Oct. 11

• County discusses budget options to cover criminal cases
  Public hearing tonight on issuing new bonds

• Forgy explains the role of a city engineer to aldermen

• Prairie Engineers pitches new engineering contracts to city officials

• Pretty in pink: Lady Toppers host Volley for the Cure night

• Album 1  |  Album 2

• Harvest Fare feature of 29th Harvest of Talents

• West Nile virus detected in Logan County

• USDA Farm Service Agency prepares to issue CRP and DCP payments

• Weekly Outlook: Corn and soybean prices searching for support

• 'Spooktacular Evening with Abe' Oct. 18 at presidential museum

• Blues and roots music duo at Dickson Mounds Museum

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Oct. 10

• Planning commission looks at revisions for comprehensive plan

• Red Cross provides assistance to Lincoln family after weekend house fire

• Illinois American Water shares tips for Fire Prevention Week

• Railer golfers fall short of state as a team, but Antoine, Perry advance on their own
  By Justin Tierney

• ALMH Auxiliary to host book sale and Gold Refinery event

• Christian College Fair hosted by Cornerstone Academy in Bloomington on Monday

• Vonderlieth and Harbor Light Hospice invite community to chat over coffee Oct. 22

• New geologic data for central Illinois

• 'Life as a Student in a One Room School' to be presented at Dickson Mounds

• Signature embroidery day for Lindsay quilt Oct. 20

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Oct. 9

Oct. 8

• Concerned resident addresses zoning board about quarry

• The circus came to town Saturday, much to the delight of many

  • Album 1  |  Album 2  |  Album 3

• Woofstock brings people and pets to the park on a beautiful fall day

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  • Album 3  |  Album 4

• Confidential paper shredding & hard drive destruction Saturday

• Last monthly glass collection for 2012 on Saturday

• 'Babe' comes to Atlanta Public Library

• Capitol Steps puts the mock in democracy at Bloomington performance

• Watercolors class at Sugar Grove Nature Center

• LCHS College and Career Night Oct. 18

• Atlanta United Methodist Women host winter-wear giveaway Oct. 20

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Oct. 6

• Lincoln Police Department: Beware of door-to-door handymen preying on seniors

• Thank you to the community from chamber president

• On reflection: A measure of the Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival and all its trimmings

• Gowin family gives love, hope and a home to another at-risk child

• Cyclones run through Lincoln, win 62-14
  By Justin Tierney

• Opinion: Now hiring -- commander in chief

• Illinois to receive specialty crop grant funds

• Barns to be wild: McLean County Barn Quilt Heritage Trail kicks off Oct. 13

• 'The Yellow Wallpaper' returns to Vachel Lindsay Home Oct. 13

• Memorial hospital's Festival of Trees seeks volunteers

Oct. 5

• On 4th try, county's 2013 budget ends too spare

• Scouts go bald to support Ethan

• Railer football: The white flag is not out
  By Justin Tierney

• September in Illinois: cooler and wetter than normal

• Decatur distributor recalls ground beef sold to restaurants

• Soldiers' Aid Society event Saturday at Old State Capitol

• LOESS Gem, Mineral and Fossil Show this weekend at Illinois State Fairgrounds

• Auditions for 'It's a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play' Oct. 14

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