•November 5, 2025•
On Sunday, November 16th, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Arthur United Methodist Church, the Moultrie-Douglas 4-H will be holding a free Sewing Skills workshop. This workshop is a guided sewing session, making a pillow case with local seamstress, Pam Simpson. It is open to youth ages 8-18. Youth do not have to be a 4-H member to attend, and you will leave with a 4-H project that you can enter in Sewing Level 1 / Sewn Non-Clothing.
Read More
•November 5, 2025•
New additions to the Marrowbone Public Library, 216 W Main St, Bethany, as of November:
Fiction: Antiques Round-Up (Trash ‘n’ Treasures series #19) by Barbara Allan; Behind Enemy Bylines by Kathleen Fuller; Blind Date with a Werewolf (Alpha & Omega series stories) by Patricia Briggs; Canyon of Deceit by DiAnn Mills; C is for Courting (Amish ABC’s series #3) by Shelley Shepard Gray; Capture the Moment (National Parks Summers series #1) by Suzanne Woods Fisher; Christmas in Wisconsin : an Amish Romance by Linda Byler; A Christmas Witness (Inspector Ian Rutledge series #24 ½) by Charles Todd; Code Blue (Sisterhood series #27) by Fern Micahels; A Constant Love (The Hope of Cheyenne series #1) by Tracie Peterson; The Daughter of Rome (Emissaries series #3) by Angela Hunt; Dead Man’s Trail (Raine Stockton series #16) by Donna Ball; Designed with Love (The Hope of Cheyenne series #2) by Tracie Peterson; The Elephant in the Room (Mysteries of Cobble Hill Farm series #18) by Sandra Orchard; A Ferry Merry Christmas by Debbie Macomber; Final Approach (Lake City Heroes series #4) by Lynette Eason; Fox and Furious (Jane Arnold, book 17) by Rita Mae Brown; Framed in Death (In Death series #61) by J.D. Robb; Gelato at the Villa (Suitcase Sisters series #2) by Robin Jones Gunn; The Girl From Devil’s Lake (Joanna Brady series #21) by J.A. Jance; The Grave Artist (Sanchez & Heron series #2) by Jeffery Deaver & Isabella Maldonado; A Hidden Hope by Suzanne Woods Fisher
Read More
•November 5, 2025•
Sullivan CUSD #300 is collecting new and gently used towels and blankets to be given to the local homeless individuals and animal shelters between November 10th and 14th. These items can be dropped off at the Sullivan High School and Middle School offices or given to Mrs. Badman, Mrs. Stinebring, or Mrs. Bates. This event is sponsored by the NEHS and ELA Honor Societies.
Traveling on the Springfield Road (Part 1)
•November 5, 2025•
by Janet Roney
“It was four weeks yesterday since we started. I fear we shall all be sick before we get there, it is so very hot. I shant complain as long as I can stand up. I have dragged one foot after the other so long and hope for the best.”
These were the words of a young Ohio woman, Mary Parkinson, in letters to her sister from a few miles west of Paris, Illinois on the Springfield Road in July of 1837. Her letters, printed in 1909 in the Journal of American History, are the earliest account I have found of travelers on the Springfield Road across Moultrie County.
While still on the National Road in Indiana, they stopped at inns for the night, sometimes sleeping six in a bed or on the floor. “...it does seem we shall never get there...there is too many of us together...” They finally got cloth somewhere along the way and made a tent for all 26 of the group to sleep in outside. “It will be much cheaper to tent out...”
Read Moreby Sharon Barricklow
Attendees at Sullivan City Council meetings will have new rules to follow for the public comment period after the council passed a new ordinance on October 27.
The new ordinance will limit individual comments to three minutes each and the total public comment period will be limited to 30 minutes. The rule came after several of the last city council meetings had public comment periods that lasted more than an hour and involved multiple people speaking at multiple times. Mayor Mike Mossman, who has been frustrated by the lengthy period of public comment, said he hoped the new rule would help the council stay on track in doing city business.
Read MoreDorothy White
Dorothy Mae Kirkwood White, 73, of Decatur, passed away 5:57 p.m. on Monday, October 27, 2025, at Springfield Memorial Hospital.
Read MoreKenneth ‘Catfish’ Morrison
Kenneth L. ‘Catfish’ Morrison, 68, of Sullivan, passed away at 4:50 p.m. Saturday November 1, 2025 in Memorial Medical Center, Springfield.
Read MoreNathan Harshman
Nathan Jerome Harshman, age 88, of Sullivan, Illinois, passed away on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, after a brief illness, with his wife Linda at his side.
Read More2015
When Jan Courtwright became manager of the Habitat for Humanity ReStore in Sullivan, it was a natural fit. An open house was held Saturday, October 31st. “I worked in Arthur and lived in Findlay, so I drove by every day, Jan began. “I began stopping and getting things for my house and just shopping.”
Matt Schoaff is a principal of action. That is one reason every student at Okaw Valley High School toured major businesses and industries in the area on October 30th. Schoaff explained that four busloads of high school students left Bethany, heading to places such as Mid-State tank, Agri-Fab, and Hydro-Gear in Sullivan, to Masterbrand Cabinets in Arthur, and TCCI in Decatur.
The Sullivan City Council met on Monday, October 26th, to cover a few issues that were on hand. Commissioner Bill Hagen discussed the time frame for when golf carts used as transportation should be allowed on the streets.
Read More
•November 5, 2025•
by Nevaeh Wilson
Sullivan High School will host its annual Veterans’ Day celebration on Monday, November 11th, from 9:45 to 11:15 a.m. at Sullivan High School, 110 W. Magill Street. The event will begin with a brunch for veterans from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m., followed by a school assembly in the Middle School Gymnasium that will conclude around 11:15 a.m.
This special event is held each year to honor and thank our local veterans for their service. There is no charge to attend, and all veterans and community members are encouraged to join us. The celebration will follow the Elementary School’s Veterans Day program, continuing our tradition of recognizing those who have served.
Highlights of the assembly include: performances of branch songs by the Middle School Choir and Singers Jr., a reading of the winning Veterans Writing Contest entry, musical performances by the Sullivan Singers and Sullivan Band, a special speech from fellow veteran Daniel Allen, a performance of TAPS, and more.
The entire community is invited to attend and show appreciation for our veterans. For questions about the assembly, please contact Nevaeh Wilson at 2026nwilson@sullivan.k12.il.us. To RSVP for the brunch, please email Jennifer Voegel at voegelj@sullivan.k12.il.us.