Daily headlines
July 2005
Large number of contestants to vie for crown in Logan County pageant
State and local government vehicles' use of biodiesel to benefit Illinois agriculture, environment and help promote energy
Marriages
No dissolutions
Court news
New laws to reduce nursing shortages and improve quality of health care
Background checks now required at Illinois gun shows
44th District update
Lincoln AMVETS highlights
Thoughts at the swimming hole
LCHS mandatory meeting for new athletes and parents Monday
LaHood hails passage of transportation bill
County highway department looks for new leader
Fifth Street Road project to move forward
State driving enforcement correlated to lower traffic fatalities
Managing cattle in drought
School opening Aug. 22 at LCHS
How to get off the 'homework police' beat
Divorce recovery support group begins Sept. 12
Sunday in Middletown
LCHS mandatory meeting for new athletes and parents Monday
USDA gives swift approval of Illinois counties as agricultural disaster areas
Governor visits farmers in northern and central Illinois to view drought damage, discuss assistance
Brady announces candidacy for governor
Senate week in review from Sen. Larry Bomke
Some hybrids show promise for high-temperature drying
IDNR photo
contest under way
Tips for taking outstanding photos
The world of inventions can be a bizarre place to live
LCHS mandatory meeting for new athletes and parents Monday
Scarecrow contest to lead fall Railsplitter Festival
Celebrate summer in Hartsburg
Gov. Blagojevich signs
bill to activate health care professionals in the event of crisis
State to create medical worker registry
State initiates surgical assistant and technologist registration
Legislative action supports workers' rights to picket
Library offers music CD exchange
Oasis update
LCHS mandatory meeting for new athletes and parents Monday
Big Ten announces 2005 Men's Basketball Foreign Tour roster
City to vote on
appropriations
Figures show gradual economic improvement
Heat warnings and advisories canceled
Gov. Blagojevich requests federal emergency heat relief funding
Gov. Blagojevich seeks disaster
declaration to aid Illinois farmers
Illinois the only state in the
nation to protect children from violent and sexually explicit video
games
Letter: Lincoln couple show concern and
charity as biker for diabetes rolls through
General Assembly Scholarship goes to
Mount Pulaski grad
Weekly outlook:
Beef
4-H
Food and Nutrition, Home and Family shows
LCHS mandatory meeting Aug. 1 for
new athletes and parents
Pinto baseball
Makes cooling grants available Aug. 1
Request includes every Illinois county
Dangerous heat continues
Area residents advised to exercise caution
Avoiding the risks of deadly lightning strikes
Gov. Blagojevich signs legislation creating important economic development tool for eastern Illinois
State employees to be rewarded for money-saving suggestions
Biofilters cut livestock odor dramatically
4-H Food and Nutrition, Home and Family shows
Intense heat and high humidity levels to prevail over central and southeastern Illinois this weekend
Dangerous heat to beset region
Cooling centers to open
Tips for preventing heat-related illness
Governor's task force assesses drought impact in preparation for disaster area requests
Red Hat Society to paint Illinois State Fair in sea of red and purple
Marriages and dissolutions
Court news
Brady's 'traveling office hours'
Governor signs bills into law
Home Country: Church comes up with naming formula
Adventures on the Serengeti come to Jefferson Street Christian Church this year
Cave-In-Rock, located in southern Illinois
AMVETS Post 71 wins Americanism honor
Pinto baseball results
Community shocked by pharmacy closures
What you need to know about extreme heat
Illinois traffic fatalities down
Could be safest year on highways in more than 80 years
Governor continues efforts to get leading technology coal gasification plant
'Ask the
Learning Advisor'
9-year-old's reading not up to par
Pinto baseball
Dangerous heat anticipated
Logan County to host Illinois Symphony again
Workers' compensation reform to reduce business costs and increase workers' benefits
Blagojevich raids might be hurting federal funds
Death in Maine underscores need to wear PFD
Using drought-stressed corn
Letter: Thank you to those who were there for us
It's time for another patented invention quiz
L-Birds taking flight -- destination: Keokuk
Time change in Sunday drink hours challenged
Illinois Commerce Commission adopts Sustainable Energy Plan
'Fit 4 Life' steps off
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
sets record pace
Dairy
producers watch cattle for nitrate toxicosis
Book Look: 'Escape From Memory'
Oasis update
Mustang
baseball championship
Wind power given needed push
State agencies join Gov. Blagojevich's initiative to get fit
200,000th visitor welcomed at
museum
City briefs:
Heritage Days ends in the black
Bids, payments and mending of fences
Bioterrorism summit attracts hundreds of disaster response personnel from around the state
Gov. Blagojevich announces major I-SaveRx supply expansion
Illinois wine industry
growing strong
Wine competitions highlight best Illinois wines and promising
up-and-comers
Senate week in review
Weekly outlook: Corn prices
City briefs
New law protects
emergency management workers
Penalties same as for those who injure or kill police, firefighters
and EMS workers
This little piggy went to market
Pig transport losses
44th District weekly update
Governor approves legislation assisting Illinois' unemployed citizens
State representative visits Inland Tool in Mount Pulaski
Five vision topics added to NIH Senior Health site
How do I instill responsibility in a 12-year-old?
Illinois bans cell phone use by drivers under 18
Sysco gets big welcome
Pictures from Sysco's groundbreaking
Pierce-Arrow cars tour to Mount Pulaski
Funding to
enhance wildlife habitat, help threatened and endangered
species
45 projects receive financial support
Marriages and dissolutions
Court news
Governor signs bills into law
Lincoln AMVETS Auxiliary report
Postcard from Eldon Hazlet State Park
'Home Country,' by Slim Randles
A pond, a water-worthy vessel and
summer imagination
Hoffman on I-AA.org Preseason All-America team
Gov. Blagojevich's Opportunity Returns program celebrates groundbreaking of new food service distribution facility in Lincoln
Elkhart hits the big 150
Sesquicentennial
celebration events Thursday-Sunday, July 21-24
Backpacks for kids
Illinois' 'safe haven' law for abandoned babies protects parents who hand over newborns safely
Illinois' Weber receives contract extension
Illinois Arts Council announces 2005 Literary Award winners
Drought-stressed forages: threat to livestock
Citizen Police Academy registration ends today (Friday)
Knapp Library offering summer programs
This weekend:
Eagles BBQ
YMCA Builder's Ball Saturday
Pinto baseball
American Legion baseball
Stinky business
City asked to chip in on boring expert for sewer plant
'Sharing Golden Nuggets' senior adult ministry conference
Illinois departments receive national awards for e-initiatives
Agrichemical container recycling program available
YMCA Builder's Ball
Knapp Library notes
Inventor of wrench sabotaged its name
Free wing shooting clinic geared toward women, youth
Lincoln MABAS proves value in first run
$10 million state program to award grants for stem cell research
Landmark legislation puts Illinois back in the film industry limelight
Nation's governors to honor eight for service to states
Stem cell basics
What medical conditions might be affected by stem cell discoveries?
Weekly outlook: Stocks
Ice cream social in Middletown
Oasis update
Letters:
'Lincoln, my Lincoln'
Endorsement for military science program
'Newsbits' from the Department of Natural Resources
Lincoln's
King back in the National Football League?
By LDN staff
Fire
destroys downtown building
Teens brought in for questioning
County briefs
Lightning fact sheet
Illinois nominee to receive National Governors Association award
'I do' on the midway
IDNR provides resources for preschoolers
Teachers encouraged to order free materials
St. Ambrose University spring dean's list
Study finds exercise slows developments of Alzheimer's-like brain changes in mice
Delavan town meeting
Logan County Comprehensive Plan surveys rolling in
Plan still holds confusion for some
School supply drive
Governor signs laws to help increase colorectal cancer awareness and to help fund sarcoidosis research
General Assembly Scholarship recipients for the 50th District
Lincoln Writers Club meets Tuesday
PONY baseball championship doubleheader
American Legion baseball at Macomb
Speeding through Illinois construction zones could cost you more
Win a cafe with the stroke of a pen
Marriages and dissolutions
Governor signs bills into law
Logan County Junior Master Gardeners
Elkhart Sesquicentennial antique book appraisal
Lincoln Speedway hosts Jaycee Pride Night
Praisefest concert scheduled at Lincoln Bible Church
Postcard from Sangchris State Park
Gov. Blagojevich's Drought Response Task Force reports on dry
conditions
Water resources, crops and aquatic life all affected
New Beginnings thrift shop dedication set for Saturday
Tourism director resigns
YMCA camp program counteracts summer learning skill losses
State unfolds $9.15 billion, multiyear road program
Plan moves forward with economic development
Classic Pierce-Arrows to tour Mount Pulaski
Information sought on Fifth Street business burglary
Raising prawns for profit
IDNR
online site provides detailed information for anglers
Web resource proves popular in first year
Schedule at St. Peter Lutheran Church, Emden
Bronco championship game
Lincoln Pony League's All-Star team vs. Mount Zion
Lincoln American Legion baseball vs. Pontiac
Governor to brief Illinois residents in face of today's London terrorism events
The
farm situation:
Drought, Japanese beetles, rootworm beetles, spider mites, potato
leafhoppers challenge local crops
By John
Fulton
Illinois introduces 'Ticket for a
Cure'
New laws supply funding and enforce insurance coverage for
women's health
Illinois DNA backlog eliminated
Weekly outlook
Corn acreage
Monthly glass collection Saturday, 9-noon
Lincoln blood drive Monday
Are superstitions an American invention?
Girls' Pinto softball
American Legion baseball
City approves union worker contracts
May drug arrests pave way for
additional July warranted arrests
Lincoln Police and Logan County Sheriff's departments make collaborative
busts
State rental program to help residents find safe affordable housing
Governor signs bills into law
District 44 weekly update
Sunglasses: more than a fashion statement
Local student wins national championship at FBLA-PBL National Leadership Conference
Book Look: 'All Your Worth'
Community worship service
Oasis update
Pinto baseball
PONY baseball
Football tickets now on sale
Lincoln fireworks postponed to tonight
Fire department kept busy over holiday
Main Street Lincoln introduces 'Hats Off to Abe'
Middletown Postmaster Yarcho retires
Relay For Life of Minier quickly approaches
Illinois boosts funding for teen pregnancy prevention in areas that still need help
Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum tickets now available online
PONY baseball
Lincoln has started celebrating
Come join in some or all of the hours and days of fun at Lincoln Heritage
Days
City finances looking up and forward
State child support collections
at record-breaking $1 billion mark
Increase in collections nearly triples the national average
Marriages and dissolutions
Court news
Blagojevich launches 'July is
Health Care Month'
Governor focusing month ahead on improving and expanding access to health
care
Home Country: Why a fire on a hot day?
By Slim Randles
IDNR encourages Illinoisans to
be kind to bats
Bats a natural predator of insects
Postcard from the park: Tunnel Hill
Redbird logo receives fresh look
Good news for county
Finances holding the line
State plans 4th of July crackdown to reduce alcohol-related accidents
Illinois officials remind boaters to practice safety
Food security to create jobs in the Illinois homeland security industry
New laws signed to protect Illinoisans from discrimination and hate crimes
IDNR offers
educators learning opportunities
Sign-up offered now for 2005-2006 ENTICE
workshops
Pinto baseball
PONY baseball
American Legion baseball