•February 12, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team picked up two wins to stay undefeated at 5-0 in the Lincoln Prairie Conference last week.
The Timberwolves knocked off Tri-County Friday and Cerro Gordo/Bement last Tuesday. Read More
•February 12, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Sullivan boys’ basketball team slipped by Clinton in the seventh-place game of the Central Illinois Conference Tournament Saturday.
Sullivan took a 12-8 first quarter lead and added two more points to that lead before halftime. Read More
Undefeated in LPC
•February 12, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team picked up two more wins to stay undefeated in the Lincoln Prairie Conference last week.
The Knights knocked off Decatur Lutheran last Tuesday and Villa Grove/Heritage Friday for a perfect 6-0 LPC record.
Friday night against Villa Grove/Heritage, ALAH had to comeback in the fourth quarter and win it in overtime to beat the Blue Devils. Read More
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Mid Illinois Senior Services Director, Kathy Shackles looks on as Joanna Hutton expresses thanks to her husband for Valentine’s Day
•February 12, 2020•
By Ariana Cherry
For The News Progress
On Friday, February 7, Mid-Illinois Senior Services held its twelfth annual Valentine’s Day Luncheon and Poetry Contest with the help of Sullivan Courtyard Estates.
In a sea of red with tables adorned with Valentine’s Day hearts and chocolate candy, the dining area bustled with seniors excited for another chance to share lunch with each other, socialize and read poetry.
Courtyard Estates kitchen crew prepared a delicious lunch of beef tips, mashed potatoes, green beans and rolls along with their very popular pies available in strawberry, chocolate and coconut.
After lunch, there was a drawing with door prizes. The prizes included gift cards to IGA and some of Courtyards Estates famous strawberry pies. Read More
•February 12, 2020•
The preliminary statewide average January temperature was 31.4 degrees, 5 degrees above the 30-year normal and the 17th warmest on record going back to 1895, according to Illinois State Climatologist Trent Ford at the University of Illinois’ Illinois State Water Survey.
The preliminary statewide average total January precipitation was 4.41 inches, 2.34 inches above the 30-year normal and the ninth wettest on record.
Following a warmer than average December, temperatures remained persistently above average for the first half of January. Average temperatures in January ranged from the mid-20s in northern Illinois to the high 30s in southern Illinois and were 2 to 7 degrees above average across the state. Read More
•February 12, 2020•
Ross A Metzger, of Gays, was named to The University of Alabama Presidents List for fall 2019.
A total of 12,050 students enrolled during the 2019 fall term at UA were named to the Dean’s List with an academic record of 3.5 or above or the President’s List with an academic record of 4.0 (all A’s). Read More
Photo by R.R. Best
OV’s Kate Jeffers.
•February 12, 2020•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley girls’ basketball team won its last regular-season game against Decatur LSA Thursday and carried that momentum into a win in the first round of the IHSA Class 1A Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond Regional Monday.
In Arthur Monday, OV defeated Meridian to advance in regional action this week.
To knock off the Hawks, the Timberwolves outscored Meridian 7-4 in each of the first two quarters.
The Hawks cut the lead to four points heading into the fourth quarter, but OV outscored Meridian 17-11 for the 42-32 win.
Mia Harris led OV with 15 points, and Bailey Bennett and Kate Jeffers followed with nine points each. Read More
Orval Clayton
Orval L. Clayton, 88, of Allenville, passed away at 12:45 a.m. Thursday February 6, 2020 in the Odd Fellow Rebekah Home in Mattoon. Read More
•February 12, 2020•
The Sullivan swim team competed in a meet last week.
Ethan Schmohe placed first in the 100 freestyle, 200 backstroke, 100 backstroke, 50 freestyle and 100 fly.
He placed second in the 200 freestyle, 200 IM and 400 IM.
Matthew Wesselman took first place in the 500 freestyle with a personal-best time of 5:15.91.
Clayton Schmohe dropped four seconds in his 100 backstroke time.
•February 12, 2020•
Moultrie County has been issued a tentative property assessment equalization factor of 1.0000, according to David Harris, Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue.
The property assessment equalization factor, often called the “multiplier”, is the method used to achieve uniform property assessments among counties, as required by law. This equalization is particularly important because some of the state’s 6,600 local taxing districts overlap into two or more counties (e.g. school districts, junior college districts, fire protection districts). If there were no equalization among counties, substantial inequities among taxpayers with comparable properties would result.
State law requires property in Illinois to be assessed at one-third (1/3) of its market value. Farm property is assessed differently, with farm homesites and dwellings subject to regular assessing and equalization procedures, but with farmland and farm buildings assessed according to standards based on productivity. Read More