25 Years Ago This Week

CyberTek Internet, founded by Duane Wooters of Sullivan, was purchased by the Lovington-based One-Eleven Internet Services, Inc. One-Eleven is affiliated with Moultrie Independent Phone Co. that provided local internet access for Windsor, Bethany, Lovington and Dalton City.
The Sullivan School District received the “Red Apple” award from Bill Lair, managing editor of the Charleston Times-Courier for the top performance on the Illinois Goal Assessment Program tests administered during the 1996-97 school year. Sullivan edged out Oakland as the top performing school. Read More

•November 30, 2022•
By Jerry Nowicki
Capitol News Illinois
jnowicki @ capitolnewsillinois.com

Senate Minority Leader-elect John Curran will take over a caucus that’s more than doubled in size by the majority-party Democrats.
His goal: “Bring balance to state government.”
“Because we’re going to produce better results with that balance for working families throughout all Illinois communities,” Curran said in an interview with Capitol News Illinois last Wednesday, one day after being chosen as the GOP’s next minority leader.
The Republican from southwest suburban Downers Grove has served in the General Assembly since 2017. In January, he’ll take over for Minority Leader Dan McConchie, a Hawthorn Woods Republican who was chosen for the post in November 2020, but whose caucus chose a new route by electing Curran this week.
“There’s no pivot,” Curran said. “We all sit at one table, this is a few people changing seats, just a couple of different roles as we go forward. But, you know, really, this is about us being a unified caucus.”
Capitol News Illinois · New Republican LeadershipCurran brings a track record of working with Democrats to his leadership role as the caucus looks to navigate a likely 40-19 Democratic majority. Read More

•November 30, 2022•
By Cheri Burcham
Family Life Educator

The holidays are fast approaching, but not everyone looks forward to them, as explained in this article by Extension Educator Chelsey Byers. Chelsey says: Do you dread the holidays because… You are you an adult who is single and your family and friends wish you were happily coupled? Are you a parent of an adult child wishing you had grandbabies? Every time you are gathered with family do you still feel judged for the life choices you made? Time spent with families can be a big stressor during the holidays sometimes even more than the hurried schedules, gifts to buy and wrap, food to cook, and the money crunch that can come with this time of year. Read More

•November 30, 2022•
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