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(Articles from the past week)

 

Daily headlines

Tuesday, Aug. 31:

Monday, Aug. 30:

Saturday, Aug. 28:

  • Full house at Scully Park -- album

  • Friday at the airport -- Album 1

  • Friday at the airport -- Album 2

  • Friday at the airport -- Album 3

  • 1st art and balloon fest parade -- album

  • Dissolutions

  • Laura on Life: The definition of 'clean'

  • Home Country: The latest in fake fish

  • Railers lose season opener 56-7

  • Lincoln College volleyball

  • Lincoln College golf

  • AP news

Friday, Aug. 27:

  • An eye in the sky at balloon fest -- album

  • Perfect night for Maple Ridge kickoff party -- Album 1

  • Perfect night for Maple Ridge kickoff party -- Album 2

  • Lincoln Heritage Museum hires Melissa Weissert as new asst. director

  • Lincoln College-Normal and IVCC ink agreement to expand accelerated bachelor's program

  • Shaner says limiting turnovers is key for Railer season -- in Sports

  • Blagojevich retrial set for January; charges dropped against brother

  • Ill. State Police acting director waiting for confirmation

  • Justin Tierney, Elizabeth Carter, Original Farmers' Market, art and balloon fest schedules in Close Up

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • WL-B baseball vs. Mount Pulaski

  • AP news

Thursday, Aug. 26:

  • Final preparations for art and balloon fest -- album

  • Candidates for gov, Senate talk ag on the farm

  • Quinn: Tie income tax hike for schools to property tax cut

  • GOP lawmakers discuss governor's early prisoner release program

  • Ill. attorney general issues warning about fake payday loan collectors

  • Master Gardener training, yellowjacket control
    By John Fulton

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • WL-B baseball

  • Logan Lanes: Jay Bird League

  • AP news

Wednesday, Aug. 25:

  • Comcast hears issues at town hall meeting

  • City announces art and balloon fest winners

  • Pine Lodge Farm barn restoration -- album

  • Lawmakers: Blago ain't coming back

  • Illinois falls short in Race to the Top

  • Schools dismiss state funding maneuver as useless

  • Quinn backpedals from Stermer, taps DHS head for chief of staff

  • July food inspection scores

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Laura on Life: Relationships -- crazy and stupid

  • Logan Lanes: American Bowling League

  • AP news

Tuesday, Aug. 24:

  • Preparations for best art and balloon fest ever near completion

  • Mount Pulaski 175th anniversary plans unfolding
    Yearlong celebration planned for 2011

  • Scully Building restoration work enters final phase -- album

  • Civil unions on the horizon in Illinois?

  • Benefit for Dick Logan set, Quilters at Heart Guild, Lincoln Woman's Club, blood drives and Main Street Lincoln in Close Up

  • Junior high baseball

  • AP news

Monday, Aug. 23:

  • Lincoln College-Normal names new director of admissions

  • Business Spotlight: Now and Then Books is open again

  • Genealogy the topic of Elkhart's September dinner lecture presentation

  • Historic Elkhart Hill tours Sept. 25

  • Treasurer's office open Saturday morning

  • Recalls announced

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Saturday, Aug. 21:

  • Agencies moving Logan County forward through tourism and business development
    Art & Balloon Festival, tourism and partnership activities

  • What was Abe doing 150 years ago today?
    New website feature tracks Lincoln's activities

  • New season, new possibilities for Railers 

  • Illinois Senate week in review

  • Downstate lawmakers focus on local elections as Nov. 2 approaches

  • Writing club to meet Sept. 14

  • Marriages

  • Dissolutions

  • Laura on Life: Touchless bathrooms

  • Home Country: Male invention time

  • WL-B over C-EL 8-5

  • AP news

Friday, Aug. 20:

  • July unemployment continues downward movement

  • Collision, fuel spill closes I-55

  • City to begin seal coat operations Monday

  • Mitchell wants tougher laws against illegal immigration

  • Lincoln College Involvement Fair -- album

  • Lincoln Jaycees searching for Haunted House location

  • Comcast public meeting, winners of Original Farmers' Market baskets, YMCA Bike Blast, United Way and Dick Logan fundraiser make Close Up

  • Letter: DK Hirner speaks to local women's group

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • WL-B defeats LJHS 7-4

  • AP news

Thursday, Aug. 19:

  • County Briefs: Airport improvements, readying for balloon fest, general business, appointments, odds and ends

  • Paramedics train with new lifesaving equipment -- album

  • New building, animal cruelty investigation top Humane Society meeting

  • Blagojevich juror: 1 holdout kept Blagojevich clear on most charges

  • Top state officials downplay Blago trial effect

  • Mum's the word? Likely not for broke Blagojevich

  • This day in history

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Wednesday, Aug. 18:

  • Ellen Olson takes supreme champion gilt at Illinois State Fair

  • Joshua Clark of Lincoln wins 2010 Excellence in Agriculture Scholarship

  • Blagojevich convicted on 1 of 24 counts; prosecution vows a retrial

  • Illinois politicians disappointed in Blagojevich verdict

  • Experts expect changes for potential Blago retrial

  • Brady slams Quinn at state fair

  • Presidential library and museum volunteer training starts Sept. 1

  • Humane Society, YMCA Bike Blast, United Way and Dick Logan fundraiser make Close Up

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue calls

  • Laura on Life: The case of the missing burger

  • WL-B baseball results

  • AP news

Tuesday, Aug. 17:

  • Breaking News: Blago guilty on just 1 count as feds vow retrial

  • City Briefs: Cash in the bank, downtown grants and more

  • Council paves way for Broadway Street repair and Fifth Street project

  • Global Tech expands instructional programs again

  • Blagojevich jurors ask for transcript of former aide's testimony

  • Policy group supports cutting state fair, to Quinn's chagrin

  • Fall is headed our way
    By John Fulton

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Monday, Aug. 16:

  • Lincoln College-Normal offering 4-week human resources course in Oct.

  • Air Evac Lifeteam's Region 1 Safety and Pilot of the Year awards announced
    Springfield is Most Improved Base of the Year

  • GOP's Brady: Congress wrong to send Illinois money

  • Illinois town backs out of FutureGen project

  • Bidding still open on state surplus vehicles, electronics and entertainment equipment

  • Recalls announced

  • Chamber Monday morning memo

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • West Lincoln-Broadwell baseball results

  • AP news

Saturday, Aug. 14:

  • City's open house brings up decades-old problems with downtown parking

  • Tina Gordon ALMH August Employee of the Month

  • Illinois' early prison release program called 'totally dysfunctional'

  • Gov candidates bicker over federal money

  • Birth announcement: Connor James Wells

  • District 27 menus

  • Laura on Life: When you're hot, you're not

  • Home Country: An old friend turns up at a yard sale

  • AP news

Friday, Aug. 13:

  • State Bank of Lincoln donates $100,000 to hospital campaign

  • Together for Lincoln application deadline Sunday

  • Covered wagon gets new cover -- album

  • Brady visits Lincoln; Democrats Hirner and Miller walk the fair

  • Excessive heat warning continues through Saturday

  • Blagojevich jury agrees on 2 of 24 counts; judge says to keep talking

  • Lawmakers react to news of possible Blagojevich mistrial

  • Quinn, Brady leave Blago to jury

  • St. John UCC, genealogical meeting, YMCA school days programs and the park district in Close Up

  • Park district notes

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Thursday, Aug. 12:

  • City Briefs:
    Downtown parking finds a spot in council discussions

  • Postville Courthouse, where Abraham Lincoln practiced law, hosts 1800s Craft Fair

  • Changes are coming to HOPE Mobile

  • Heartland offers Office Basics courses

  • Blagojevich jury deadlocked; judge gives further instructions

  • Demo derby winners

  • 4-H auction results

  • AP news

Wednesday, Aug. 11:

  • City Briefs:
    Broadway Street repair approval might be reconsidered

  • City will have town hall meeting to evaluate Comcast

  • Logan County 4-H Foundation presents scholarships

  • Dangerous heat continues through Friday

  • Fair results:
    (From the Logan County Fair Association)

    • Cake Classic

    • Dairy & Culinary

    • Fine Arts

    • Floriculture

    • Harness Racing -- Downstate

    • Harness Racing -- Thursday

    • Harness Racing -- Tuesday

    • Junior Beef

    • Junior Dairy

    • Junior Goats

    • Junior Horse & Pony

    • Junior Poultry

    • Junior Rabbits

    • Junior Sheep

    • Junior Swine

    • Open Beef

    • Open Dairy

    • Open Horse

    • Open Sheep

    • Open Swine

    • Photography

    • Textiles

    • Tractor & Truck Pull -- Saturday

    • Tractor & Truck Pull

    • Vegetables & Grains

  • Illinois mounts new 'Race to the Top' attempt

  • Many and varied topics
    By John Fulton

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Book Look: 'Alexander the Great Rocks the World'

  • Laura on Life: Ladies' night out

  • AP news

Tuesday, Aug. 10:

  • City takes tough stance on sewer bills and traffic tickets

  • City announces annual Art & Balloon Festival giveaway

  • Civil War soldier moves from planning to creation

  • Bridge construction completed on Nicholson Road

  • Dangerous heat expected through Thursday
    Tuesday heat indexes 100 to 110

    • Latest forecast and conditions

  • Today's fair albums:

    • Steer show and results -- Album 1

    • Steer show and results -- Album 2

    • Steer show and results -- Album 3

    • Steer show and results -- Album 4

    • Demolition derby

    • Faces at the fair

  • Quinn says he will review furloughs if state gets federal funds

  • Close Up: The fair isn't over till everything is in. DVD of 2010 fair can now be ordered.

  • Birth: Brigham 'Brigs' Joseph Davenport

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Monday, Aug. 9:

  • Today's fair albums:

    • 4-H Beef Show -- Album 1

    • 4-H Beef Show -- Album 2

    • Chili Cook-Off and Bags Tournament

    • Cut flowers

    • Annual Cake Classic

    • Cake Classic winners and auction

  • A reporter looks back at the fair week -- in Perspectives

  • Recalls announced

  • Police reports

  • Marriages

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Saturday, Aug. 7:

  • 6-year-old's life saved by an angel among us

  • State falters; local group takes over to help 4-H contestants

  • Public invited to a downtown streetscape public information open house on Tuesday

  • Today's fair albums:

    • Tractor pull

    • Cakes, candies and snack foods

    • Young faces at the fair

    • Faces at the fair -- people and otherwise

    • Kids Day, Kids Way -- Album 1

    • Kids Day, Kids Way -- Album 2

  • Additional funding for probation services added by governor

  • Sales tax holiday for a limited time only

  • Home Country: Fish story weighs in

  • Tickets available for Railer football and volleyball

  • Logan Lanes:

    • Thursday Super Four League

    • Have-A-Ball League

  • AP news

Friday, Aug. 6:

  • Amtrak preparations to affect train service

  • Regional planning commission looks at possible restructuring
    Director's position eliminated

  • Today's fair albums:

    • Pig Scramble

    • Calf Scramble

    • 4-H Swine Show -- Album 1

    • 4-H Swine Show -- Album 2

    • 4-H Sheep Show

    • 4-H Sheep Show results

  • Logan County 4-H show results:


  • (Wednesday shows)

    • Dairy

    • Market hogs

    • Breeding hogs

    (Thursday shows)

    • Sheep

    • Heifers

    • Steers

  • Recession adds $2.2 billion to Illinois' debt

  • State fair marches on despite state budget problems

  • Police reports

  • AP news

Thursday, Aug. 5:

  • Regional planning commission looks at possible restructuring
    Director's position eliminated

  • Beat the heat... Check the back seat

  • Today's fair albums:

    • Junior Horse and Pony Show

    • Dairy and Culinary winners

    • 4-H, Dept. H and Dept. B Dairy Show
      Album 1

    • 4-H, Dept. H and Dept. B Dairy Show
      Album 2

    • 4-H, Dept. H and Dept. B Dairy Show
      Album 3

    • The Chicken Scramble

    • The Goat Scramble

  • Logan County 4-H show results:


  • (Tuesday shows)

    • Goats

    • Horses

    • Poultry

    • Rabbits

    • Cats

  • Potential racketeering conviction could bankrupt Blagojevich

  • Quinn outlines planned agency cuts; lawmakers react

  • This day in history

  • Talent show in Close Up

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Wednesday, Aug. 4:

  • Bethany Rea 2010 fair queen; Danielle Phillips Little Miss Logan County

  • Today's fair albums:

    • The 2010 Fair Queen Pageant

    • 4-H Cat Show

    • 4-H Rabbit Show

    • 4-H Poultry Show

    • 4-H Goat Show

  • 4-H show results:

    • Visual arts

    • Home beautification

    • Vegetables

    • Crops

    • Miscellaneous

    • Dogs

  • Together for Lincoln application deadline Aug. 15

  • Community Action names Leticia Cook Employee of the Quarter

  • Back-to-school sales tax holiday starts Friday

  • Gov, AG halt predatory debt settlers

  • July -- warmer and wetter than normal for Illinois

  • Illinois food stamp cases continue to rise to new record

  • Fall lawn care
    By John Fulton

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • Laura on Life: Perfect storm

  • AP news

Tuesday, Aug. 3:

  • City Briefs:
    Sewer bills, sewer expenses, sidewalks, skunks and more

  • Dangerous heat levels today and Wednesday

  • Today's fair albums:

    • Department W preparations, part 1

    • Department W preparations, part 2

    • Monday's 4-H award winners

    • Monday's floriculture winners

    • Faces at the fair

    • Fair prepares for opening

  • Ameren seeks expansion through new company, but consumers will pay

  • Community Action announces 2010 scholarship recipients

  • Wanted: foster grandparents

  • Jared Coers, Conservation Reserve Program, girls' softball and Together for Lincoln in Close Up

  • Logan County FSA newsletter

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

Monday, Aug. 2:

  • Library announces summer reading winners

  • 7 on the ground: LDN ready for fair

  • 4-H Dog Show preparations -- album

  • 4-H Dog Show -- Album 1

  • 4-H Dog Show -- Album 2

  • 4-H Dog Show winners -- album

  • Recalls announced

  • YMCA notes

  • Police reports

  • Fire and rescue reports

  • AP news

 

 

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