Wednesday, Aug. 31:

• Abraham Lincoln Healthcare Foundation awards scholarships

• Bridge construction near Middletown to begin Tuesday

• Crime Stoppers looking for information on residential burglary

• Ameren asking customers to cough up $90 million more

• State fair attendance up 10 percent

• University of Illinois says it's saved $26 million

• Birth: Kori Jean Singleton

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Laura on Life: How to apologize

• AP news

Tuesday, Aug. 30:

• State lawmakers send electric rate increase bill to Quinn

• Lawrence to run for 11th Judicial Circuit

• Health department plans emergency preparedness exercise Friday

• $45 million available to build & expand early childhood services

• Illinois National Guard involved in Irene aftermath

• Jaycees drive-thru dinner, Zion Family Fun Fest, Lincoln Woman's Club orientation, blood drive, Gail's Pumpkin Patch, Circle City Ringers and Mount Pulaski 9/11 gathering make Close Up

• Births:

• Ava Maliah Carvalho

• Jayden Michael Ray Kirby

• Sloane Ellyson Knollenberg

• Police reports

• Lincoln College women's golf

• AP news

Monday, Aug. 29:

• Up in Smoke gives out awards, receives praise

• Up in Smoke on the Square winners -- album

• Cub Scout Pack 111 offers fun and facts at jamboree

• Antique autos circle the downtown square

• Y hosts annual bike ride

• Library shares its wealth of books

• Friday at the airport
              Album 1    Album 2    Album 3

• Friday art and balloon fest parade
              Album 1    Album 2    Album 3

• Saturday morning fly-in
              Album 1    Album 2    Album 3

• Saturday downtown -- album

• Saturday at the airport -- album

• Saturday night at the airport -- album

• 2011 art fair winners -- album

• Sunday on the square -- album

• Sunday at Postville Courthouse -- album

• Faces at the festival
              Album 1   Album 2   Album 3   Album 4   Album 5

• The show must go on: and so it did
  A perspective on the balloon fest by Mike Fak

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Lincoln College women's soccer results

• LC men's soccer results

• WLB baseball results

• AP news

Saturday, Aug. 27:

• Judge sides with Quinn in regional superintendents' pay dispute

• Doctors, hospitals snub Ill. Medicaid managed care

• Barbecue judging downtown Saturday afternoon

• Sidewalk chalk art -- album

• Faces at the festival -- album

• Great food on the square this weekend -- album

• Railers drop season opener to Rochester 48-6

• Quinn announces electric car coming to Illinois this fall

• HOPE Mobile schedule for September

• Home Country: A diplomatic solution

• AP news

Friday, Aug. 26:

• Prison guard numbers worry lawmakers

• Constitutional questions at heart of superintendents' pay case

• A balloon's-eye view of Lincoln -- album

• Chalk art hits the downtown pavement

• Chalk art hits the downtown pavement -- album

• Maple Ridge Care Centre hosts kickoff dinner -- album

• State announces start of home heating assistance enrollment

• Railers start season against defending state champ Rochester -- in Sports

• Tales from Christian Village: Reflections on turning 90
  By Helen Tanner

• 'Spirits of the Civil War' Sept. 10 at Lincoln Tomb

• Letter: LCHS ACT scores go up

• Brad Neal attends national conference of LPL Financial

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• WLB baseball

• AP news

Thursday, Aug. 25:

• New art institute and think tank opens on the square

• Serious competition at this year's Up in Smoke on the Square

• Festival volunteers have party at American Legion -- album

• Railer coach McDonald looks to create winning tradition -- in Sports

• $5 million is just the beginning of Illinois' health care exchange costs

• Police reports

• WLB baseball

• Logan Lanes:

  • Jay Bird League

  • Tuesday Super Trios

• AP news

Wednesday, Aug. 24:

• City announces winners of art and balloon fest drawings

• Mount Pulaski hail damage extensive

• NWS completes hail report: Mount Pulaski wins for biggest

• New Holland-Middletown board tests the waters

• Heat, gusty winds, scattered showers and storms expected today
  Graphical depiction

• Lincoln, Mount Pulaski total 5,450 pounds in Stamp Out Hunger campaign

• The ordeal of Lindsey Zollars: Civil War veteran's remarkable story

• United Way begins yearly drive at balloon fest

• Quinn faces lawsuits over cuts to workers' pay

• Court delays superintendents' pay case

• Letter: Support local business

• Birth: Gwyneth Ann Tanner

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news

Tuesday, Aug. 23:

• Chamber celebrates 38th annual Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival with ribbon-cuts

• Possibility of severe storms Tuesday evening; heat and humidity returning Wednesday

• Lincoln now has its own Walmart baby

• Meet the 2011 balloonists -- Part 5

• Are you ready for some Railer football?

• Unpaid superintendents to get day in court

• Jobs picture worsening in Illinois

• Illinois gets more than $5 million to establish health insurance exchange
  Federal grant will help create more competitive health insurance marketplace for families and businesses

• Dr. Freesmeier's class, running shoe clinic, blood drives, sidewalk chalk classes and Saturday bike rides make Close Up

• Park district notes

• Fire and rescue reports

• WLB baseball results

• Lincoln Speedway results for Saturday

• Saturday night races at Lincoln Speedway -- album

• AP news

Monday, Aug. 22:

• Future firefighters meet the challenge

• Future firefighters meet the challenge -- album

• Volunteers, including LCHS honor society, keep downtown flower baskets looking good

• Honor society takes care of downtown flowers -- album

• Regional school chiefs sue to get paid by state

• Meet the 2011 balloonists -- Part 4

• Letter: Citizen needs help finding new home

• Recalls announced

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news

Saturday, Aug. 20:

• Cruz In breezes in at Friendship Manor

• Jeff. St. youth group fun in the sun

• Jeff. St. youth group fun in the sun -- album

• Lincoln College welcomes Jordan Burnham, featured in Emmy-nominated segment on ESPN

• Bock named CEO for Country Financial

• New volunteer training sessions at presidential library complex start Sept. 7

• Fact Check: Recession is culprit in high US debt

• IDOT: 'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over'

• Home Country: Think tank tackles government regulations

• AP news

Friday, Aug. 19:

• Illinois unemployment rises for 3rd consecutive month

• Carroll Catholic School welcomes David Welch as new principal

• Chamber offers free parking and shuttle service for patrons of Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival

• Local author Anne Eldridge releases 2nd novel

• A look at the state fair -- album

• Meet the 2011 balloonists -- Part 3

• Cub Scout Pack 111 to host Recruiting Jamboree

• GOP leaders renew opposition to borrowing

• Letter: Balloon festival volunteers needed

• Birth: Karson Lee Lester

• Police reports

• WLB baseball

• AP news

Thursday, Aug. 18:

• Central Illinois sees Increase in tourism dollars in 2010
  Logan County at $31.1 million, up 2.4%

• Weekend getaway at Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival

• Adams School hosts open house -- album

• Schedule of 1st day of school for area schools

• 1st day of school safe driving reminders

• Meet the 2011 balloonists -- Part 2

• Democratic county chairmen confident in 2012 prospects

• Writing club to meet Sept. 13

• Police report

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news

Wednesday, Aug. 17:

• LCHS board approves concussion mandates

• Dinner and a movie start at the Owl's Roost

• Postville Courthouse to again host 1800s Craft Fair

• Order your DVD of this year's fair today

• Meet the 2011 balloonists -- Part 1

• Season tickets for LCHS sports on sale now

• DHFS to negotiate state health contract extensions

• Supporters hope state fair sways Quinn on gambling expansion

• GOP congressmen push campaign despite difficult map

• Oak tree problems
  By John Fulton

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Laura on Life: Learning to speak

• WLB baseball

• AP news

Tuesday, Aug. 16:

• Topinka honors Logan County Fair

• City Briefs: Sewer work, finances better and more

• City announces annual art & balloon fest giveaway

• Work to replace payment drop boxes begins Wednesday

• City's August frequently asked questions

• Fire department seeks information on Monday morning car fire

• Get lost ... and have fun in the Lincoln Corn Maze

• Sorority provides book bags for local students

• Tales from Christian Village: Berneice Naffziger

• New law increases penalties against illegal dumping

• Officials say Illinois State Fair is about more than just the money

• Lincoln College blood drive, Humane Society dog wash, square dance at the park district and Meet the Railers schedule in Close Up

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• WLB baseball results

• AP news

Monday, Aug. 15:

• Durbin visits Lincoln
  Senator cordially refutes Republicans, saves barbs for tea party

• Beaches: 2 businesses in 1 location

• Drivers take a spin for LCHS band

• Drivers take a spin for LCHS band -- album

• Beta Sigma Phi, National Honor Society help students get ready for school -- album

• 'Tonight Show' performer Sara Hickman comes to Lincoln on Sept. 8

• Recalls announced

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Lincoln Speedway results from Friday

• AP news

Saturday, Aug. 13:

• Progress for Logan and Mason Public Transportation system

• Best Western Lincoln Inn becomes Best Western Plus

• Spots available on Lincoln College cruise

• Gov. Quinn opens 2011 Illinois State Fair

• State police bolster security for Illinois State Fair

• Appeals court invalidates health insurance mandate

• Marriages, civil unions

• Dissolutions

• Home Country: Advice business booms

• AP news

Friday, Aug. 12:

• Lincoln Elks support Community Action senior programs with $5,000 check

• Amy Denney named ALMH August Employee of the Month

• City Hall hosts art show, open house

• City Hall hosts art show, open house -- album

• Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival will again kick off with a parade

• Bridge construction near Burton View to begin soon

• Bridge construction near Middletown to begin soon

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Logan Lanes:

  • Ball-N-Bag League

  • Have-A-Ball League

• AP news

Thursday, Aug. 11:

• 'Bus'ted; Oasis begins fundraising drive for new vehicle

• An evening of elegance on Elkhart Hill Sept. 11

• US Sen. Richard Durbin to visit Logan County Democrats Saturday

• Governor vetoes legislative scholarships

• New political map means new faces in General Assembly

• No new regulations for transport of agricultural products

• Quinn signs legislation to increase electronics recycling in Illinois
  Legislation modernizes Illinois' recycling laws

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news

Wednesday, Aug. 10:

• City Briefs: Tourism, city manager, sewer woes and more

• 'Public, be warned' about illegal dumping

• 4-H Foundation Scholarship winners announced

• Terry Veach to retire from ALMH

• Legislation signed to protect volunteer drivers who transport seniors

• Feds buck Quinn, order cooperation in illegal alien program

• Uncashed checks to be curated by state quicker

• Mobile pantry, Eli Crane, LCHS band fundraiser, Lincoln Junior Woman’s Club trivia night and Rotary chicken dinner make Close Up

• The fall garden and items of interest
  By John Fulton

• Police reports

• Book Look: 'The Things a Brother Knows'

• Laura on Life: IPhone antics

• AP news

Tuesday, Aug. 9:

• Lincoln runners take it on the road for St. Jude

• St. Jude Lincoln to Peoria Run -- album

• KCBS BBQ competition joins the Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival this year

• Lincoln College announces community open house at Scott Joslin Fitness Center

• Final fair coverage:

  • Mud bogs -- Album 1   Album 2

  • Demo derby -- Album 1   Album 2

  • Demo derby results

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news

Monday, Aug. 8:

• Logan County 4-H honors special friends

• Logan County amateurs strut their stuff

• Talent show at the fair -- album

• Annual chili cook-off -- Album 1

• Annual chili cook-off -- Album 2

• 2011 Cake Classic winners -- album

• Friday Open Sheep Show -- album

• Dept. G & Dept. H Swine:
  Album 1    Album 2    Album 3    Album 4

• Dept. A Open Beef & Dept. H Junior Beef:
  Album 1    Album 2    Album 3    Album 4

• Textile division award winners

• Faces at the fair:
  Album 11    Album 12    Album 13    Album 14    Album 15

• Logan County Fair results:

• Junior Beef Cattle

• Junior Swine

• Open Sheep Show

• Open Horse Show

• Harness Racing

• Dairy and Culinary

• Recalls announced

• Births:

  • Ryley Max Correll

  • Canaan Garth Hodam

• Fire and rescue reports

• Logan Lanes:

• Ball-N-Bag League

• Have-A-Ball

• Summer Super Four

• AP news

Saturday, Aug. 6:

• LCU hosts Chinese visitors

• Judging everything but the... baaaa

• Faces at the fair:
         Album 8     Album 9     Album 10

• 4-H sheep judging album

• Kids' Day at the fair -- album

• Thursday night tractor and truck pull -- album

• Cake and candy department winners

• 4-H beef judging:
         Album 1    Album 2    Album 3    Album 4

• Logan County Fair results:

  • 4-H Heifer Show

  • Junior Horse and Pony

• USDA reminds producers of application closing dates for noninsurable crops

• Fed case calling Illinois gun laws illegal gets hearing

• Home Country: No degree, no license

• AP news

Friday, Aug. 5:

• Exhibit dedicated to fallen soldiers visits the fair

• Y swimming classes make a big splash

• Y swimming classes make a big splash -- album

• Faces at the fair:  Album 5, Album 6, Album 7

• A look at the trotters -- album

• The scrambles in pictures:  Chickens     Goats     Pigs     Calves

• 4-H dairy judging:  Album 1, Album 2, Album 3

• 4-H swine events:  Album 1, Album 2, Album 3, Album 4

• Logan County Fair results:

• 4-H Horse Show

• 4-H Sheep Show

• 4-H Steer Show

• Junior Dairy Cattle

• Junior Dairy & Pygmy Goats

• Junior Sheep

• Junior Poultry

• Junior Rabbits

• Dairy Cattle

• Agricultural Products

• Textiles

• Fine Arts

• Photography

• July weather a month of extremes

• Housing market still slumping in Illinois

• Birth: Jaylen Joshua Dale

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news

Thursday, Aug. 4:

• Regional superintendents: We'll stay without pay for a little longer

• Betty Mosier, the flower judge, believes fairs are good community boosters

• Faces at the fair -- Album 3

• Faces at the fair -- Album 4

• Open Horse Show -- Album 1

• Open Horse Show -- Album 2

• 4-H goat judging: Album 1    Album 2    Album 3   Album 4

• Blue ribbon winners in the Dairy and Culinary Department -- Album 1

• Blue ribbon winners in the Dairy and Culinary Department -- Album 2

• Logan County Fair results:

• 4-H Dairy Show

• 4-H Breeding Hogs

• 4-H Market Hogs

• 4-H Dairy Goat Show

• Glass recycling scheduled for Aug. 13

• Sports commission adopts bylaws

• Layoffs at Illinois publications continue

• AP news

Wednesday, Aug. 3:

• Breaking news: Development partnership announces new executive director

• Robert and Jo Ellen Maske: their labor of love at the fair

• A 'fair' fight: Firemen use their power, just for the fun of it

• Talent show participants needed

• The crowning of a new fair queen:
            Album 1    Album 2    Album 3    Album 4

• Faces at the fair -- Album 1

• Faces at the fair -- Album 2

• 4-H Cat Show judging -- album

• 4-H chicken judging -- album

• 4-H and junior rabbit judging:
            Album 1    Album 2    Album 3

• Logan County Fair results:

  • 4-H Cat Show

  • 4-H Dog Show

  • 4-H Rabbits

  • 4-H Poultry Show

  • 4-H Crops Show

  • 4-H Vegetable & Fruit Gardening Show

  • 4-H Home Beautification Show

  • 4-H Visual Arts

  • 4-H Miscellaneous

• Community Action announces scholarship recipients

• Social Security benefits will be paid on time

• Some Illinois pols in both parties vote against debt ceiling deal

• Field trip grants available to visit Lincoln Presidential Museum
  Apply by Sept. 1

• Foundation sprays, beetles and lawn diseases
  By John Fulton

• Birth: Emma Grace Arnold

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• Book Look: 'Unscrewed' and 'Print'

• Laura on Life: Road trip conversation

• AP news

Tuesday, Aug. 2:

• City Briefs: High-speed rail, police cars, tourism signage and more

• City of Lincoln FAQs for the month of July

• County audit, Part 2: Revenue highlights

• Stacy's Family Pharmacy offers answers to prescription users Aug. 15

• LDN numbers keep growing, including Facebook totals

• Excessive heat warning to 7 p.m. today
  Heat index values to peak in the 105 to 115 range between noon and 6 p.m.

• The work is almost over: Tonight we will have a new queen

• Working to be our queen -- album

• 4-H Visual Arts judging:  Album 1   Album 2   Album 3   Album 4

• 4-H Floriculture, Horticulture, Crops and Miscellaneous -- album

• Ill. treasurer looking to feds for protection

• Keeping businesses in Illinois part of Tuesday's tax focus

• This day in history

• Faith Lutheran blood drive, Mount Pulaski Grade School registration, Firemen's Benefit Golf Outing by Frontier Mutual, Sidewalk Chalk Art Exposition and Habitat for Humanity orientation make Close Up

• Park district notes

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• LCU volleyball team receives academic award

• Schonauer signs with Nova Southeastern (Fla.)

• AP news

Monday, Aug. 1:

• County's audit returns with better bottom line; midyear review shows budget on target
  Part 1

• Costume designer Kevin Anderson headed to Texas Tech

• Our reporter Nila Smith remembers Wayne Coffey
  A perspective by Nila Smith

• LDN readies for Logan County Fair's 75th anniversary
  Greater coverage and new collector items

• 4-H Dog Show -- Album 1   Album 2   Album 3

• Local park becomes theater on Saturday night

• Local Dems have their night at the Knights

• US debt default could mean Ill. cuts in services

• 215 schools in Ill. join fresh produce program

• Recalls announced

• Births:

  • Ainsley Catherine-Irene Busby

  • Darren Anthony Fry

  • Natalie Amaya Smith

• Police reports

• Fire and rescue reports

• AP news