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The
Downstate Classic Harness Racing began on Sunday at the
Logan County Fair. Racing will wrap up today with the
Illini Trot & Pace starting at 1:30 p.m.
The weather has been ideal for racing with not an
excessive amount of heat and no rain.
If you've not had the chance to get out to the races, be
sure to do so today.
Photo by Derek
Hurley
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At
the Monday night meeting of the Lincoln City Council,
aldermen were introduced to Alice Roate, the new
Executive Director of the Logan County Tourism Bureau.
Roate is a Logan County native, a Lincoln resident with
a Bachelor's Degree from Iowa State University in Event
Management. Roate said that tourism had been a large
part of her university studies. She is excited about
utilizing her education and knowledge of the area to
promote tourism in Logan County.
Photo by Nila Smith
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Logan County considered at
"substantial" level of community transmission by
CDC website
99,822
tested - 95,833 negative- 3,989
positive - 47 active cases - 3,878 recovered -
64
deaths
LOGAN COUNTY
SEVEN DAY ROLLING AVERAGE
2.8%
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Community Calendar of
Events
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Tuesday
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LOGAN COUNTY FAIR
Click here for the complete fair week schedule - Pdf
LOGAN COUNTY FAIR DAILY SCHEDULE:
Tuesday
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7:30 a.m. - 4 – H & Jr. Rabbit Show
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8:00 a.m. - 4 – H & Jr. Poultry Show
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8:00 a.m. - Farm Bureau Young Farmers Kiddie
Tractor Pull – Weigh-in
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9:00 a.m. - Department MP Photography Judging
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9:00 a.m. - Department MT Textile Show
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9:30 a.m. - Department J Ag Products & Vegetables
Judging
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9:30 a.m. - Department MF Fine Arts Judging
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11:00 a.m. - Department L Floriculture Judging –
except Glads & Potted Plants
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1:15-1:30 p.m. - 4 – H, Jr. & Open Sheep Wether
Weigh-in
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1:30 p.m. - Harness Racing: 2 & 3 year old ILLINI
Trot & Pace
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1-3:00 p.m. - 4 – H Barrow & Commercial Gilt
Weigh-in
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2-3:30 p.m. – H Sheep & Swine Health &
Registration Papers checked
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5:30-10:30p.m. - Tinsley’s Amusement Carnival
Rides Open
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6:30 p.m. - Queen Pageant***
Wednesday
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8:00 a.m. - Dairy Health & Registration Papers
Check Show Pavilion
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8:00 a.m. - Department MT Textiles Show Green
Door Building
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9:00 a.m. - 4 – H & Department H Jr. Dairy Show
Show Pavilion
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9:00 a.m. - 4 – H Swine Show Show Pavilion
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9-9:30 a.m. - Heifer Health & Registration Papers
Checked Show Pavilion
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10:00 a.m. - Department R Open Horse Show Infield
– North
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10:00 a.m. - Department O Dairy & Culinary –
excepts Cakes, Snack Food & Candies Yellow Door
Exhibit Building
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12:15 p.m. - 4 – H Steers & Commercial Heifer
Weigh-in AND Show Pavilion
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12:15 p.m. - 4 – H Beef Health & Registration
Papers Checked (ALL 4 – H Beef Animals) Show
Pavilion
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1:00 – 1:15 p.m. - 4 – H & Jr. Goat
Weigh-in 4 – H Swine Barn
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2:00 p.m. - 4 – H & Department H Jr. Goat Show
Show Pavilion
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5:30-10:30 p.m. - Tinsley’s Amusement Carnival
Rides Open Carnival
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7:00 p.m. Legends Show with Perry Grove Lincoln
Stage
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7:30 p.m. - 4 – H Night/Scrambles*** Grandstand
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NOTICE TO MOUNT
PULASKI RESIDENTS
The landscape
waste pickup scheduled for Monday, August 2nd, has been
rescheduled for the following Monday, August 9th, 2021, per
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Four
officers who responded to U.S. Capitol attack have died by
suicide
Police
release tear gas into a crowd of protesters during clashes
at a rally to contest the certification of the 2020 U.S.
presidential election results by the U.S. Congress, at the
U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, U.S, January 6, 2021.
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State
 Governor
urges Illinoisans to wear masks
Gov. J.B. Pritzker listens to a question at an event on Monday,
Aug. 2, 2021.
Courtesy of Facebook
Nation
 Frustrated
with Biden, pro-migrant groups ask court to block border
expulsions
A young asylum-seeking migrant looks
out from the window on a bus while waiting to be transported by
the U.S. Border Patrols
after crossing the Rio Grande river into the United States from
Mexico in La Joya, Texas, U.S., March 26, 2021. REUTERS/Go
Nakamura
Government, Politics, Campaigns &
Elections
 CDC
rebuffs Biden bid to reinstate COVID-19 eviction moratorium
People camp out on the steps of the U.S. Capitol to highlight
the upcoming expiration of the pandemic-related federal moratorium on
residential evictions,
in Washington, U.S., July 31, 2021. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz
International
 Head
of Belarusian exile group found hanged in Ukraine, police open
murder case
A Belarusian activist
has been found dead
in Kyiv, and Ukrainian police are
treating it as murder.
Vitaly Shishov led a Kyiv-based organization that helped exiled Belarusians.
 N.Korea
wants sanctions eased to restart talks with U.S., S.Korea says
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un speaks at the second plenary
meeting of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party in
this still image taken from a KRT footage on February 12, 2021.
KRT TV via REUTERS
ODD & Extraordinary
Science,
Medicine, Technology & Environment
 Boeing's
Starliner ready for crucial do-over launch to orbit
An Atlas V rocket carrying Boeing's CST-100 Starliner capsule
is prepared for launch to
the International Space Station for a do-over test
flight in Cape Canaveral, Florida, U.S. August 2, 2021.
REUTERS/Steve Nesius/File Photo
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The
Center Square
MASKS BACK ON
FOR ALL SCHOOLS, MOST ILLINOISANS, PUBLIC HEALTH LEADERS
RECOMMEND
Illinois Policy Institute
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CEO hopes listing will fuel better insurance coverage for
homeowners
Assaf Wand, chief executive officer and co-founder of insurance
technology startup Hippo, holds sensor devices that the company
provides to customers of its homeowner protection policies, in
New York City, U.S., July 30, 2021, in this screen grab taken
from video on July 30, 2021. REUTERS/Alwyn Scott
International
 Coronavirus
likely to lock India's women out of job market for years
Chineya Devi, 32, who lost her job in a packaging firm, sits
inside her roadside stall, near her house, in New Delhi, India,
July 26, 2021.REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
Economy
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hawkish Bullard sees more volatile economic "regime" emerging in
U.S
St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank President James Bullard speaks at
a public lecture in Singapore October 8, 2018. REUTERS/Edgar Su
Markets
 U.S.
company profits even bigger than Wall Street's lofty targets
A Wall Street sign
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October 28, 2013. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri
Energy
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bread, donut makers urge Biden to roll back biofuel requirements
Corn is harvested at the Kenison Farms in Levan, Utah, October
5, 2013. REUTERS/Jim Urquhart
Internet
& Technology
 Alibaba
misses revenue estimates as e-commerce growth slows
The Alibaba Group logo is seen during the company's 11.11
Singles' Day global shopping festival at its headquarters in
Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China, November 11, 2020. REUTERS/Aly
Song
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Area Gas Prices
Regular Gasoline per Gallon
Lincoln
$3.119-3.469
Bloomington
$3.149-3.299
Decatur
$3.289-$3 .589
Springfield
$3.27-$3.679
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LDN - Entertainment
Meet a pint-size U.S. piano prodigy
Brigitte Xie, 4,
plays piano at piano teacher Felicia Feng Zhang's home in Greenwich,
Connecticut, U.S. July 31, 2021.
REUTERS/Roselle Chen
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