Frank Sentel
Frank Sentel, 89, of Sullivan, passed away at 5:05 a.m., Wednesday, September 7, 2022, in Aspen Creek in Sullivan. Read More
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Obituaries 9-14-2022: Ronald Martin
Ronald Martin
Ronald Lee Martin, 73, of Franklin, Ill., passed away peacefully in his home September 11, 2022. He was born in Effingham, February 24, 1949, to Charles Austin Martin and Edith Lorraine (Evans) Martin. He is survived by his wife Patricia (Bergren) Martin, his son Martin J. Martin (Bridget), and grandchildren, Carson (8), Kinley (6), and Kerrigan (3) of Petersburg, Ill.; older siblings, William Martin (Katheryn) of Sullivan, Alice Gray (Richard) of Heyworth, and Fred Martin (Glenda) of Charleston. He was preceded in death by his parents. Read More
Obituaries 9-14-2022: Jesse “Ed” Hunt
Jesse “Ed” Hunt
Jesse Edwin “Ed” Hunt, 91, of rural Sullivan, passed away at 3:08 a.m., Wednesday, September 7, 2022, at Odd Fellow-Rebekah Home in Mattoon. Read More
Obituaries 9-14-2022: Mattie Fifer
Mattie Fifer
Mattie Jo Fifer, 102, of Sullivan, passed away at 5:09 p.m., Thursday, September 8, 2022, at Courtyard Estates in Sullivan. Read More
Obituaries: Charlene Chance
Charlene Chance
Charlene F. Chance, 86, a longtime resident of Findlay, passed with peace and grace on Monday, September 12, 2022, in the Shelbyville Manor in Shelbyville. Read More
Obituaries: Donald Bickers
Donald Bickers
Donald N. Bickers, 79, of Marshall, Ill. passed away at 4:23 p.m., Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, in the Gibson Family Center for Hospice Care at Terre Haute, Ind. He retired as a dispatcher for the Sullivan, Ill. Read More
Moultrie Moment of the Week
Pictured above is the 1954 homecoming Sullivan High School marching band. 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.
Yeet! They’re Adding New Words to my Dictionary
•September 14, 2022•
By Jim Baumann
Just when I think I might be afflicted with writer’s block, this manna from Merriam-Webster floats over the e-transom.
Yes, folks, it’s time for M-W to add new words to its dictionary.
For those of you who bristle at the acceptance of new words into reference books, this might be hard to swallow.
Their inclusion in a dictionary, however, doesn’t require you to use them.
I, for one, use only 25,000 or so words, I reckon, of the 470,000 in M-W’s unabridged dictionary.
Not because I’m finicky, mind you, but because I just can’t keep many more in my head or would ever find occasion to use them.
Here are my reactions to some of the additions: Read More
Remember When? 9-14-2022
25 Years Ago This Week
The Lovington Civic Center was to close at the end of September. The center, which was established in 1968, was closing because of a lack of funds.
All seven of the pedal pullers who entered the state competition in Springfield came home with first second and third place awards. Although three-year-old Andy Cole of Windsor won first place in his age group, he is the only one of the seven who will not compete as a finalist or alternate in national competition because the national competition has no 3 year old division. Bringing home second places in their age divisions, which automatically qualified them for nationals were Jake McIwain of Windsor, 6; Jason Boyer of Bethany, 9; and Dusty Cole of Windsor, 11. Named as alternates by finishing third place were Aaron Wood of Sullivan, 4; Nathan Nielson of Sullivan, 11 and G.K. Boyer of Bethany, 11. Read More
Blood Drive in Honor of River Helmuth
Photo courtesy of Stephanie Helmuth
Blood Drive in Honor of River Helmuth
On Saturday, September 10, a Red Cross Blood Drive was held at the Sullivan American Legion in honor of River Helmuth. During the drive Mike McDaniel (left) donated his 13th gallon of blood. He is pictured with River (center) and her mother Stephanie (right). During Saturday’s drive 76 units of blood were collected.