July 23

• County board asked for show of support for prison workers

• Senior coupons available for Lincoln Farmers' Market

• Deputy Coroner Southerland receives FBI training

• New loan to help 1st-time Illinois homebuyers

• U of I dean says he admitted student pushed by trustee

July 22

• Logan County Board moves on District 6 seat, other business and appointments

• After-school, gifted program cuts approved by Ill. Board of Ed.

• 3rd annual Fall Farm Day in Logan County features wind farm tour

• Road closure east of Broadwell

• U of I trustee denies urging relatives' admission

• Special hours to pay property taxes

• Democratic Ill. state treasurer to run for Senate

• Tickets on sale now for USAC and ARCA at Springfield and DuQuoin fairs

July 21

• Shooting at Scully Park

• Together for Lincoln addresses an abbreviated council meeting

• County briefs: New audit in time for budget process; District 6 candidate presented; nighttime committee meetings move to safety complex; committees report

• Siren test set for 10 a.m. Tuesday

• National Night Out -- Aug. 4
  Lincoln to join cities nationwide for 'America's Night Out Against Crime'

• Statewide public health response to hepatitis A outbreak in Rock Island County
  2 from Logan County Dept. of Public Health assisting

• Illinois collects $10.7 million from voluntary disclosure program

• Drama about Mary Lincoln to be performed Saturday at Old State Capitol

• Main Street Lincoln, Emden Historical Society, 'ghostwalk,' Mill anniversary and cruise-in make the Close Up
  By Mike Fak

July 20

• County briefs: New audit in time for budget process; District 6 candidate presented; nighttime committee meetings move to safety complex; committees report

• Logan County Department of Public Health assists Rock Island County in hepatitis A outbreak

• Personality of the Week
  What makes a community great? All of you

• New Ill. governor gets little in 1st session

• Quinn visits troops in Iraq and Kuwait

• House higher ed. chairman to speak to governor's U of I commission on Tuesday
  Will call for trustees' resignations

• Blagojevich offers budget advice

July 18

• Mitchell pushes new legislation as AFSCME jobs threatened

• Road closure: Construction on 5th Street Road

• Ales for Tails a big success -- in pictures

• Officials warn of increased swine flu outbreak

• Legendary CBS anchor Walter Cronkite dies at 92

July 17

• June jobless rate inches higher to 10.3 percent
  0.2 percent increase tempered by slowing job loss

• As more cuts loom, hard for agencies to plan

• State's attorney charges 2 with residential burglary, aggravated possession of firearms

• Illinois court upholds abortion notification law

• The Linpro dancers, win $500 contest, Grab Your Fork, Middletown Bible Church, petting zoo and First Baptist Church of Lincoln all make Close Up
  By Mike Fak

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