•February 5, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Sullivan boys’ basketball team dropped three games last week.
The Redskins lost to Charleston, Central A&M and Warrensburg-Latham.
Saturday against Central A&M, the Raiders doubled Sullivan 66-33 for the win.
CAM outscored Sullivan 25-10 in the first quarter and continued its lead from there.
Ian Plank totaled 17 points, three rebounds, two assists and two steals to lead the Redskins. Read More
•February 5, 2020•
The Lake Land College Agriculture Division is hosting an open house on Friday, March 6 from 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. High school juniors and seniors are invited to learn more about the agriculture programs available at Lake Land College and enjoy lunch with current students and faculty.
The event will open with registration and a welcome session in the West Building, Farm Credit Services room. Breakout sessions will occur from 9:40-11:30 a.m. which will cover each agriculture major offered at Lake Land and agriculture career opportunities. Campus tours and a session covering the admissions enrollment process will also be provided. The event will end with a question and answer session over lunch with current agriculture division students and faculty. Read More
•February 5, 2020•
By Jim Nowlan
NP Guest Columnist
According to a late 2019 piece in the New York Times, one in five newspapers in America has been shuttered over the past 15 years, and journalist numbers cut in half. This bodes ill for the vibrancy of communities, for which newspapers have been the essential glue, prod and town crier.
We must stop wringing our hands and instead devise alternatives, just as news in paper form in the 18th century replaced the news shouted out earlier by the town criers.
My dad ran the Stark County News in Toulon post-World War II. As a teen in the 1950s, I sat at the huge keyboard of a Model 14 Linotype, a balky iron and steel beast that spit out lines of type from molten lead. It was high tech!
On Wednesday afternoons, townsfolk crowded, literally, the corridor of the post office, waiting impatiently for Billy Humphrey to stuff the new edition into their mailboxes. The paper included one or two pages of “personals,” of “Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Jackson spending the weekend in Mahomet with Mrs. Jackson’s parents. They all enjoyed dinner in Champaign Saturday evening.” Personals were the Facebook of 70 years ago. Read More
•February 5, 2020•
The Sullivan High School Student Council will be hosting their spring blood drive on Wednesday, March 4th from 8:30 to 1:30 in the high school gymnasium.
Walk-ins are welcome, but you may also schedule your appointment with Mrs. Kirby at kirbym@sullivan.k12.il.us or call the school at 217-728-8311 to leave a message.
The American Red Cross gives a senior student council member a scholarship depending on the number of units received, so please consider giving.
William Krigbaum
William L. ‘Bill’ Krigbaum, 66, of Decatur, passed away at 5:50 a.m. Wednesday, January 22, 2020, in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. Read More
•January 29, 2020•
Beginning on Thursday, Feb. 6 the Moultrie County Health Department, in collaboration with Mid-Illinois Senior Services, Inc., will sponsor a “Take Charge of Your Diabetes” program. The program will be held at Mid-Illinois Senior Services, Inc. located at 114 E. Jefferson, Sullivan. The program is free and open to anyone who must deal with diabetes.
Angela Hogan and Kim Swinford will facilitate the program. Participants will meet for six class sessions from 1-4:30 p.m. each Thursday through March 12. Read More
•January 29, 2020•
There will be a spaghetti supper for Tony Tedrick of Lovington from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 1 at the Church of God Life Center, 301 W. State St., Lovington.
Tony has necrotizing pancreatitis, uncontrollable diabetes and liver disease. His pancreas has died and will need to be removed.
Northwestern University Hospital in Chicago is the sixth hospital in the U.S. to perform this type of surgery.
Tony will be in the hospital approximately two weeks, then will need to stay within five minutes of the hospital and additional three to four weeks.
As you can imagine the expenses for this family are astronomical. Any help, including prayers, would greatly be appreciated by them.
Tony and his wife Sonja have four children ages three, nine, 15 and 20.
Donations for the meal will be accepted at the door. Additional donations may be sent directly to the family at P.O. Box 173, Lovington, IL 61937. For more information contact Jamie Henderson at 217/898-0114.
•January 29, 2020•
SBL Lincolnland Home Care and Lincolnland Hospice will conduct a free blood pressure clinic from 8:30 to 9 a.m. on Thursday, February 20 at the Senior Center, Sullivan. For more information, call Lincolnland Home Care at 1-800-879-3212.
SBL Lincolnland Home Care, Lincolnland Hospice and Lincolnland Home Medical will sponsor bingo from 9 – 10 a.m. following the blood pressure clinic.
PLEASE NOTE: IF THE SCHOOLS ARE CLOSED DUE TO ADVERSE WEATHER, THE SENIOR CENTER WILL ALSO BE CLOSED.
Pictured above is Billy Bryant’s auto dealership in Lovington around 1910. 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.
•January 29, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team extended its winning streak to six games with wins over Tri-County and Cumberland last week.
Friday, the Knights knocked off Tri-County 68-50 in Lincoln Prairie Conference Tournament at Arcola.
ALAH held the Titans to one basket in the first quarter for a 20-3 lead and held on from there.
Jamison Rocke and Austin Plank each scored 16 points. Plank also had four steals, and Rocke collected five rebounds. Read More