Aug. 13

Aug. 12

• City Briefs:
  Downtown parking finds a spot in council discussions

• Postville Courthouse, where Abraham Lincoln practiced law, hosts 1800s Craft Fair

• Changes are coming to HOPE Mobile

• Heartland offers Office Basics courses

• Blagojevich jury deadlocked; judge gives further instructions

• Demo derby winners

• 4-H auction results

• This day in history

• 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

Aug. 10

• City takes tough stance on sewer bills and traffic tickets

• City announces annual Art & Balloon Festival giveaway

• Civil War soldier moves from planning to creation

• Bridge construction completed on Nicholson Road

• Dangerous heat expected through Thursday
  Tuesday heat indexes 100 to 110

• Latest forecast and conditions

• Today's fair albums:

• Steer show and results -- Album 1

• Steer show and results -- Album 2

• Steer show and results -- Album 3

• Steer show and results -- Album 4

• Demolition derby

• Faces at the fair

• Quinn says he will review furloughs if state gets federal funds

• Still no verdict in Blagojevich trial

• This day in history

• Close Up: The fair isn't over till everything is in. DVD of 2010 fair can now be ordered.

• 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

• 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

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