Wednesday evening, Mayor Keith Snyder and Alderman Jeff Hoinacki met in the mayor's office to draw out the five winners of the city's giveaway for the Lincoln Art & Balloon Festival. The winners are announced in a story below.

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Six college-bound Illinois 4-H members were recognized as 4-H Legacy of Leadership Scholars during the annual 4-H Family Event on Aug. 10 at the Illinois State Fair. The winners each received a $1,000 college scholarship.

Among those selected was Cameron Jodlowski, a 10-year member of the Atlanta Town & Country 4-H in Logan County.

Read more about this in the story below.

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In this July 28, 2012, file photo, members of the band Metallica -- from left to right; Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo -- pose before their first of eight concert performances in Mexico City.  Metallica is set to rock the legendary Apollo Theater venue in Harlem on Sept. 21. This will promote their 3-D concert-action film, "Metallica Through the Never," to be released in IMAX on Sept. 27 and other theaters a week later. The film will also air live on a special temporary Metallica channel on SiriusXM.

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Atlanta Braves' Jason Heyward, right, is helped by New York Mets catcher John Buck, center, and umpire Greg Gibson after being hit by a pitch thrown by New York Mets' Jonathon Niese during the sixth inning of a baseball game at Citi Field on Wednesday in New York.

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