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LDN - Top Stories
There
were a lot of happy kids in Atlanta Friday
afternoon as they learned the park district won
a $25,000 grant for new playground equipment. Members
of the community turned out to
celebrate the grant that was awarded by State
Farm Insurance, thanks to the efforts of
everyone in the community who voted for Atlanta
in a Facebook contest.
Photo by Nila
Smith
(Click
on picture for larger image.)
Katherine Boss, Lincoln
College honors, 'Tintin'
tickets,
Stitchers help Angel Tree,
Arts & Crafts Guild,
LCHS Class of '77 reunion, HSLC dog wash,
Erich Maxheimer,
recycled material art entries, 'Parents Night Out,' Lincoln College basketball camp, Mount Pulaski
quilt show, Mount Pulaski preschool, Delavan battle re-enactment, Princess Tea
Zooming in
on the people,
places and things that make this community interesting!
Former
Penn State University assistant football coach
Jerry Sandusky, center, leaves the Centre County
Courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., on Friday in custody with Centre County Sheriff
Denny Nau, left, after being found guilty of
multiple charges of child sexual abuse. Sandusky
was convicted of sexually assaulting 10 boys
over 15 years, accusations that had sent shock
waves through the college campus known as Happy
Valley and led to the firing of Penn State's
beloved Hall of Fame coach, Joe Paterno.
AP photo
by Gene J. Puskar
(Click on
photo for
larger
image.)
Katherine Boss,
Lincoln College honors,
'Tintin' tickets,
Stitchers help Angel Tree,
Arts & Crafts Guild,
LCHS Class of '77 reunion, HSLC dog wash,
Erich Maxheimer,
recycled material art entries, 'Parents Night Out,' Lincoln College basketball camp, Mount Pulaski
quilt show, Mount Pulaski preschool, Delavan battle re-enactment, Princess Tea
Zooming
in on the people,
places and things that make this community interesting!
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.
Railroad crews have been very visible in Lincoln
and Logan County this week. This group was working its way through town
Thursday afternoon. The Illinois Department
of Transportation announced early this year that over 100,000
of the concrete railroad ties installed last
year had not met their specifications. Friday afternoon, crews
could be seen replacing ties in the Lawndale
area.
Photos by Karen
Hargis
(Click on
picture for larger image.)
How to ease arthritis pain ... Springfield Social Security office moves to new location ... Avoid becoming 'unscoreable' and maintain your credit history as
you age ... Disability: What you don't know can hurt you ... Tips to help seniors avoid identity thieves ... Consuming more fatty acids may reduce symptoms of dry eye ...
Medicare releases home health compare tool ... Help mom save $4,000 a year ... Boomers: Living comfortably at home in style
News & information for
the seniors in our community
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Daily News.
LDN - Entertainment
Gillian Flynn, author of "Gone Girl,"
is shown in Chicago on Tuesday. Flynn's third
novel, "Gone Girl," is the perfect beach read -- boy meets girl,
boy marries girl, girl goes missing on their fifth wedding
anniversary. "Gone Girl" has been selling for summer, entering
the New York Times best-seller hardcover fiction list at No. 2
for the week of June 24 and earning a top-10 spot on Amazon's
Top 100 list.
Kansas
City Royals' Mike Moustakas (8) collides with St. Louis Cardinals second baseman
Tyler Greene (27) during the sixth inning of a baseball game at Kauffman Stadium
in Kansas City, Mo., on Friday. Salvador was safe at first base.
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