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LDN - Top Stories
Monday
evening, city aldermen welcomed Joe Mester as a
probational city officer for the city of
Lincoln. Mester hails from the Petersburg
area and has served in the Menard County
Sheriff's Department, the Petersburg Police
Department and most recently with the Secretary
of State Police, where he was assigned as a
capitol police investigator. Mester is a
firearms range instructor and a field training
officer.
Photo
by Nila Smith
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for larger image.)
In
this file photo from Oct. 9, 1985, comedian Phyllis Diller
gets a lift from emcee Buddy Hackett prior to a
celebrity stag luncheon roast at the New York Friars
Club in New York City. Diller, the housewife turned
humorist who aimed some of her sharpest barbs at
herself, died Monday at age 95 in Los
Angeles.
AP file photo
by Marty Lederhandler
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Currently listing 104 Logan
County businesses & organizations. Will shoppers find your listing in
the Logan County Business Directory? Call 217-737-7418 to get listed.
Monday
evening the city of Lincoln said goodbye to a local icon. After nearly 44 years, Dan Tackett is retiring from the Lincoln
Courier. Mayor Keith Snyder presented Tackett with a
plaque of appreciation for his years of reporting local news.
Photo by Nila Smith (Click
on image for larger version.)
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...
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the seniors in our community
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LDN - Entertainment
In this file photo from May 20, 1966, comedian
Phyllis Diller appears in character in the ABC-TV comedy series
''The Pruitts of Southampton." Diller, the housewife turned humorist who aimed some of her
sharpest barbs at herself, died Monday at age 95
in Los Angeles.
Petaluma,
Calif., center fielder Austin Paretti (3) makes a diving catch on a fly ball by
Parsippany, N.J.'s Emil Matti in the third inning of an elimination baseball
game at the Little League World Series tournament in South Williamsport, Pa., on
Monday. Petaluma won 5-4 in eight innings.
