25 Years Ago This Week

Sullivan holds its second Festival of Stars honoring many past stars appearing at The Little Theatre on the Square with the Sidewalk of Stars during the May 15-17 festival. Included in the entertainment were Benjy and the Be-Bops, Prairie Winds quartet, children’s caricaturist Bob Dondeville, Gene Trimble’s Strolling Clown Band, Ken Carlyle and the Cadillac Cowboys.

Bethany school board hired Dave Benning as assistant football coach and is continuing its search for a head coach.

Three-year-old Kara E. Lawler of Dalton City took her grandmother’s car for a drive around town. The child escaped with the keys and had the doors locked and car started before her grandmother could reach her. Grandma was only able to watch the child make a U-turn, head into a parking lot, over a railroad tie barrier and come to rest, after striking a parked pickup owned by Kelly M. Blakey of Decatur. No one was injured.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.