News from Elsewhere (fresh daily from the Web)

• The pressure to leave is stepped up  (International Herald Tribune)

• Gov. Blagojevich makes additional services available for hurricane victims and relief efforts
  Employment services to help process unemployment claims
  Financial institutions to help displaced victims open checking accounts

• Illinois Medical Emergency Response Team returns after helping Hurricane Katrina victims

• Blagojevich, Attorney General Madigan take legal battle to U.S. Supreme Court to stop the Pentagon from moving F-16s from Springfield's 183rd Fighter Wing

Articles from the past week

Thursday

• New Orleans evictions falter  (International Herald Tribune)

• Illinois welcomes more Hurricane Katrina evacuees
  Approximately 175 individuals receive medical care and housing on arrival Wednesday night

• Mount Pulaski Fall Festival begins today
  Richard Norton Smith to attend ribbon-cutting at historical museum

• Elks host second Abe Lincoln Disabled Children Fundraiser

• Correction to yesterday's 'Local first responders go to aid of Katrina victims'

• Legal battle to stop move of F-16 aircraft from Springfield continues
  Emergency appeal filed

Wednesday

• Red Cross online donation form
  (on Red Cross website)

• American Red Cross response to Hurricane Katrina
  What is being done, how to help and how to find loved ones

• Local first responders go to aid of Katrina victims

• Illinois to take 5,000 to 10,000 Hurricane Katrina victims
  Governor calls on community leaders, legislators, not-for-profits, social service providers, ministers and businesses to work together to supply housing, medical care, food, clothing and other emergency services to displaced families

• First plane load arrives in Chicago
  Approximately 180 individuals receive medical care, housing on arrival late Tuesday

• Community Prayer Breakfast to pray for hurricane victims

Tuesday

• Water pumped from flood-hit city  (BBC)

• Gov. Blagojevich directs nearly 1,100 more Illinoisans to Louisiana to assist with hurricane effort
  New deployment includes 500 Illinois National Guard, nearly 600 firefighters, 50 fire trucks and other firefighting equipment

• Lincoln College helps student victims of Hurricane Katrina

• Weekend roadside safety checks in Lincoln part of 'You Drink and Drive. You Lose'

• Agriculture Department authorizes some gas stations to post half-gallon prices

Monday

• (Labor Day holiday)

Saturday

• Katrina help: Illinois Incident Management Team to support Mississippi emergency management personnel
  Two IEMA employees part of 11-member team

• Community Foundation of Central Illinois announces help for Hurricane Katrina victims

• Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum partners with American Red Cross to offer free admission to those who make donations to Hurricane Katrina victims

• Free 'Pops in the Park' with the Illinois Symphony Orchestra
  Red Cross to accept donations

• Impaired driving is focus of Labor Day weekend mobilization

• LaHood to meet with Armington firefighters on Monday to celebrate awarding of federal grants

Friday

• Katrina update:
  Desperate survivors beg for help  (International Herald Tribune)
  No toll on death available yet

• Gov. Blagojevich sends more Illinois medical personnel to Louisiana to help hurricane victims
  Large number of sick, injured overwhelming medical personnel

• Gov. Blagojevich opens Illinois public schools to children displaced by Hurricane Katrina
  Governor orders schools to waive residency requirements for displaced families

• Gov. Blagojevich, Attorney General Madigan ask for temporary restraining order to stop removal of F-16s

• LaHood calls on Federal Trade Commission to review gas price spike

• State lays out aggressive plan for safer Illinois roads
  Law enforcement stepped up on Illinois roadways during Labor Day weekend

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