•April 10, 2019•
Secretary of State Jesse White, in cooperation with Elizabeth Memorial Library in Sullivan, is offering drivers a chance to renew their driver’s license or vehicle registration renewal sticker, obtain a duplicate or corrected license, or obtain an Illinois identification card. White’s mobile unit will be available at the library, located at 2 West Water in Sullivan, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. April 18. Read More
•April 10, 2019•
Tragedy struck the Larry and Ruby Schrock family when an explosion leveled their rural home and took the life of their son Jared on Feb. 1, 2019.
A family benefit is being hosted by area churches Saturday, April 13 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
The event is located at The Arthur Christian School where lunch is served for donations from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. including sandwich choice, sides and dessert.
Gunny Sack Revue performs from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Silent auction runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. as will face painting and the quilt block class.
A free throw competition and the cake/pie walk are from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
As a result of the explosion daughter, Janeva, 16, was critically injured and has remained in the hospital in a coma.
Area churches are participating with 100 percent of the profits going to help the Schrock family with their financial burden.
The Arthur Christian School is located at 1637 State Highway 133, Arthur.
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Windsor Prom Court
Windsor High School has announced their 2019 Prom Court. Back Row L to R: King Candidates Logan Greuel, Beau Bennett, and Logan Stremming, Front Row L to R: Queen Candidates Nikki Trussell, Pyrinthia Ballinger, and Rachel Miller. Prom will be held April 13 at Mason Point Knights Hall in Sullivan. Coronation is at 7:30 p.m. and is open to the public.
Kathy Best
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•April 10, 2019•
Kathy Best has honored her profession and Sullivan becoming the first director of the Howard Center for Investigative Journalism at the University of Maryland.
The Sullivan High School graduate and daughter of Best Newspapers founders Bob and Marion Best joins the Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland this spring.
Best will launch the Howard Center, a multidisciplinary program funded by the Scripps Howard Foundation in honor of Roy W. Howard.
Working with the Merrill faculty and the nonprofit student staffed, Capital News Service, Best will help train the next generation of investigative journalists at a critical time in journalism and democracy.
Best is currently editor of The Missoulian in Missoula, Montana where she moved with her late husband, two-time Pulitzer winner Andrew Schneider in 2016.
At The Missoulian, Best encouraged young reporters to pursue ideas in partnership with digital skills while establishing partnerships with the University of Montana and Solutions Journalism Network. Read More
•April 10, 2019•
By Jason Brown
NP Sports Editor
The Okaw Valley girls’ track and field team took fourth place with 63.33 points in the 28th annual Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond Invite Saturday.
Several Timberwolves scored points.
Mia Harris ran the 1,600 meter in 6:09.54 for second place, and Karlie Stauder took third in the 400-meter run at 1:05.41. Read More
Measure would head off lawsuit in Douglas County
•April 10, 2019•
By Peter Hancock
Capitol News Illinois
The Illinois Senate has passed and sent to Gov. J.B. Pritzker a bill aimed at resolving a conflict in eastern Illinois over which unit of local government has authority to control zoning for wind farms.
House Bill 2298 provides that only a county may enact zoning regulations for wind farms in the rural parts of a county, outside the zoning jurisdiction of incorporated cities, even in counties that don’t have countywide zoning regulations.
The bill is aimed at Douglas County, where a Houston-based company, EDP Renewables North America LLC, plans build a 200-megawatt wind farm, known as the Harvest Ridge Wind Farm.
Douglas County is one of the few counties in Illinois that does not have a general countywide zoning system, but does have specific regulations for wind farms. Read More
Bob Short
Robert A. Short, 81, of Sullivan passed away at 2:21 p.m. Sunday, April 7, 2019, in HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital in Shelbyville.
A memorial service will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday, April 10 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be held 4-6 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Read More
Bill’s sponsor says current age limit of 14 in Illinois ‘overly restrictive’
•April 10, 2019•
By Grant Morgan
Capitol News Illinois
Illinois is one step closer to lowering from 14 to 12 the age at which a child may legally be left at home alone.
The bill, HB 2334, passed the House with a vote of 111-1 on Wednesday.
The bill’s sponsor, GOP Rep. Joe Sosnowski of Rockford, said the current law – the strictest in the nation for more than 25 years – was a legislative overreaction to a case from 1992, when a St. Charles couple left their 9- and 4-year-old children at home to vacation in Mexico.
Sosnowski said lowering the age to 12 would give parents more flexibility in deciding when their children are mature enough to be left at home alone or unsupervised. Read More
•April 10, 2019•
The Sullivan Summer Community Band is preparing to kick off a second season of performances and local musicians are invited to join.
Community Band Director Shaun Schaefers emphasized the community band will be open to incoming ninth-12th grade high school students as well as any adult community members who play an instrument.
“Last year we had 40 participants with an even mix of student and community members,” Schaefers said, encouraging more musicians to participate this year.
Interested musicians should sign up before May 13 online at sullivanband.wordpress.com/scb or contact Shawn Schaefers at schaeferss@sullivan.k12.il.us or call 217/728-8311 ext 1231
“This free opportunity is a great chance for students to continue to play fun music over the summer and a great excuse for older musicians to dust off their clarinets and play again,” Schaefers said.
Rehearsals beginning May 28 are from 6-7:30 p.m. in the Sullivan HS Band Room, concerts are 6:30 p.m. in Wyman Park. First concert is scheduled for Thursday, June 6.
Helen Gustin
Helen D. Gustin, 96, of Sullivan passed away at 9:25 a.m. Monday, April 8, 2019 in the Arthur Home.
Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. Thursday, April 11 at First United Methodist Church in Sullivan. Visitation will be held from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Thursday at the church. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Read More