Oct. 2

• Police report 9 break-ins to downtown businesses overnight

• Chester-East Lincoln third-graders spend the morning with the Lincoln Fire Department

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• Community Action expands utility assistance enrollment

• Michael Graves receives recognition during Illinois Emergency Management Conference

• Lincoln Jaycees present 'Terror by the Tracks' Haunted House

• Fall archery season for deer and turkey open throughout Illinois

• Memorial's Be Aware Women's Fair returns to Illinois State Fairgrounds in October

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Oct. 1

• CEL potential building plan moves to school board

• Lincoln Fire Department announces Fire Safety Month poster contest winners
  Department will spend this month visiting local schools

• Fine weather brightens Together for Lincoln community service day

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• A day at Gail's Pumpkin Patch raises awareness for breast cancer

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  • 'Miss Pink' visits Gail's Pumpkin Patch

• Lincoln Youth Football 2nd/3rd ends the season undefeated
  Season ends on a high note for all the teams

• 'Thunder,' 'Lighting' and the 'Energizer Bunny' lead LYF 4th through an undefeated season

• LCHS Marching Railers win 2nd at Mount Zion

• LCHS boys hope to make a good golf season great with postseason run
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• American Legion baseball recruitment night Wednesday

• Woofstock volunteers needed

• Fall trout season opens Oct. 20

• Illinois and the Korean War, October 1952

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Sept. 29

• Partnership fundraiser brings a new twist to golf

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• Internship Fair offers LCU students opportunities for education and career

• Dump truck loses load of meat scraps near Emden

• Gail’s Pumpkin Patch offering the best of fall décor and treats, plus 'Paint the Patch Pink' this weekend

• LCHS announces crew members for fall play

• Railers taken down by Tornadoes 36-0
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• American Legion baseball recruitment night Wednesday

• Candlelight Walk at Lincoln’s New Salem Oct. 5 & 6

• Museum hosts primitive encampment during annual scenic drive

• Memorial Medical Center offers free hearing screenings

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Sept. 28

• Logan Mason Public Transportation cuts the ribbon on a new venture

• Community enjoys an evening in Melrose Park

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• Railer notes: Senior linemen lead Lincoln into rival territory against Taylorville
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• Mason City Area Nursing Home names new administrator

• Parents and professionals invited to symposium on play and early child learning

• IDOT invites students to design art for rain barrels

• New trade leads developed on Illinois grain industry tour

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Sept. 27

• Christopher Harris will admit to killing one member of the Raymond Gee family

• Volunteers still needed as organizers make final preparations for Together for Lincoln

• Local caretakers learn how to prevent falls in the home

• For Hartem coach, it's Golf 101
  By Justin Tierney

• Nominating petitions now available for 2013 LCHS school board election

• Logan County Democrats host 'Grab & Go' pork BBQ Oct. 3

• 'Teen Tech Thursdays' kick off at the Atlanta Public Library Oct. 4

• Confirmed case of salmonella in central Illinois linked to peanut butter

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Sept. 26

• Aldermen question engineering costs for Oglesby Avenue bridge

• Early morning diesel fuel spill on I-55

• NFL Punt, Pass & Kick contest produces 6 local winners

• Logan County Council of the American Legion Auxiliary meeting Thursday

• Lincoln Wal-Mart will host 'Turn on the Power of the Pink' mammogram van

• Immanuel Lutheran will host old-fashioned hymn sing

• Lincoln Kiwanis Club to sponsor blood drive at Lincoln Masonic Center

• William Fitzsimmons in Bloomington on Thursday

• Fall tree care
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• Insurance for crops following a cover crop

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