Members of the 108th Street Band take a break from their music for an interview with reporters from WCIA in Mount Pulaski on Friday evening. The band kicked off the entertainment portion of the evening as Mount Pulaski was recognized as a WCIA "Our Town." Other events that took place included a recognition of the 167th birthday of the Mount Pulaski Courthouse, recognition of past courthouse volunteers, and a town-wide photo. Lincoln Daily News will have full coverage of the evening early next week.

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On Thursday evening, the Logan County Arts hosted a reception at the Lincoln Art Institute for the opening of its July show. The show featured the artistic talents of an entire family; the Douglas's. Pictured above are three members of the family, Margie and Mitch Douglas, and on the right Maureen Douglas. The show will run through the rest of this month at the Lincoln Art Institute located on McLean Street across from the Logan County Courthouse. The Institute will also be open during the Art Festival to be held in Lincoln next weekend.

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LOGAN COUNTY - After nearly twenty years of research, Bonnie J. Thompson, the daughter of former Logan County State’s Attorney Roger W. Thompson, releases her tell-all trilogy, BURIED TRUTH, a unique true crime saga about one woman’s undying perseverance in a lonely battle for truth and justice.

In Part One: Backtrack, Thompson takes the reader back to 1976 when she was a 19-year-old deputy circuit clerk in the Logan County Courthouse. That year a series of murders unfolded in her hometown of Lincoln, Illinois, and she became a witness to suspicious events and circumstances relating to the Schneider triple homicide, a Manson copycat crime.

Publicity Photo provided by Bonnie J. Thompson
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Fans of the U.S. women's soccer team cheer as members of the team take part in a ticker tape parade to celebrate their World Cup final win over Japan on Sunday, in New York, July 10, 2015.

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