•September 3, 2025•

Mission #75 will serve 95 Veterans, including 7 Korean Era veterans and 88 Vietnam era veterans from 65 Illinois home towns, including Allenville, Shelbyville, and Sullivan. The September 9th veterans represent all branches of the military.

These Veterans and their Guardians will report September 9th,  to the Abraham Lincoln Capitol Airport at 4:00 a.m. to travel to Washington DC on a chartered Sun Country 737 aircraft to visit the World War II, Korean and Vietnam War Memorials, as well as Arlington National Cemetery Tomb of the Unknowns, the Lincoln Memorial, the National Air & Space Museum in Chantilly, Virginia, the US Marine Corps Memorial and the US Air Force Memorial. This day of honor is provided at absolutely no cost to our veterans and is completely funded by donations from the general public.

•September 3, 2025•

Lovington Post #429 Women’s Auxiliary selected Daylon Doggett as this year’s FLAG (Future Leaders Achieving Greatness) recipient. Daylon is a Senior at ALAH High School and was selected for his commitment to community, academics, and his fellow athletes.

On October 11th, from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., a dinner will be served for the price of a donation. All proceeds from this dinner will be used to fulfill Daylon’s goal of purchasing a sports tent for his fellow athletes. Chili with all of the fixings is on the menu, as are peanut butter sandwiches and hot dogs. 

Track bracelets will be sold for $5.00, with only one hundred being sold, and every bracelet purchased enters you into a drawing. There will be three $50.00 winners and four $25.00 winners.

•September 3, 2025•

Moultrie County Monthly Quarter Madness will hold its September Quarter Auction on Wednesday, September 10. The event will be held at the Sullivan American Legion Post #68. The organization of the month is the Sullivan AMBUCS Chapter. They are a non-profit organization consisting of men who are dedicated to inspiring people to conquer challenges related to mobility and independence. They are best known for their work to include Amtryke adaptive trykes and ramps for houses.

•September 3, 2025•

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Susan Odum, Regional Extension Specialist in Community and Economic Development with the University of Illinois Extension, will present “Reversing the Exodus” on Tuesday, September 9th, at 6:00 p.m. at the Family Life Center in Lovington.

Following the Springfield Road

•September 3, 2025•

by Janet Roney

Of all the early trails that once crossed central Illinois, the origin of the Springfield Road that the Tom Lincoln’s family, including his 21-year-old son, Abe, followed to Decatur is known. The road was just four years old when the Lincolns used it, for it was surveyed and marked with a plowed furrow in 1826 by the state of Illinois to accommodate the increasing flow of emigrants going west to the popular Sangamon Country. Amos Williams, one of the founders of Edgar County, was the surveyor. A copy of the original survey made by Williams is in the archives of Edgar County.