•March 17, 2021•
Submitted by Jenny Lee
Master Gardener/Master Naturalist Coordinator, U of I Extension Coles County
Do you have limited space but would like to grow potatoes? Looking for an easier way to harvest potatoes? Growing potatoes in containers is a great option. Almost any vegetable can be grown successfully in a container, and potatoes are no exception. Read More
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Okaw Valley Senior Boys Basketball
Okaw Valley High School held their basketball senior nights recently. Boys basketball senior are Luke Vander Burgh, Eli Hagerman and Kobi Weaver.
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Okaw Valley Senior Girls Basketball
Okaw Valley High School held their basketball senior nights recently. Girls basketball senior are Foreign Exchange Student Meike Zenker and seniors Delaney Johnson and Miaya Lehman.
•March 17, 2021•
by Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan and Okaw Valley boys’ basketball teams wrapped up their seasons this past week.
Though there is no post season for this year, the two teams had successful seasons in their own ways.
Okaw Valley finished at the top of the Lincoln Prairie Conference with only one loss that came at the hands of rival Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond.
The Sullivan boys’ basketball team (in a full season) would have at least doubled its win totals from the last two years.
Sullivan lost its last two games of the season, including to rival Okaw Valley Friday night.
The Redskins lost to St. Teresa, Tuesday, March 9, and Friday night against Okaw Valley. Read More
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•March 17, 2021•
by Jason Brown
NP Sports
The Sullivan girls’ basketball team ended the season by winning its final Central Illinois Conference and knocking off rival Okaw Valley.
The Redskins also said goodbye to four seniors who recorded impressive high school careers: Jerra Goad, Taylor Orris, Zoe Walton and Emily White.
These four seniors finished their careers with a record of 78 wins and 25 losses. They have been a part of two regional titles, two Sweet 16 appearances, and have won the conference outright twice and were co-champs once.
In four years, they finished with a CIC record of 23-5
“It was a very emotional start to tonight’s game,” said McCain, “but I am glad they played hard to finish out a great season. I wish they could have had a post season so we could have seen just how far this group of girls could have went … They did a great job leaving their legacy behind, and we wish them all the very best in their future endeavors.”
The Redskins ended this season with a 14-1 overall record.
Sullivan took advantage of a 17-7 second-quarter run for a 26-14 halftime lead.
The Redskins came out in the third quarter and put the game away with a 21-4 run for the eventual 50-21 victory. Read More
•March 17, 2021•
By Capitol News Illinois
Lawmakers from both parties told officials from Gov. JB Pritzker’s administration on Thursday, March 11 that the General Assembly should have some say in how the state spends the $7.5 billion in federal funds that Illinois expects to receive from the newly-enacted American Rescue Plan.
Those comments came during a virtual hearing of the House Revenue and Finance Committee that took place just hours after President Joe Biden signed the $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill into law.
“I think the legislature would like a say in appropriating money, given our role,” Rep. Michael Zalewski, D-Riverside, said to the director of the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget, Alexis Sturm. “So my hope is that you could convey that to the governor’s office and we can develop a framework to work together on that.” Read More
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Okaw Valley Senior Cheerleaders
Okaw Valley High School held their basketball senior night recently. Senior cheerleaders are Macie Fleshner, Autumn Burns, Julia Hildebrandt, Marissa Bell, Haven Caulfield and Danae Nave.
•March 17, 2021•
Anthony M. Layette, 26, of Decatur has been sentenced to six years of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections.
At a hearing on March 11, Judge Jeremy Richey accepted a plea in which Layette pled guilty to the offense of robbery, a Class 2 Felony, Moultrie County Case 20-CF-47 Read More
•March 17, 2021•
Jeremiah A. Weber, 40, of Sullivan has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections. At a sentencing hearing on March 9, Judge Jeremy Richey imposed the three-year sentence for theft from a coin operated machine (enhanced sentence), a Class 4 Felony, Moultrie County case 2020-CF-57. Read More
•March 17, 2021•
Jeremiah A. Weber, 40, of Sullivan has been sentenced to three years of imprisonment in the Illinois Department of Corrections. At a sentencing hearing on March 9, Judge Jeremy Richey imposed the three-year sentence for theft from a coin operated machine (enhanced sentence), a Class 4 Felony, Moultrie County case 2020-CF-57. Read More