July 25

• New anti-drug campaign in Logan County set to begin in August

• Disney train to pass through Lincoln on Thursday

• Officials brief Congress on H1N1 flu virus

• H1N1 influenza update: 3,404 confirmed and probable cases, 17 deaths in Illinois

• Comptroller Hynes to run for Illinois governor

• Illinois State to seek 7.6 percent tuition increase

• A dad's love, a daughter's birthday and a baseball player named Taguchi -- in sports

July 24

• The Mill on 66 in Lincoln celebrates 80th anniversary

• Ready for some football? YMCA expanding flag football for youngsters

• IDOT announces record 91.7% seat belt usage

• Department of Healthcare and Family Services collects over $1 billion in child support

• Josh Davenport, the spirit of things, 'Pirates of Penzance,' library reading awards, Oasis bunco and travel soccer at the YMCA make the Close Up
  By Mike Fak

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

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