Saturday, August 10

• Lincoln College Peer Mentors get an early start
  Students on campus for training, stop by county fair

  • Peer Mentors take a break from training at the Logan County Fair - Album

• Eaton celebrates 50-year employee Marsha O’Donoghue as she retires

  • Eaton honors Marsha O'Donoghue - slideshow

• The magic of Tim Stolba amazes Lincoln Public Library's summer readers

  • Magical summer program at the library ends with a magical performance - Album

  • Magic show at the library ends with a levitating experience - Album

• Lincoln Community High School fall sports schedules - pdf

• LCHS season passes for football and volleyball now on sale

• Mount Pulaski Fall Festival to feature Soap Box Derby
  Sign up deadline is August 13th

• Land of Lincoln Honor Flight scheduled for August 20th

• Extended wet weather ended in July in Illinois with less rain and more heat

• Medical professional warn about dangers of vaping

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  Dud's Darwinian pursuits, making the world a safer place for mankind

• Still Time to Make Additions and Changes to Your Landscape
  By Melinda Myers

Friday, August 9

• Wednesday ribbon cut celebrates two new Lincoln businesses in one
  Tinaja Tire and Auto Service and J & M Car Care open on Logan Street

• Lincoln College adds two new Master’s Degrees for October 2019
  Master of Science in Organizational Leadership and Master of Business Administration Degrees Offered

• Memorial Medical Center announces sessions for Hands-On Healthcare program through fall

• Happy Feet returns to Lincoln this Sunday providing school shoes to area children in need

• Mount Pulaski looks forward to monthly 2nd Friday on the Square tonight

• Atlanta welcomes first Route 66 Harvest Hosts visitors

• USDA declares agriculture disaster in all 102 Illinois counties

• Enel Green Power begins construction of new wind farm in Illinois

• U of I College of ACES
  Researchers call for urban greening to improve mental health

Thursday, August 8

Logan County Fair

• Logan County Fair adds Country Dance Night to evening line up

• Attendees enjoy a little Boot Scootin' Boogie at the fair - slideshow

• 4-H Goat Show - slideshow

• Open Swine Show - Grand Champion and Reserve Gilt and Barrow winners - Album

• A horses tale

• Day begins in typical style - slideshow

• Day ends with tired but happy horses and riders - slideshow

• 2019 Logan County Fair Magazine

Local

• During fair week St. Clara's staff and residents choose their royal court for 2019 - Album

Wednesday, August 7

Logan County Fair

• LOCASH and Jason Pritchett wow the audience at the Logan County Fair

• First rodeo in 40 years draws large crowd

• Friday night Rodeo - Grandstand fills for new fair event - slideshow

Local

• Logan County Board August meeting schedule - Pdf

• From Mount Pulaski Police Chief Anthony West
  Drivers, please use extra caution as the new school year begins

• "Endangered" opens Thursday evening at the Lincoln Art Institute

• USDA Opens Signup for Market Facilitation Program

• Pritzker signs bill to create Property Tax Relief Task Force