Aug. 6

• Park district debuts new outdoor pool plan

• LDN's Dream Team prepares for new season of local sports coverage
  Tierney tops team, with Benjamin on basketball

• 'My Favorite Pie' contest

  • Album 1  |  Album 2

• Scenes from the chili cook-off and pie auction

  • Album 1  |  Album 2

• Logan County Fair Cake Classic

  • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3

• Textile Show and winners

  • Album 1  |  Album 2

• 4-H Beef

  • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3

  • Album 4  |  Album 5  |  Album 6

  • Album 7  |  Album 8  |  Album 9

• Logan County Fair judging results Saturday:

  • Junior Beef Cattle

  • Beef Cattle

  • 'My Favorite Pie' contest

  • Talent show

  • Demo derby

• Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival kickoff parade

• Monthly recycling collection notices

• Glass  |  Electronics

• How can hot weather or working out harm your teeth?
  By Lee Gurga, DDS, Apple Dental Center

• Farm Service Agency expands emergency haying and grazing authority with the addition of 8 CRP practices for 2012

• Illinois Master Showmanship Contest slated for Friday

• Sugar Grove Nature Center announces hatha yoga classes in the grove

• Votes sought on entries for presidential library volunteer calendar

• This day in history

Aug. 4

• Who makes the fair go? A peek behind the scenes at the office

• New additions to traditional favorite foods at the Logan County Fair

  • New additions to traditional favorite foods at the Logan County Fair -- album

• A glance at the fair before it was a fair

• Fair life: Eating, drinking and working -- album

• Kids enjoy their special activity day at the fair -- album

• Dairy and Culinary judging: Cakes and Candies -- album

• 4-H, Jr. & Open Dairy Show

  • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3

  • Album 4  |  Album 5  |  Album 6

• 4-H Sheep Show

  • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3

  • Album 4  |  Album 5

• Logan County Fair judging results Friday:

  • Sheep

  • Swine

  • Junior Swine

  • Floriculture

  • Dairy and Culinary  (Wednesday and Friday)

• Dedication of George D. Gahr Memory Care Center Monday

• Area child development center recommends LCU

• Kirkland Fine Arts Center announces 2012-2013 Performing Arts Series

• Redbirds announce high school showcase camps

• This day in history

Aug. 3

• 2012 Logan County 4-H scrambles

  • Chickens:

    • Album 1  |  Album 2

  • Goats:

    • Album 1  |  Album 2

  • Pigs:

    • Album 1  |  Album 2

  • Calves:

    • Album 1  |  Album 2

• Horses for harness racing are stabled east of the track -- album

• Dairy and Culinary judging and results for day 1

• Album 1  |  Album 2

• 4-H Swine: Gilt and Barrow shows

• Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3

• Album 4  |  Album 5  |  Album 6

• Logan County Fair judging results:

  • 4-H Horse Show

  • 4-H Heifer Show

  • 4-H Steer Show

  • 4-H Sheep Show

  • Junior Sheep

• Hot and humid Friday and Saturday with chance of scattered thunderstorms later Saturday

• Logan County EMA water level update

• Drought report for central and southeast Illinois
  (Aug. 2 update)

• Lincoln Writer's Club and Word Weavers Land of Lincoln will host workshop Tuesday

• 'Butterflies of Central Illinois' at Sugar Grove Nature Center

• Waynesville Fall Fling Aug. 18

• Public hearings scheduled for Chicago-to-St. Louis high-speed rail Tier 1 study

• Special Feature: In search of the perfect coffee maker

• This day in history