Aug. 24

• Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival kicks off on Friday

• Ethanol company sets production goal of 2 billion gallons per year
  Update on progress at San Jose and other sites

Aug. 23

• Talk radio WMAY to broadcast live from Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival

• The Power Team lifts local schools

• Gov. Blagojevich unveils ambitious energy independence plan to reduce Illinois' reliance on foreign oil

• Dynegy signs on to multi-pollutant reduction plan that will make Illinois a national clean-air leader

• U.S. and U.K. Sea Cadets join in youth seamanship

Aug. 22

• Mount Pulaski and Chestnut residents lose soldier grandson

• Bomke, Brauer, advocates say Lincoln Developmental Center services must be restored; proposed new veterans home could share site

• Lincoln Speedway to end season this Saturday with late-model races

• Unemployment recipients given options on missing checks

Aug. 21

• State fair: Moo-Moo Classic brings humor in the least likely places

• Governor signs legislation to help protect Illinois seniors from self-neglect
  New law requires state to act on reports of self-neglect while respecting a senior's privacy and independence

• Viability of solar power in Illinois

Aug. 19

• Elkhart-Mount Pulaski blacktop intersection work begins Monday
  Drivers should anticipate closures

• Illinois Department of Employment Security announces direct deposit for recipients of unemployment insurance benefits

• Blagojevich joins eight other governors in calling on Congress to reauthorize the Abandoned Mine Land Program

Aug. 18

• Community engages in comprehensive plan process
  Lincoln City Hall chambers packed; citizens comment

• Gov. Blagojevich announces recipients of $5 million in new state funding for stem cell research
  Funds awarded to seven state university research projects

• Illinois' new employment best in eight years, unemployment below national rate

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