C-U, area communities all preparing their holiday cheers

It is a Lincoln theme for many events this Fourth of July.

And what could be more apropos with this year's celebration of the 200th birthday of our 16th president?

Also on this date

• Parking, traffic restrictions for Freedom Celebration
• Paxton city council takes no vote on union contract
• Water main reported broken at Ameren site
• Fairmount woman hurt in three-vehicle wreck in Urbana
• Hoopeston Area teachers contract achieved in short order
• Current, ex-UI law deans respond to 'Cloutgate' articles
• Carle again earns a Level I trauma center designation
• Owner says Urbana dueling-piano bar staying silent
• AmerenIP announces plans for 138,000-volt power line
• Obituaries

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