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Okaw Valley girls basketball senior night was held on Thursday, January 30. Lady Timberwolf seniors McKenna Phelps and Julia Schrock were honored along with German foreign exchange student Annika Sherle.
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Monthly Quarter Madness
•February 5, 2025•
Moultrie County Monthly Quarter Madness will hold their December Quarter Auction on Wednesday, February 12. The event will be held at the Sullivan American Legion.
Read MoreLady Redskins continue regular season dominance
•February 5, 2025•
by E. Scott England
Coming off the high of winning the LPC conference championship, the Lady Redskins wasted no time resuming their regular season dominance. And the play started with a rematch against the Cumberland Pirates.
Cumberland gave Sullivan a run for their money in the conference championship. But Sullivan struggled rebounding and making anything beyond the perimeter. As a team, they agreed they couldn’t let that happen again. So they didn’t. They held the Pirates to just two points in the first quarter and just a single point in the fourth. Addison Stollard led the team in scoring with 13 points. Both Shae Ellis and Aeralyn Thrasher had 10 points. Devon Richardson scored nine while Emily Miller and Nevaeh Dovell had seven and six points, respectively. Miller also led the team in rebounds with 11. Coach Sheri McCain said, “The ladies shot the ball extremely well this time around hitting 10 three pointers on the night.” The Lady Redskins defeated Cumberland by a score of 60-26.
Read MoreS, no OV in the future; Sullivan nixes 20+ year co-op
•February 5, 2025•
by E. Scott England
Over twenty years ago, Sullivan and, then, just Bethany, formed a co-op to give access to sports for students who would not normally be granted such an opportunity. For Bethany, this meant that those desiring to play football would indeed have the opportunity. For the longest time, the co-op was just called Sullivan/Bethany, but colloquially was known just as the Sullivan Redskins. Eventually, in 2001 Bethany and Findlay merged to become Okaw Valley. Over time, the co-op decided to adopt the acronym SOV for the Sullivan/Okaw Valley teams.
Read MoreObituaries 2-5-2025: Tary Guynn
Tary Guynn
Tary John Guynn, 62, of Sullivan, passed away at 6:19 a.m. Wednesday, January 29, 2025, at his home.
Read MoreObituaries 2-5-2025: Darrell England
Darrell England
Darrell Hubert England, 74, of Sullivan, passed away 8:56 a.m. Tuesday, January 28, 2025, at Sullivan Healthcare
Read MoreObituaries 2-5-2025: Floyd Buckalew
Floyd Buckalew
Floyd E. Buckalew, of Sullivan, passed away on January 30, 2025, in the Arthur Home, at the age of 98. He rejoined many of his family, friends and fellow servicemen of the United States Army 40th Infantry Division and the 11th Airborne Division. One more member of the “greatest Generation” has heard the call.
Read MoreA Look Back…2-5-2025
2015
The Sullivan Chamber & Economic Development awarded Small Business of the Year to the Briarwood at the annual dinner. Business of the Year was awarded to Petersen Health Care. Citizen of the Year was awarded to Larry Stenger and the Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Ron White.
One Knights’ fan traveled 1200 miles to see the Little Okaw Valley Conference championship game against the Hutsonville-Palestine Tigers in Arcola. ALAH made sure that fan, Danny Powell, left with a smile, defeating the Tigers 69-51.
Read MoreLake Shelbyville Fish Habitat Alliance banquet
•February 5, 2025•
The Lake Shelbyville Fish Habitat Alliance will hold a fundraising banquet at the Sullivan VFW located at 1132 IL 32, Sullivan, IL 61951 on February 22, 2025, to raise funds for continuing fish habitat improvements in partnership with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Illinois Natural History Survey and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources at Lake Shelbyville. The Alliance has garnered national recognition for its innovative improvements to the lake. All proceeds from the banquet will go towards Lake Shelbyville fish habitat improvements.
Read MoreCouncil approves recycling event
•February 5, 2025•
by Sharon Barrickow
Sullivan residents will have a chance to dispose of unneeded electronics during a recycling event held April 5 at Wyman Park.
The city council approved the event last Monday night with Mayor Mike Mossman saying it was always a popular service for area residents.
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