Aug. 11

• City Briefs:
  Broadway Street repair approval might be reconsidered

• City will have town hall meeting to evaluate Comcast

• Logan County 4-H Foundation presents scholarships

• Dangerous heat continues through Friday

• Fair results:
  (From the Logan County Fair Association)

  • Cake Classic

  • Dairy & Culinary

  • Fine Arts

  • Floriculture

  • Harness Racing -- Downstate

  • Harness Racing -- Thursday

  • Harness Racing -- Tuesday

  • Junior Beef

  • Junior Dairy

  • Junior Goats

  • Junior Horse & Pony

  • Junior Poultry

  • Junior Rabbits

  • Junior Sheep

  • Junior Swine

  • Open Beef

  • Open Dairy

  • Open Horse

  • Open Sheep

  • Open Swine

  • Photography

  • Textiles

  • Tractor Pull -- Saturday

  • Tractor Pull

  • Vegetables & Grains

• Illinois mounts new 'Race to the Top' attempt

• This day in history

• Today's fair albums:

• 4-H Beef Show -- Album 1

• 4-H Beef Show -- Album 2

• Chili Cook-Off and Bags Tournament

• Cut flowers

• Annual Cake Classic

• Cake Classic winners and auction

• A reporter looks back at the fair week -- in Perspectives

• This day in history

Aug. 7

• 6-year-old's life saved by an angel among us

• State falters; local group takes over to help 4-H contestants

• Public invited to a downtown streetscape public information open house on Tuesday

• Today's fair albums:

• Tractor pull

• Cakes, candies and snack foods

• Young faces at the fair

• Faces at the fair -- people and otherwise

• Kids Day, Kids Way -- Album 1

• Kids Day, Kids Way -- Album 2

• Additional funding for probation services added by governor

• Sales tax holiday for a limited time only

• This day in history

• Amtrak preparations to affect train service

• Regional planning commission looks at possible restructuring
  Director's position eliminated

• Today's fair albums:

• Pig Scramble

• Calf Scramble

• 4-H Swine Show -- Album 1

• 4-H Swine Show -- Album 2

• 4-H Sheep Show

• 4-H Sheep Show results

• Logan County 4-H show results:


(Wednesday shows)

• Dairy

• Market hogs

• Breeding hogs

(Thursday shows)

• Sheep

• Heifers

• Steers

• Recession adds $2.2 billion to Illinois' debt

• State fair marches on despite state budget problems

• This day in history

• Regional planning commission looks at possible restructuring
  Director's position eliminated

• Beat the heat... Check the back seat

• Today's fair albums:

• Junior Horse and Pony Show

• Dairy and Culinary winners

• 4-H, Dept. H and Dept. B Dairy Show
  Album 1

• 4-H, Dept. H and Dept. B Dairy Show
  Album 2

• 4-H, Dept. H and Dept. B Dairy Show
  Album 3

• The Chicken Scramble

• The Goat Scramble

• Logan County 4-H show results:


(Tuesday shows)

• Goats

• Horses

• Poultry

• Rabbits

• Cats

• Potential racketeering conviction could bankrupt Blagojevich

• Quinn outlines planned agency cuts; lawmakers react

• This day in history

• Talent show in Close Up

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