Sullivan HS students Piper Conlin, Grace Crothers, Savanna Dendy, Lillian Hood, and Avery Renfro won 1st place in the Apex 2025 4V4 Sand Volleyball Tournament, winning $200 and a 1st place trophy for the school’s volleyball program.
•August 13, 2025•
Lake Land College will celebrate the start of the new school year by hosting Welcome Week, a week-long event designed to help new and returning students prepare for a successful year. Welcome Week will begin the week before classes start, offering students a chance to settle in at the College, meet staff and faculty, make new friends, and familiarize themselves with campus. Welcome Week activities include a range of fun and helpful opportunities, such as campus tours, information sessions, resource stations, photobooths, a scavenger hunt game, planner decorating, and more.
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A work fan for AMBUCS workers was donated by Chuck Norris in appreciation for a ramp built.
•August 13, 2025•
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The ‘Makers Market’ at Building 1225 will be back on Saturday, September 6th, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., offering a vibrant day of shopping, sipping, and community connection at 1225 S. Hamilton Street.
Now an annual tradition, the ‘Makers Market’ brings together more than 50 local vendors, all offering handmade or homegrown goods just in time for the fall season. Visitors can browse a curated selection of items, including boutique jewelry, home décor, cozy candles, garden goods, farmhouse signs, fresh-baked treats, and much more.
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•August 13, 2025•
The Illinois Army National Guard’s 634th Brigade Support Battalion Forward Logistics Element returned home on Saturday, Aug. 2, after supporting U.S. Special Operations Command Africa for approximately six months.
The unit of a little more than a dozen Soldiers was divided into two teams during the deployment, with the majority, led by Maj. Donald Tucker of Mattoon, based in Africa, and the rest, led by 1st Sgt. Colton Love, stationed in Germany. Both teams traveled frequently, providing logistics wherever needed to support U.S. military operations on the African continent.
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•August 13, 2025•
Experience the warmth, simplicity, and wonder of a one-room schoolhouse during the Amish Education Event on Saturday, August 23, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., at the Illinois Amish Heritage Center.
Designed especially for those who cherish the values of yesteryear, this ticketed event invites guests to live, or relive, the authentic rhythms of an Amish school day. Enjoy a thoughtful overview of Amish education, complete with prayer and singing, reading and spelling, Illinois history, mathematics and problem solving, geography, and good old-fashioned storytelling.
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•August 13, 2025•
The Illinois Amish Heritage Center will hold their Fall harvest event “Harvest to Home” on October 10 and 11 on their campus. The event features harvest activities from yesteryear.
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Gatlin C Muzzy-Miller, with the Sullivan Fire Protection District, completed his EMT class and obtained National Certification as of August 2024.
•August 13, 2025•
On September 6th from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., the Sullivan American Legion Post 68, located at 8 East Strain, Sullivan, will be hosting a blood drive in memory of Jodi Phelps.
From her daughter: “This Blood Drive is in Honor of my mother, Jodi Phelps. Last year’s blood drive was in my mother’s honor and was a huge success.
Read MoreThe Lincoln Way
•August 13, 2025•
by Janet Roney
What route did Tom Lincoln follow through Moultrie County when he brought his family from southern Indiana to Macon County, Illinois in March of 1830? Back in 1915, the state of Illinois, along with Kentucky and Indiana, began collecting information about their possible route. The affidavits collected at that time are valuable sources of information about early trails, but many don’t agree.
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