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Windsor teacher receives grant

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On January 5th, Windsor High School teacher Tammy Helm was awarded a Shelby County Retired Teachers’ Association (SCRTA) mini-grant. The Shelby County Retired Teachers’ Association mini-grant is a program that provides small grants to active K-12 teachers to fund innovative classroom projects, supplies, or technology not covered by regular budgets, easing teacher financial burdens and enhancing student learning through local fundraising by retired members. 

Pictured L-R: Jamie Martin, Dean of Students, Tammy Helm, and James Sparks, SCRTA President.

Remembering Who We Are……94

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Comets and “Cousin” Tecumseh
•January 28, 2026•

by Janet Roney

The term “peaceful” is seldom used to describe the Kickapoo tribe in history, for it was one of the most warlike tribes in Illinois and western Indiana. Yet, the 1881 history of our county said the Native Americans (the Kickapoo) living here when the first settlers arrived in Moultrie in the 1820s were peaceful.

Although some Kickapoo helped George Rogers Clark retake Vincennes from the British during the Revolutionary War, forty years before, they generally supported the British against the Americans after the war. They also helped Tecumseh unify the tribes of the Northwest Territory against the Americans.

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February programs at the Lovington Public Library

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•January 28, 2026•

2nd - Needle Night from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. If you would like to learn to crochet, knit, needlepoint, or even how to sew, we have people who can help teach you. If you already know how and just want to hang out, come join us.

3rd - Story Time from 10:00 to 10:30 a.m. We will have Valentine-themed stories and a craft.

6th - Kids Craft Time from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. We will be making a Valentine-themed craft.

9th - Craft Club from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. Bring whatever project you are working on and join us for the fun.

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Letter to the Editor 1-28-2026

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Following recent discussion of water supply and infrastructure concerns in Sullivan, it is important to address another issue: the reliability and capacity of the town’s electrical system.

I want to be clear, I am not personally affected by this issue. My electrical service is supplied by Coles Moultrie Electric. I am raising this concern not out of self-interest, but because it reflects a broader pattern of poor governance, and because the consequences are very real for many in this community.

Residents have been told that available electrical capacity is tightening, that local generators may need to run more frequently during high demand, and that brownouts have been discussed as a contingency. These are acknowledgments of strain and reduced safety margins.

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A Look Back…1-28-2026

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Dick’s Pharmacy, a well-known establishment on Vine Street in Arthur, recently came under the ownership of Cindi Reed, who owns the Oakwood Apothecary in Sullivan. It’s part of an expansion of her business, Reed Pharmacies, LLC. “We closed on it on November 2nd,” Reed said.” In June of last year, I got wind that Dick’s was on the market again.”

Objections to presidential candidates’ petitions will delay official general primary ballot release past the first day of voting in Illinois, February 4th. Moultrie County Clerk, Georgia England, announced the presidential candidates’ petition objections to the State Board of Elections are not anticipated to be resolved before the first day of voting in the general primary election, since the names on the questioned petitions will have to undergo individual review.

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