A new queen was selected Tuesday night to preside over this year’s Logan County Fair. Pictured from left to right are contestants Jordan Gallagher, Kristin Miller, second runner-up Amber Turner, 2007 Miss Logan County Fair Queen Ali Robinson, 2006 Miss Logan County Fair Queen Katelyn Frontone, first runner-up Jessica Lindgren and Miss Congeniality Kristie Anderson. [picture by Jan Youngquist] click on picture for larger image

• 4-H show results:

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  • 4-H Poultry Show

  • 4-H Horse & Pony Show

• Beautiful downtown Lincoln an asset

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• Illinois Junior Amateur Golf Championship

Major League Baseball:

• Eight home runs but none for A-Rod

• Cards win 4th in row, beat Pirates 6-4

• Gagne, Teixeira traded at deadline

• NL roundup: Glavine fails in bid to win No. 300

• AL roundup: Yankees hit 8 homers in win over Chisox

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Tuesday, July 31:

• Unfenced pools cause citizen concern

• 2007 Miss Logan County Fair queen contestants

  • Pictures from the opening day at the fair

• $1.38 billion sale of state's student loan portfolio complete
  ISAC deal will help agency pay off debt, focus on making college more affordable for Illinois students

• Gov. Blagojevich marks 17th anniversary of Americans with Disabilities Act

• Chief Justice Roberts suffers seizure

• Would-be shoe-bomber has no regrets

• Boy Scouts injured by lightning strike

• Fixing Iraq logistics system a challenge

• Iraqi premier faces revolt within party

• U.N. nuke team says N. Korea cooperative

• Taliban issue another hostage deadline

• Clinton mentions Democratic spat

• City fights gangs with symphonies

• Man rows to work, leaving car behind

• Burglars lower themselves into store

• This day in history

• The nation's weather

• Letter: Critical deadline looms for Illinois' overdue budget

• GM has profit after big loss a year ago

• Study: Many boomers lack retirement fund

• Shaky time for Bush economic aides

• Wheat falls; oats, corn rise

• Weekly Outlook: Soybean basis

• 4-H Dog Show

• 4-H Home Beautification Show

• 4-H Crops Show

• 4-H Miscellaneous

• 4-H Vegetable & Fruit Gardening Show

• 4-H Visual Arts

• 4-H Cat Show

• Commission to help locals plan Lincoln Bicentennial events
  Thursday conference will prepare communities to celebrate the 16th president's 200th birthday

• LCHS student activity meeting for parents

• Head Start preschool program enrollment open

• Report: Skipping doses could be deadly

• Tips to help patients take meds properly

• Exercise, caffeine fight skin cancer

• Rowand homers in Phillies win over Cubs

• Bonds, A-Rod and Glavine aim for history

• NL roundup: Phillies close gap in NL East

• AL roundup: Baker goes 8 innings as Twins top Royals

• Team standings, schedules & scores

• Former 49ers coach Bill Walsh dead at 75

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