July 17

• Illinois seat belt use at record high; fatalities reach historic lows
  Illinois traffic safety laws to know

• Report says terror threat will continue

• Pace declares 'sea change' in Iraq

July 16

• Experts release school reorganization consolidation study
  Lincoln High School and its feeder school districts assessed
  LCHS board to discuss issue tonight

• U.S. House Appropriations Committee approves funding for area projects
  $1 million goes to new 911 center and Lincoln College in Lincoln

• County to change insurance carrier

• ALMH employees successfully complete first food drive

• State child support collections reach $1.22 billion, setting record for third consecutive year

July 14

• Fifth Street Road informational meeting

• End-of-June rainfall provides remarkable transformation

July 13

• Coy's Car Corner opening doors on Saturday as Lincoln Chrysler, Dodge and Jeep

• Gov. Blagojevich uses executive authority to prevent insurance companies from pricing sick people out of their health coverage
  New rules will prohibit drastic premium increases based on health status and require full rate disclosure from insurance companies

• Al-Qaida works to plant U.S. operatives

July 12

• Fifth Street Road project plans move into hearing process

• Historic Latham Park band shell renovations completed

  • Before and after pictures of band shell renovations

• Illinois Department of Agriculture finds new emerald ash borer infestation

July 11

• Grand opening of McLean County Legal Self-Help Center

• State seeks information from Illinois nurses in continued effort to address work force shortage
  Survey responses due July 17

• Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff warns of increased risk of attack this summer

  • Partial transcript of Chertoff's remarks

• Illinois Democrats turn on each other

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