Fair during art and balloon fest
Good at yelling at
your husband?
State fair offers cash for the best
Illinois Grain Insurance Fund
Home Country (column)
AP news
WLCN going to split format
Suspects in residential burglaries arrested
(Photos
added)
Speed cameras coming to Illinois highways
Brady calls for immediate leadership change in state planning board
Important health information, timely announcements hit the Close Up
By Mike Fak
Police reports
Laura on Life: New car at the races
Logan Lanes bowling: Wednesday NASCAR League
AP news
Breaking news: Suspects in residential burglaries arrested
Historic downtown structure
purchased
Landmark
Scully Building to be restored
Rare glimpse of President
Abraham Lincoln's funeral coming to our community
Special event
to lead into Abraham Lincoln's bicentennial
Pictures of some of the artifacts
Special announcement for peach lovers
Renovated Scully Building will create new memories
Police reports
Marriages
Dissolutions
Red, White & True Mysteries: Wright's little-known son invented Lincoln Logs
AP news
Lincoln to host William Maxwell 100th birthday celebration
Main Street Lincoln moves to new location
State site on Web helping to collect child support payments
Police reports
Legal issues of floods and grain contracts
Dave Ramsey's Financial Peace University
School registration Thursday at Middletown
AP news
Logan-Mason Transit
Partnership on hold
800 more survey results required
Early morning
nor'easter pushes heat advisory out of area
Central Illinois
finally spared from major storm
City briefs: Taxes and sewers top discussions
Highway motorcycle crash sends two to hospitals
New law to protect victims of domestic violence signed
Important
announcements top the Close Up
By Mike Fak
Police reports
Pesticide safety site launched online
This week's 'Viewpoint' guest
Living with cancer
-- circle of friends
Ovarian cancer survivors to
meet Friday-Sunday in Springfield
Letter: Atlanta Betterment Fund appreciates support
Laura on Life: Marley and the ghosts of car buying
ALMH SportsCare's VertiMax gives athletes edge
Mayfield's
Mutterings: Summer 'Mutts'
By
Jeff Mayfield
AP news
'Fair' weather weekend brings huge crowds to fairgrounds
The final days of the fair in pictures
Be
careful out there today and tomorrow
Temperatures and heat indexes to be at dangerous levels
City briefs: Council closes the month of July with various discussions
Reminder: Tomorrow is National Night Out
Lincoln police advise homeowners avoid confronting burglars
Recall information
Fall lawn care
By John Fulton
Logan County Fair open show results:
Department A: Beef Cattle
Department B: Dairy Cattle
Department F: Sheep
Department G: Swine
Department H1: Junior Swine
Department H2: Junior Sheep
Department H3: Junior Dairy & Pygmy Goats
Department H4: Junior Poultry
Department H5: Junior Rabbits
Department H6: Junior Beef Cattle
Department H7: Junior Dairy Cattle
Department H8: Junior Horse & Pony
Department J: Agricultural Products
Department L: Floriculture
Department MF: Fine Arts
Department MP: Photography
Department MT: Textiles
Department O: Dairy & Culinary
Department O1: Cake Classic
AP news
It's showtime!
Long
hours, even months of work go into fair showings
Some of the things that make the Logan County Fair great! -- in pictures
Bomke: 'Governor's word cannot be trusted'
Governor axes budgets at Lincoln historic sites
New law stops utility shut-offs in extreme heat
YMCA Exchange (column)
Home Country (column)
Reminder of Monday blood drive
AP news
Lincoln prepared to assist St. Jude runners
'Faces of the Fair' in pictures
New $25 billion capital works plan for Illinois proposed
Close Up
By Mike Fak
Police reports
Logan County Fair show results:
4-H Beef Show
4-H Barrow Show
4-H Dairy Show
4-H Gilt Show
4-H Goat Show
4-H Miscellaneous Show
4-H Rabbit Show
4-H Sheep Show
Lincoln area Christian Softball League
Lincoln Legion ends season
Logan Lanes bowling: Wednesday NASCAR
AP news