• It's 'Jim & Nancy Ireland Day' in the city of Lincoln
  Local balloonists named parade grand marshals

  • Irelands cut the ribbon on 40th festival -- album

• Balloonists and passengers enjoy evening flight over Lincoln's cornfields

  • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3  |  Album 4

• Barbecue and Rusted Guns make for a great night at the Symphony

  • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3  |  Album 4

• Young artists bring vibrancy to downtown sidewalks

  • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3  |  Album 4

• Lincoln balloon fest: 25 years and going up
  Volunteers make it work

• Lincoln Art Fair to feature 13 new artists

• Microbreweries come to Art of Wine tent

• Library's used book sale features quality books

  • Album

• Lincoln YMCA offers Prairie 55 Bike Ride during festival
  A great family course offered

• Lincoln Park District to host 1st-ever Up Up & Away 5K

• Costume Ladies to perform Sunday at 1800s Craft Fair

• Have you seen the hidden Lincolns?
  Go on a scavenger hunt in downtown Lincoln

• United Way sets campaign goal for 2014

• Season tickets now on sale for Railer football & volleyball

Yesterday's Top Stories

• 33 balloons to participate in this year's launches, glows and fly-in

  • For Seth Goodman, it's a Done Deal!

  • El Fonz comes to the Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival

  • You'll be green with Envy when you see this one

  • He may be a Pegleg, but don't expect to see Pete hopping along on the sidelines

  • Lincoln welcomes 1st-time pilot Jared Miller in his Fiery Gizzard

• City announces winners of Art & Balloon Festival giveaway

• County remains undecided on PCOM and administrative positions

• Illinois 4-H Foundation honors Legacy of Leadership Scholars
  Cameron Jodlowski among recipients

• United Way hosting event, selling tickets for Lincoln IGA grocery drawing

• Walgreens and United Way partner to provide school supplies

• U of I garden article: America's No. 1 condiment: salsa

• Red Cross offers back-to-school safety tips

• This day in history