•February 7, 2024•

The Community Foundation of Macon County (CFMC) and Decatur Earthmover Credit Union (DECU) announce a first-of-its-kind, comprehensive $1 million grant funding collaboration, Moving Forward. This new initiative will provide increased 2024 grant funding opportunities for nonprofit organizations to help them advance the communities they serve through their projects and programs.

Moving Forward includes four discretionary open-call grant programs – Places & Neighborhoods (awarding $100,000), Impact200 ($200,000), Emergency Services Support ($100,000) and CommunityWorks ($400,000). An additional $200,000 in grant funding will benefit Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI), emergency services, financial literacy, arts, and summer education programs. As part of this collaboration, CFMC folded two of their annual grant programs, CommunityWorks and Impact100, into Moving Forward, doubling each program’s available grant funding. Read More

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Stephanie Sample, Sullivan, (left) and Anthony Vonderheide, Stewardson, (right) at the Illinois Broadcasters Association Student Silver Dome Awards ceremony. Sample earned First Place Radio Recorded Promotion and Vonderheide earned First Place Best Sales Presentation during the event.

•February 7, 2024•

Several Lake Land College broadcast students earned awards at the annual Illinois Broadcasters Association Student Silver Dome Awards.

Anthony Vonderheide, Stewardson, earned First Place Best Sales Presentation for “Sayers Brothers Cards.” 

Stephanie Sample, Sullivan, earned First Place Radio Recorded Promotion for “Steph Free Bird Promo.” Sample also earned Second Place Best Radio PSA for “Mental Health PSA LLC.”

Sample and Emma Theriault, Charleston, earned Second Place Best Radio Recorded Promotion for “Reasons to be Thankful Promo.”

Madison Hunter, Assumption, earned Third Place Radio Longform Programming for “Madison Old Time Radio 2023.” Read More

•February 7, 2024•

Lake Land College recently announced that more than 700 full-time students earned academic honors for the 2023 Fall semester.

To qualify for the president’s list, a student must have completed at least 12 credit hours in courses numbered 040 or higher per semester, excluding summer term, with a GPA of 3.8 – 4.0.

To qualify for the dean’s list, a student must have completed at least 12 credit hours in courses numbered 040 or higher per semester, excluding summer term, with a GPA of 3.65 – 3.79.

To qualify for the honor’s list, a student must have completed at least 12 hours in courses numbered 040 or higher per semester, excluding summer term, with a GPA of 3.5 – 3.64. Read More

•February 7, 2024•

Nearly $55 million in state grants are being awarded for 111 local park projects throughout Illinois to help communities acquire land and develop recreational opportunities, Gov. JB Pritzker announced on Tuesday, January 30.

For the second year in a row, the governor ensured funding was set aside for economically distressed communities, resulting in 32 underserved locations receiving $18.7 million in grants from the Open Space Land Acquisition and Development, or OSLAD, program. This is the 37th year for the program, which is administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

In Moultrie County, the City of Sullivan is being awarded $576,000.  Read More

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The Sixth Annual Senior Valentine’s Day Luncheon and Poetry Contest was held at Courtyard Estates. First place went to Lucille Fultz’s poem “Courtyard Baby”, second place went to Harry McCorkle’s poem “The Golf Cart” and third place went to Patti Peterson who wrote “My Pops.”

Sullivan’s newest business was Caveman Consignments, owned and operated by Jeff Feldkamp. 

The Arthur-Lovington Knights basketball team rolled Tri-County 51-33.  Read More