• City briefs: firefighters' promotions, money from state, no sweeps for free and more

• Firefighters sworn in to new ranks of service

• ALMH Woods Café will recognize $200,000 gift

• Lights, cameras, action on the square -- album

• Blagojevich's brother Robert takes stand

• Purple Heart motorcycle license plates to become available under new law

• Quinn, Simon raise $5.1 million in election bid

• Quinn inks welcomed gun law

• This day in history

• Keep an eye on the weather through Thursday

• Baseball tryouts, funds for senior citizen groups, Farm Bureau Women's Committee, blood drive, resources for seniors and dog wash in Close Up

• Emden Homecoming marks 63rd year

• Emden Homecoming marks 63 years -- album

• 500 visit Castle Manor's open house

• Habitat hands over keys to home -- album

• Defense to start in trial of Blagojevich brothers

• Quinn signs legislation to protect seniors from financial exploitation

• This day in history

• Keep an eye on the weather today through Thursday

• COPS comes through Logan County -- album

• Ales for Tails draws 150 supporters -- album

• Subcommittee committed to bronze for Civil War soldier statue

• Local bike trail planning pedaling forward

• Quinn reacts to pay raise controversy, orders more time off

• Illinois Senate week in review

• Gas prices jump before weekend

• This day in history

• Subcommittee committed to bronze for Civil War soldier statue

• Old Union Cemetery restoration allows past veterans to be recognized and honored

• Old Union Cemetery restoration work -- album

• Habitat honors 2009 and 2010 supporters
  3 recipients honored for their contributions

• Regions Bank hands keys to Habitat -- album

• The Blagojevich brothers: on trial together yet apart

• Illinois June unemployment rate down, private jobs up

• Teeming war chests highlight tight congressional races

• This day in history

• District 27 pre-K screening, St. John UCC, Hudson's Talk of the Town, Lincoln soccer club and Ales for Tales in Close Up

July 15

• Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival announces festival parade

• First Presbyterian Church uses BBQ profits to help those in need

• Ama Wyles is ALMH July Employee of the Month

• Road construction near Elkhart to begin Monday

• Political observers anticipate Blagojevich taking stand in defense

• ISWS climate models estimate future extreme heat waves

• Education union backs Quinn

• This day in history

• NWS issues heat advisory and severe thunderstorm watch

July 14