Photo by Cindy Cagwin-Johnston
Senior Heifer Calf Champion
Dameron Northern Miss 1201 won senior heifer calf champion at the 2022 Illinois State Fair Roll of Victory (ROV) Angus Show, Aug. 15 in Springfield, Ill. Quentin Day, Lovington, Ill., owns the winning heifer.
•September 7, 2022•
By Ileana Saveley
Socoal Security District
Manager in Decatur, IL
Do you need an original or replacement Social Security Number card? We now have a new – and faster – way for you to start online. When you go to our Social Security Number and Card webpage at www.ssa.gov/ssnumber, we now ask you a series of questions to determine whether you can:
· Complete the application process online.
· Start the application process online, then bring any required documents to your local office to complete the application, typically in less time. Read More
Ronald Sims
Ronald C. ‘Ron’ Sims, 79, of Sullivan, passed away at 5:25 p.m. Sunday September 4, 2022 in his residence surrounded by his family. Read More
Traci Mansour
Traci Seeley Mansour of Palm Coast, Fla., died August 31, 2022, following a 4-year battle with metastatic breast cancer, at home with her husband by her side. Read More
Carol Iler
Carol J. Iler, 86, of Bethany, passed away at 12:10 a.m., Thursday, September 1, 2022, in Moweaqua Rehabilitation and Heath Care. Read More
Nancy Gill
Nancy Gill, 85, of Sullivan, passed away 2:37 a.m., Thursday, September 1, 2022, in her home with her family around her.
Visitation will be Saturday, September 10, from 10 a.m. until noon. A Celebration of Life memorial service will be noon in the Sullivan First Christian Church with Pastor Grant Wade officiating. In lieu of flowers, memorials are suggested to the Moultrie County Habitat for Humanity. Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made to the family at reedfuneralhome.net Read More
Darren Cole
Darren S. Cole, 55, of San Jose, California, died peacefully at home August 27, 2022, after a 14 year battle with prostate cancer.
Darren was born November 6, 1966, in Decatur, Illinois, the son of Kenneth and Donna (Reedy) Cole. Read More
•September 7, 2022•
By Cheri Burcham
Family Life Educator
Most people that know me know that I am very passionate about protecting monarch butterflies. Their numbers have been rapidly declining each year, primarily due to loss of habitat. So recently when I turned onto the country road leading to my house and saw that the ditches that had been full of milkweed were completely mowed down, I thought it would be appropriate to republish this article from 2018. Read More
This is a photo of the old Lovington Coal mine. The year that this photo was taken is unknown. Please submit photos to the News Progress for future consideration. Originals will be saved for return or forwarded to Moultrie County Historical Society. If you have any other information, please contact the Moultrie County Historical Society at 217-728- 4085.
•September 7, 2022•
by Sarah Hudson Pierce
NP Guest Writer
If Thomas Edison hadn’t been kicked out of school, after only three months in the first grade, and his mother taught him at home because his teacher said “he was addled and his mind wandered in class,” we might not have the light bulb today.
Thomas Edison was asked one time what he would have done if he hadn’t invented the light bulb and he replied “I would still be in there trying...”
Why is it that we often try to put everyone in the same mold? Why do we want to categorize what is important and what has value only with the grade placed on it by those in authority? Read More