•November 1, 2023•
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting fifth and sixth grade writers and artists from around Illinois to participate in this year’s Annual Poster, Poetry, and Prose Contest. The contest theme for the 2024 awards is “Where Does Rain Go? How Can We Slow the Flow?” focusing on understanding how rain moves through the landscape, the effects of droughts and floods, and how we can adapt to help protect our water resources. Read More
•November 1, 2023•
Share joy and give hope this November by supporting the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundation’s Holiday Festival, November 10 to 13.
Starting with an online auction at 8 am on Friday, November 10, the Festival will include a variety of ways for the community to get involved and support SBL Behavioral Health Services. Proceeds will help provide emergent needs for uninsured patients, resources for providers to use in therapy, assistance with the substance abuse crisis in the communities SBL serves and fund school assemblies to address mental heath needs of area youth. Read More
Gordon Wood
Gordon Ray Wood, 89, of Sullivan passed away Sunday, October 29, 2023, in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon. Read More
Steven Hutchcraft
Steven “Hutch” Hutchcraft, 66, of Bethany, passed away at 9:22 p.m., Wednesday, October 25, 2023, in his home. Read More
•November 1, 2023•
Every day the news is filled with negative stories of what teenage youth are doing. Yet, every day we also have thousands of young people who are doing great and positive things. The Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) recognize that teens can play an essential role in improving the lives of families, schools, and communities. Given our vast network of established chapters in schools, FCCLA provides a tremendous vehicle for young people to take on projects and activities in all areas of life. From youth violence to financial fitness and healthy lifestyles, FCCLA members are tackling issues that not only affect the world today but their future also. Read More
•November 1, 2023•
Local restaurant Windsor’s Pub will be hosting a visit from America’s Best Restaurants (ABR) in early November 2023.
America’s Best Restaurants, a national media and marketing company focusing on bringing attention to local, independently-owned restaurants, will bring its ABR Roadshow to the restaurant on November 10th. Popular dishes will be highlighted, along with an extensive on-camera interview with owner Justin McWhorter about the restaurant’s special place in the community. The episode will be aired extensively on social media channels at a later date. Read More
•November 1, 2023•
I’ve learned so much from reading books, but I’ve learned a lot from listening to music, too.
Prince taught me the Lord’s Prayer in his 1993 song “Controversy,” for instance.
I’ve rarely attended a church service that wasn’t a funeral or a wedding, and I’ve been to a lot more funerals than weddings, so I’ve grown accustomed to the rituals of funeral services in many religions.
Back in 1977, when Kansas released its “Point of Know Return” album, I thought it odd that Steve Walsh pronounced “eulogy” as “elegy” in the final verse of the haunting song “Nobody’s Home.” Read More
2013
The Sullivan Fire Department moved forward with construction to add six additional bays making for a much roomier firehouse. The 8,100 square foot addition was added to the south side of the existing building at a cost of $760,687.25.
Sullivan schools went above and beyond to receive the SchoolSearch 2013 Bright Star Award for the 12th time in 13 years. The awards looks as districts whose students’ academic performance ranks in the upper one third of Illinois school districts but whose expenditure per pupil ranks in the lower one-fourth of Illinois school districts for the previous year. Read More
•November 1, 2023•
The VFW Hall in Sullivan was filled with conversation, laughter and a customized video highlighting the community workers (that come from the Beacon) on Wednesday, Oct. 25th as the Moultrie County Beacon celebrated their 2nd Annual Employment Celebration Luncheon. Susan Rauch and Stan Parks hosted the celebration for the 18 individuals included in the Beacon’s Employment Program. The Employment program is in its 2nd year, since its inception Fall of 2021. Read More
photo by Crystal Reed
Apparatus and the smoke house for fire education sit in the new bays at the Bethany Fire Department. The department recently expanded to the north on their property gaining three apparatus bays.
•November 1, 2023•
by Crystal Reed
The Bethany Fire Department needed more space for equipment, and recently that was made possible by a 35x55 addition to the firehouse which expanded the bay to the north and gave the department an additional three apparatus bays. This project was made possible by a family who left a large portion of their estate to the department which they put toward the project. Before the addition was built on, the bays were getting crowded with gear, and multiple vehicles were parked in each bay which made getting some vehicles out more difficult. Read More