June 6

• Middletown 175th anniversary celebration raffle tickets and T-shirts on sale at the Abraham Lincoln Tourism Bureau of Logan County

• Gov. Blagojevich names June 7 as 'Be a Hero for Babies Day' in Illinois
  Farmers Insurance collects for March of Dimes

June 5

• City hears building and code office annual report
  Citizen lavishes city with high praises for street work

  • City council and officials

  • Fledgling earns fireman status; changes in the council

• County prepared for Route 66 Garage Sale this weekend
  Maps and a few sanctioned spaces available at tourism office

• 11 fewer Memorial Day crash deaths in Illinois than in 2006

• Blagojevich administration outlines steps to help keep budget process moving forward

June 4

• Where can you celebrate spring, find the Bunyan statue and the smiley face water tower? Historic Route 66, Atlanta

• Teens narrowly survive crash involving alcohol, high speed, no seat belts

• Motorcyclists in serious condition following single-vehicle accident

June 2

• Illinois honors state police officers, Telecommunicator and Forensic Scientist of the Year

• Illinois targets 21 percent of drivers not buckling up
  Special patrols aim to improve driver safety

• Joe Walsh to perform at Illinois State Fair
  Tickets go on sale Saturday, the same day the Grandstand ticket office opens

June 1

• Lincoln College seminar explores slavery fact and fiction
  'A State of Freedom? Abraham Lincoln and Illinois in a Nation of Slavery'

• Gov. Blagojevich announces implementation of the Adam Walsh Child Protection Safety Act, providing children a safer learning environment

May 31

• Lincoln goes Shakespeare for Lincoln
  All-day Renaissance Faire downtown Saturday

• Hopedale man attempts to evade police, crashes twice, leaves trail of stolen and broken vehicles

• Internet payday lender fined more than $230,000 for unlicensed lending in Illinois

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