The city of Lincoln police officer Maurice Johnson gives a wave at the camera as he rides into Lincoln with the ICOPS organization. ICOPS held their annual bike ride from St. Louis to Chicago this week and made a pit stop in Lincoln. Officer Johnson, known to many in Lincoln as "Officer Mo" is participating in the ride for his second year. Be sure to read more about this in the story below, and check out the special slideshow of shots from the pit stop.

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Since the Lincoln Public Library couldn’t take the young readers in its summer reading program “Paws to Read” to the zoo, LPL brought the zoo to the library. Silly Safaris from Indianapolis brought a zoo’s worth of animals to the library annex Thursday morning to entertain and educate the young readers. Be sure to get the full story and check out two album pages of pictures in the Teaching & Learning section below.

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PEORIA - The Raber Packing Co. in Peoria recalls batches of its Grand Champion, Raber's Original Beef Jerky. It was discovered by the Illinois Department of Agriculture that the Jerky had not been properly inspected before being sent out to retail businesses. The suspect packages will have the number "9" in the Illinois seal in the top right hand corner of the package. To date, no illnesses have been reported from the consumption of this product. Read more about this recall in the story in the Health section below.

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Dodgers second baseman Dee Gordon (9) leaps over St. Louis Cardinals center fielder Jon Jay (19) as he attempts to turn a double play during the second inning at Busch Stadium.

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