News Index
(from the last 7 days)

Tuesday, September 06, 2005

posted daily OVER THE NOON HOUR  (CDT)

An ambulance from the Logan County Paramedic Association did not go to assist victims of Katrina empty-handed. The results of "fill the ambulance" were obtained in an hour and 15 minutes on Saturday morning as the team waited for the rest of their convoy heading out for the Gulf Coast.

• Water pumped from flood-hit city  (BBC)

• Gov. Blagojevich directs nearly 1,100 more Illinoisans to Louisiana to assist with hurricane effort
  New deployment includes 500 Illinois National Guard, nearly 600 firefighters, 50 fire trucks and other firefighting equipment

• Lincoln College helps student victims of Hurricane Katrina

• Weekend roadside safety checks in Lincoln part of 'You Drink and Drive. You Lose'

• Agriculture Department authorizes some gas stations to post half-gallon prices

• World, national news

• Egypt Government and Activists Wrangle on Eve of Poll

• Reports: North Korea proposes resuming nuclear talks Sept. 13

• U.N. Panel to Release Report on Oil-for-Food

• Powerful typhoon lashes southern Japan

• Pumps begin to drain New Orleans

• Nearly a million in US still without power due to Katrina

• Rehnquist's casket taken to U.S. Supreme Court

• NOLA.com

• More...

• Illinois Community College Board establishes toll-free line to help students affected by hurricane

• Renegotiating cash rents

• Agriculture news elsewhere

• Weather Market Commentary

• Another Week or Two Needed to Assess Hurricane Katrina Shipping Situation

• Katrina's Price Tag Estimated at $1 Billion in Farm Country

• More...

 Community

• Class of 1955 reunion notice

• Writing group meets on Sept. 13

• Serving in the military  sponsored by American Legion Post 263

• Calendar of events

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• Agrees that LDC buildings could be put to use

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 Business

• NEED A JOB? FIND IT HERE!    (2)

• Classifieds    (10)

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• Business news elsewhere

• Finally, gas prices take a break

• The High Cost Of Climate Change

• More...

The Sports Page

• LCC volleyball at Monmouth invitational

• Zook era begins with an amazing comeback win!
  By Greg Taylor

• Robinson claims initial Gateway honor

• Sports news elsewhere

• US Open 2005 -- Grand Slam Tennis

• More...

• Health news elsewhere

• Health Highlights

• Two-Year-Olds Mimic Parents' Smoking, Drinking

• Study finds fortified grain combats birth defects

• More people turning to hypnosis for weight loss

• More...

• Personal tech news elsewhere

• Big Mother (or Father) is watching

• Samsung to launch dual-standard DVD player -paper

• More..

Saturday, Sept. 3:

• Katrina help: Illinois Incident Management Team to support Mississippi emergency management personnel
  Two IEMA employees part of 11-member team

• Community Foundation of Central Illinois announces help for Hurricane Katrina victims

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum partners with American Red Cross to offer free admission to those who make donations to Hurricane Katrina victims

• Free 'Pops in the Park' with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra
  Red Cross to accept donations

• Impaired driving is focus of Labor Day weekend mobilization

• LaHood to meet with Armington firefighters on Monday to celebrate awarding of federal grants

• Letters:

  • Can LDC help hurricane victims?

  • Helping evacuees in Houston

  • History of Lincoln a hit with one reader

• Marriages

• Dissolutions

• Court news

Friday, Sept. 2

Thursday, Sept. 1

Wednesday, Aug. 31

Tuesday, Aug. 30

Monday, Aug. 29