Friday, August 26

• 2016 Lincoln Balloon Festival

  • Balloons once again grace the skies over Lincoln

    • Media Night - Reiners takes flight - slideshow

  • Balloonfest Community Kick-off returns to Symphony of Lincoln - slideshow

• Illinois American Water’s Lincoln District to invest approximately $500,000 for Water Main Installation
  Work to begin next week

• Senator Kirk Announces Staff Mobile Office Hours in Lincoln

• Governor Rauner signs bill to give former offenders a brighter future

• Illinois Supreme Court says "no" to redistricting referendum
  Rauner reaction

Thursday, August 25

• Bridge Repair Project on County Highway 9
  Primm Road south of Lincoln to be closed through November

• Memorial Home Services Hospice Seeks Volunteers
  Volunteers needed throughout area including Logan County

• Illinois Department of Insurance Releases Health Care Rate Filings for 2017
  Constraints of the Affordable Care Act force families to pay more as insurance companies raise rates

• Column
  More biting insects, apple development and charcoal-like fungus on apples
  By John Fulton

• Logan County FSA Updates
  The perfect time to make changes

Wednesday, August 24

• Students summer Shakespeare performance in Atlanta notable

  • 2016 Shakespeare Company performance - Album

• Volunteers Make ALMH Market a Success This Summer

• Kelly Miller Circus comes to Lincoln
  Tickets go on sale September 9th

• Rauner signs Firearms Trafficking Bill to help protect communities from gun violence

• ALPLM acquires papers of ‘Spoon River’ poet
  Lincoln Presidential Library expands collection related to Illinois poets with papers of Edgar Lee Masters

Tuesday, August 23

• Logan County Briefs: Animal Control and Board of Review salaries decided and other voting matters

• Young Leaders estimate fall corn yields at 218.4 bushels per acre
  Soybean pod counts high, but disease and mold apparent

• The Logan County Alliance cuts the ribbon at the Lincoln Balloon Festival

• LIHEAP or Energy Assistance now available at Community Action Partnership of Central Illinois

• VanCleve and Curry earn scholarships through Christian Village Auxiliary

• Governor Rauner signs bills to further reforms to Illinois’ criminal justice system