July 19

• BREAKING NEWS:
  5 consecutive life sentences for Christopher Harris

  • Statement from prosecution on sentencing of convicted murderer Christopher Harris

• Retail Coach pitches marketing plan to the city

• Habitat to break ground for 18th Logan County home

• Oppressive heat and humidity continue; cooling tonight with possibility of storms

• 4-H Food & Nutrition and Home & Family shows produce a number of state fair delegates

  • 4-H Food and Home shows -- all results

• In the Backyard: Local produce chart; community garden tour; training for new growers
  By Deborah Cavanaugh-Grant, University of Illinois Extension

• Bock attends National Land Conference in Las Vegas

• Know how to beat the summer heat

• Illinois achieves 6-year carbon monoxide protection milestone

• Auditions Monday for 'The Secret Garden'

• This day in history

July 18

July 17

July 16

• Local police officer, 'Moe,' pedals for COPS

• Saturday social in Latham benefits community all year

  • Album 1   |   Album 2   |   Album 3

• Circuit court clerk to host training for Illinois State Police

• JeffStreet Christian Church launches its 1st-ever family Vacation Bible School

• Local student could win $5,000 in college money

• County meeting minutes:

  • Building and grounds, June 3

  • Airport and farm, June 3

  • Road and bridge, June 3

July 15

• Oasis Senior Center finds a temporary home

• Utility tax could fund city pension plans

• Bill Detmers: 'Be Careful Crossing the Hard Road'

• Cooking with kids is an 'Awesome Afternoon Adventure'

  • Album 1   |   Album 2   |   Album 3

• Community Action Partnership now taking applications for LIHEAP summer energy assistance

• Logan County sales tax payment received for schools

• Chestnut Geo-Center Committee to host movie in park

• Memorial Medical Center to host remembrance service

July 13

• City discusses Oglesby bridge, a crosswalk at Castle Manor, going paperless and improving the sound system in council chambers

• Young readers get close-up of local and not-so-common fauna

  • Album 1   |   Album 2

• Ales for Tales packs the house at the Elks Lodge

  • Album 1   |   Album 2   |   Album 3

• Tjelle named ALMH July Employee of the Month

• Bill Donath to speak at Monday night meeting

• Atlanta United Methodist Women plan summertime fundraisers

• Slim Randles' Home Country: A farmer visits England

• Civil War scholar to speak, sign books Tuesday at Lincoln Presidential Library

• Lincoln's New Salem presents Morgan horse show July 20

• David Davis Mansion hosts Civil War Days July 20-21

• Illinois State Fair Twilight Parade to take place Aug. 8

• U of I news: Contemplating the Brazilian dilemma: abundant grain, inadequate storage

• This day in history