Saturday, August 24

• Upcoming road closure at 1250th Street, Middletown

• Center for Creativity and Community to kick-off after school program September 3rd

• How Parents Can Make Healthy Choices for Kids When Eating Out

• ALMH Offers Free Prenatal Classes

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  Took 60 years of farming to get this tired

• Tomato Troubles
  By Melinda Myers

• New Law Protects Kids in Cars from Secondhand Smoke
  Pritzker Signs Bill prohibiting smoking in vehicles with anyone under age 18

Friday, August 23

• Retiring administrators see Lincoln Public Library into electronic age

• Fly High with 3rd Fridays Downtown Lincoln
  Family fun night pairs up with Balloons Over 66 weekend

• A great weekend to be in Lincoln
  Third Friday, Balloons over 66, Library Book Sale and family fun, Shady Car Show offer plenty to do all weekend long

• Danny Tackett and the Chicken Pickin' Orchestra to be Third Friday entertainment

• University of Illinois makes it official - Lincoln’s Jermaine Hamlin will wear the Orange and Blue

• Logan County students named to Heartland Community College Dean’s List

• Planting a Fall Vegetable Garden

• Pritzker Signs Legislation Raising Teacher Minimum Salary to $40,000 to Address Statewide Teacher Shortage

• Pritzker Signs Legislation Creating New Workforce Development Program

Thursday, August 22

• Logan County Board
  Notice of Special Finance Committee Meeting - Pdf

• Two Logan County youth shine at the Illinois State Fair
  Next stop: Austin, Minnesota

• Beason a stop for an army that changed U.S. government

• Gary Freese shares the story of Coxey's Army - Album

• Struebing and Maas enjoy creating pollinator gardens
  Still time to register for Master Naturalist Core Education program

• Helping children learn about Lincoln
  Winnick Field Trip Initiative helps schools pay for visiting Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum

• Pritzker Signs Legislation Expanding Voting Rights, Rehabilitation in Illinois’ Criminal Justice System

Wednesday, August 21

• After significant wrangling, mayoral vote breaks tie and only change to Lincoln liquor and video gaming regulations raises fees

• Logan County Department of Public Health: Mosquito-related disease prevention reminder

• Lincoln Community High School District 404
  Notice of Special Board Meeting and Agenda for August 22, 2019 - Pdf
  Principal topic: Solar Panel Project Update

• Lincoln community celebrates new location for Chucks Glass & Auto

• Illinois 4-H Foundation inducts 2019 Hall of Fame class
  Inductees include Pam Tibbs of Logan County

• USDA reminds producers of August 23rd deadline to re-enroll or extend expiring CRP contracts

• Memorial Medical Center receives National Quality Achievement Award for stroke care

• Back to School, Back to Work – But First Get a Permit
  It’s the law that children under 16 need a permit to work at most jobs in Illinois

• Pritzker signs bill allowing schools to supply undesignated Glucagon

Tuesday, August 20

• Bloomington man loses life in rural Atlanta

• County Clerk Theresa Moore
  Petition packets for the General Primary Election Tuesday, March 17, 2020

• Lincoln Police Department
  July 2019 monthly report - Pdf

• Lincoln College Alumnus names classroom in memory of his father
  Dorr Simer long-time area educator in Logan County

• Atlanta Library works to welcome tourists

• Illinois American Water announces 2019 Firefighter Grant Program
  Program offered to fire departments in communities served by Illinois American Water

• Relay for Life of Logan County sets 2018-19 wrap-up meeting for August 26th

• Warrensburg-Latham Lions Club to host first annual Fall Breakfast Extravaganza
  Menu will include a new item, Praline French Toast

• Fitz-a-Palooza returns for two day event September 6th and 7th

• Support for the Papers of Abraham Lincoln
  Two agencies award grants to presidential library’s project to publish all Lincoln documents