It would not be the Fourth of July in Lincoln without the annual water fight at the park district. Monday morning under beautiful skies and with mild temperatures, kids lined up to do battle against the city fire department's “big guns."

This is just one of 176 color, local pictures in today's edition of LDN. Putting in over 50 man-hours -- or woman-hours -- LDN staff members were on the job all weekend to document another holiday weekend in the busiest county in Illinois.