Those in Lawrence County and the surrounding area who are Illinois LINK card users should be aware that those cards will be temporarily out of use starting later this weekend. Officials with the Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) say that the system will be down for scheduled transitioning to a new system starting Saturday August 20th at 11 p.m. CDT until Sunday August 21st at 6 p.m. CDT. LINK cards will be active again after the transition is completed. Those who use the cards should be prepared by making purchases, transactions and withdrawls prior to the deadline.