Aug. 25

• Carroll Catholic students meet Annie the Lady Bug

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• A perfect day for a parade

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• 'Anything Goes' BBQ a blazing success in the old firehouse

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• Friday evening downtown a memorable, relaxed time -- album

• Friday evening balloon launch

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• Friday evening balloon glow

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• Railers can't contain Crimsons, drop opener by 48-0 tally

• Safe Ride program available for balloon festival weekend

• Crime Stoppers: Attempted child abduction

  • Update

• Public invited to Land of Lincoln Honor Flight 'welcome home' ceremony Sept. 4

• 10th annual Conference for Caregivers on Sept. 8

• This day in history

Aug. 24

• The quiet thrill of the fly-in

• How does the Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival impact local business and organizations?

• Winners announced in city balloon fest giveaway

• Library basement bursting at the seams, ready for hungry book buyers

  • Library basement bursting at the seams, ready for hungry book buyers -- album

• Schoolteachers and their kids do their part to set a festival atmosphere -- album

• Sidewalk chalk art continues into the evening -- album

• Safe Ride program available for balloon festival weekend

• Lincoln Daily News photographer Jessie Eynon takes flight

• Balloons take flight on media night

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• Maple Ridge Care Centre hosts its 14th annual festival kickoff party

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• Rick Hamm shows his appreciation to customers with an afternoon open house -- album

• Football season gets started as Railers travel to Jacksonville for season-opener
  By Justin Tierney

• West Lincoln-Broadwell 'Drive for the Kids' fundraiser Saturday

• Fulscher and Klemm of Lincoln among 7 Illinoisans to be honored by National Wrestling Hall of Fame

• IDOT launches 'Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over' Labor Day crackdown

• Drought assistance 'all-hands-on-deck effort'

• Mary Lincoln to be retried on insanity charges Sept. 24 and Oct. 1

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Aug. 23

• Oasis hosts craft and flea market in Scully Park
  Eat, drink, play, shop and be entertained this weekend

• Craft fair, flea market and entertainment venue in lovely Scully Park expands

• Balloonists 'practice' for weekend event with evening flights -- album

• Recycling of TVs at Habitat for Humanity to end after Aug. 25

• How to avoid getting cheated when you sell gold

• New program aims to improve quality of life through Internet usage

• Farmers markets update

• Illinois Agriculture in the Classroom receives gift from AT&T

• Weekly Outlook: Rationing the 2012 U.S. soybean crop

• Presidential museum field trip grant applications due Sept. 1

• 2 free seminars help emergency medical technicians, people with disabilities

• This day in history

Aug. 22

• Coach Crawford sees new talent and confidence in the Lady Railers volleyball team
  By Justin Tierney

• County board gets updates on Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival and Family Preparedness Day

• 1800s Craft Fair returns to Postville Courthouse Sunday

• Leigh Morris presents a revisit of Abraham Lincoln's 1857 'Almanac Trial'

• Rachel Skelton honored as 4-H Legacy of Leadership Scholar

• Mount Pulaski Courthouse Foundation announces citizen and alumni awards reception and fundraiser banquet

• Public health alert: Multistate salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes from southwest Indiana

• Lincoln Presidential Museum welcomes 3 millionth visitor

• 'A Brief History of the Korean War' available at local libraries

• Millikin MBA program Preview Night Aug. 28, informational webinar Aug. 30

Aug. 21

• Chamber celebrates 39th annual Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival with ribbon-cuts

• County readying for festival; seeks to stop filing fee losses

• Balloon festival hosts 2nd annual bags tournament to benefit veterans

• 'Pleasant Sage' actors to appear at balloon festival activities

• A home for the Utterbacks
  Habitat for Humanity breaks ground on home 17

  • Habitat for Humanity breaks ground on home 17 -- album

• Coach Crawford sees new talent and confidence in the Lady Railers volleyball team
  By Justin Tierney

• Head Start receives expanded grant for Early Head Start program -- recruiting now

• Logan County mobile pantry Thursday

• This day in history

Aug. 20

• Weekend getaway at Lincoln's Art & Balloon Festival
  Spend an exciting weekend in Lincoln, IL

• City announces annual art & balloon fest giveaway

• County starts down road to fund Gee murder trial costs

• Red Cross offers back-to-school safety tips for students

• U of I Extension offers garden programs in Lincoln

• Lincoln College men's soccer team ranked 10th

• This day in history