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Monday, August 31

• 2026 Balloons Over 66 Dock Dogs

  • 2026 Balloons Over 66 Dock Dogs photo slideshow part 1

  • 2026 Balloons Over 66 Dock Dogs photo slideshow part 2

  • 2026 Balloons Over 66 Dock Dogs photo slideshow part 3

  • 2026 Balloons Over 66 Dock Dogs photo slideshow part 4

  • 2026 Balloons Over 66 Dock Dogs photo slideshow part 5

  • 2026 Balloons Over 66 Dock Dogs photo slideshow part 6

  • 2026 Balloons Over 66 Dock Dogs video playlist

• Balloons Over 66 Downtown Friday evening food trucks and vendors

  • Balloons Over 66 food trucks and vendors photo slideshow

• Balloons Glow on Friday Night

  • Balloons Glow on Friday Night photo slideshow part 1

  • Balloons Glow on Friday Night photo slideshow part 2

  • Balloons Glow on Friday Night photo video playlist

• Lick Creek Helps kick off Balloons Over 66

• Balloons over 66 Saturday morning fly in

  • Balloons over 66 Saturday morning fly in video playlist

• Saturday breakfast at the Masonic Lodge

• Abraham Lincoln snips the ribbon on the 55th annual National Railsplitting Festival

  • 2026 Annual National Railsplitting Festival Ribbon Cut video

• 2026 Abraham Lincoln National Railsplitting Contest: Amateur Railsplitter Contest

  • 2026 Amateur Railsplitter Contest photo slideshow part 1

  • 2026 Amateur Railsplitter Contest photo slideshow part 2

  • 2026 Amateur Railsplitter Contest video playlist

Local Sports
High School Football

• Railer football team drops to 1-1 with 60 - 0 loss at Marion

• Railer Football vs Marion highlights video

High School Volleyball

• Lady Railers Fresh/Soph team finishes second in Morton Tournament

• Stags finish in second place in 2026 Crusader Classic

• 2026 Museum of Rt.66 Magazine

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Saturday, August 29

• Lincoln Police Department
  Traffic pattern for Balloons Over 66

• City of Lincoln
  Weekend road closures

• Balloons Over 66 Media Flight

  • Balloons Over 66 Media Flight photo slideshow part 1

  • Balloons Over 66 Media Flight photo slideshow part 2

  • Balloons Over 66 Media Flight photo slideshow part 3

• Balloons Over 66 launches with a short and sweet ribbon cut

  • Balloons Over 66 ribbon cut video

• Five teams participate in steak competition

• Balloons stay grounded Friday, still fun to be had

  • Balloons Friday night launch photo slideshow part 1

  • Balloons Friday night launch photo slideshow part 2

  • Balloons Friday night launch photo slideshow part 3

  • 2026 Balloons Over 66 Friday Evening video playlist

• Slim Randles' Home Country
  Ain’t no justice in this world

• MAXimizing Life w/Maxine McQueen
  Memorization VS Memory

Local Sports

• Bowers tosses out first pitch ahead of WPBL game

• 2026 Logan County Fair Magazine

• 2026 Museum of Rt.66 Magazine

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Friday, August 28

• Lincoln Police Department
  Traffic pattern for Balloons Over 66

• City of Lincoln
  Weekend road closures

• Carroll Catholic back to school night

  • Carroll Catholic back to school night photo slideshow

• Balloons Over 66 media night a perfect start to the weekend events

  • Balloons Over 66 media night photo slideshow

  • Balloons Over 66 media night video playlist

• Food, fun, and facepainting kick off Balloons Over 66 at Lincoln Village

  • Balloons Over 66 at Lincoln Village photo slideshow

• City of Lincoln
  Aldermen slated to vote September 8th on amendments to Elm Street ordinance

Local Sports
High School Volleyball

• Lincoln sweeps Champaign Centennial in home opener

• Stags start off the season in the win column

• Clinton tops Mount Pulaski on the court

• 2026 Museum of Rt.66 Magazine

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Thursday, August 27

• Lincoln Police Department
  Traffic pattern for Balloons Over 66

• City of Lincoln
  Aldermen slated to vote September 8th on amendments to Elm Street ordinance

Local Sports
High School Volleyball

• Meet the Stags celebrates the past, present and future

• Mount Pulaski defeats Riverton in season opener

• 2026 Logan County Fair Magazine

• 2026 Museum of Rt.66 Magazine

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