Heat advisory starts at 1 p.m. Tuesday

Workmen from McShane Construction labor to add a pitched roof atop Lincoln College's natatorium.

[picture by Jim Youngquist] click on picture for larger image

• 4-H and Cake Classic auction totals

• Logan County Cake Classic results and recipes

• Scramble winners

• Grand marshals announced for Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade

• A Redbird practice full of firsts

Major League Baseball:

• NL roundup: Tom Glavine wins 300th game

• AL roundup:  Yankees close in on AL wild card

• Bonds hits 755th homer to tie Aaron

• Rodriguez hits 500th homer

• Team standings, schedules & scores

• Sports news elsewhere

  • More...

• Current obituaries

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Saturday, Aug. 4:

• Scrambles drew a crowd Friday night at the Logan County Fair:

  • Scrambles results

  • Here chickie, chickie... (pictures)

  • Rope a goat... (pictures)

  • Slick as a greased pig... (pictures)

  • Time for a little calf roping... (pictures)

• Gov. Blagojevich renews call for legislature to approve $10 billion capital plan to upgrade infrastructure
  Illinois bridge system ranked fifth-safest in nation by Federal Highway Administration; governor says capital investment in bridges and roads needed to create jobs, boost economic development and improve public safety

• Cooler than normal prevails in July

• Bridge collapse death toll likely lower

  • Divers cautiously search amid debris

  • Victims bound in death by bad timing

• Product recalls

• 1,000,000+ rescues for Coast Guard

• Man mauled by dogs at Ving Rhames' home

• Rocket blasts off carrying Mars lander

• Teacher ready to fly to space station

• Hackers: Social networking sites flawed

• Soccer fete continues in Iraq

• Aztec leader's tomb found

• Blogs make their political mark

• Arkansas couple welcomes 17th child

• Armless man gets 5 years for driving

• Today in history

• The nation's weather

• Court news

• Marriages

• (No dissolution reports)

• 44th District weekly update

• UPS to celebrate 100-year anniversary

• Ford recalling 3.6 million vehicles

• Walt Disney World to raise prices

• Stocks fall sharply amid credit fears

• Wheat, oats, soybeans rise in Chicago

• Foot-and-mouth disease detected in UK

• Here am I, send me: Free will

• Reminder: Mount Pulaski Grade School registration set

• Home Country: Winning lure with added value

• How baby babbles become talking tsunami

• Illinois products to be highlighted at state fair
  Homemade jams and jellies, spices and seasonings, coffee and candy to be featured in showcase of Illinois-made products

• Lincoln Legion ends tournament play

• Uribe slam sends White Sox to win

• Nationals beat Cardinals 3-2

• Mets beat Cubs 6-2

• No homer for Bonds at Petco Park

• Detroit's Perez suspended for 80 games

• NL roundup: Diamondbacks extend lead in NL West

• AL roundup:  Indians overtake Tigers in AL Central

• Team standings, schedules & scores

• LPGA Tour: Wie misses cut at Women's British Open

• Sabbatini in the lead at Bridgestone

• Phelps nearly breaks backstroke record

Friday, Aug. 3

Thursday, Aug. 2

Wednesday, Aug. 1

Tuesday, July 31

Monday, July 30