Oct. 16

• Good news for Illinois doctors
  Medical malpractice insurance rates drop a year after reform legislation

• Federal grant to support state's efforts to reduce recidivism
  $450,000 from U.S. Department of Justice supports efforts to help keep released offenders from returning to life of crime

Oct. 14

• County clerk announces early voting requirements

• Alley Kats to perform at Germanfest

• Asian soybean rust confirmed in Illinois

Oct. 13

• Bridge replacement in Mount Pulaski Township
  Road closed during project

• Federal matching grants available to promote Illinois food products in foreign markets

• Amtrak Carl Sandburg train to start running Oct. 30

Oct. 12

• New hope for old Mill

• State grants $6.5 million to transition 200 adult wards with developmental disabilities into community-based housing

• State fire marshal offers fire prevention tips during annual Fire Prevention Week

• TRS response to Rezko indictments

Oct. 11

• Small aircraft crashes into New York City building  [NewsEmergency.com]

• 2007 racetrack schedule still in limbo

• Collaboration of Logan County Sheriff's and Lincoln Police departments leads to arrests of seven suspected crack dealers

• Junk food banned in Illinois elementary and middle schools

Oct. 10

• Trains keep a-rollin'
  Inaugural run ribbon-cutting in Lincoln for three new Amtrak trains

• Lincoln College saves energy with grant from ICEF

• Gov. Blagojevich announces record use of biofuels by the state's motor fleet

• Up to 80 projects slated to restore and enhance habitat for at-risk species along Lower Sangamon River and Alton bluffs

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