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Windsor’s Prom Court: A night in Paradise

News Progress Posted on April 30, 2025 by webmasterApril 30, 2025
Windsor’s Class of 2026 will be hosting Prom at the Event Center in Gays on Saturday, May 3rd at 8:00 p.m. The theme for the evening will be “A Night in Paradise.” Windsor Jr./Sr. High School Prom Court Pictured: Back Row: (L to R) King Candidates Blayke Brownlee, Anthony Harris, and Tyler Pearcy. Front Row: (L to R) Queen Candidates Avery Starwalt, Chiara Campanelli, and Aubrey Carter.
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Dine with a Doc

News Progress Posted on April 30, 2025 by webmasterApril 30, 2025

•April 30, 2025•

The Mid-Illinois Senior Services Center is hosting a free lunch with Jacob Lehr, Senior Program Manager for the Illinois Alzheimer’s Association Chapter, on May 6th from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. During this luncheon, attendees can listen and ask the doctor questions, receive door prizes, and enjoy fellowship with their peers. 

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Mother’s Day Blooms and Bites

News Progress Posted on April 30, 2025 by webmasterApril 30, 2025

•April 30, 2025•

On Sunday, May 4th at 3:30 p.m., Sullivan First United Methodist Church will be holding a “Mother’s Day Blooms & Bites” event. All supplies will be provided, and a potting class will be led by Buxton’s Garden Farm’s Abbey Sherwood. Decorate your pot and plant it with fresh blooms. Small bites will be provided. 

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Arthur Public Library: New releases

News Progress Posted on April 30, 2025 by webmasterApril 30, 2025

•April 30, 2025•

There are three new bestsellers and two other new books at the Arthur Public Library. The new bestsellers are “Great Big Beautiful Life,” by Emily Henry, “Shadow of the Solstice,” by Anne Hillerman, and “The Gut-Brain Paradox: Improve Your Mood, Clear Brain Fog, and Reverse Disease by Healing Your Microbiome” by Steven R. Gundy. 

The other two new releases are “Granny Square Style: How to Make Limitless Projects from Ten Classical patterns” by Hyllam Lefevre and “The Librarian of Lisbon” by Suzanne Nelson. 

For more details on these books and others, visit: http://wowbrary.org/nu.aspx?fb&p=8452-426 [/s2If]

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May Programs at the Lovington Public Library

News Progress Posted on April 30, 2025 by webmasterApril 30, 2025

•April 30, 2025•

May 1st: Kids Craft time will be from 3:30-4:30 p.m. We will be making Mother’s Day Cards.

May 5th & 19th: Needle night from 5:00 -7:00 p.m. If you would like to learn to crochet, knit, needlepoint, or sew, we have people available to teach you. If you have these skills and would like to join us, we look forward to seeing you. 

May 6th: Story time is from 10-10:30 a.m.

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Remembering who we are………56

News Progress Posted on April 30, 2025 by webmasterApril 30, 2025

The Grande Prairie

•April 30, 2025•

by Janet Roney

 “Go west, young man, go west!” That was Horace Greely’s advice to a generation of young adventurers and pioneers in the 1800s. We think of the advancement of civilization across America always moving west towards the setting sun, filling up the land with settlers along the way.

Nice assumption, but wrong. Pioneers skipped over whole areas of the continental United States, heading for the best places to live. One of those passed-over areas was central Illinois. 

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A Look Back…4-30-2025

News Progress Posted on April 30, 2025 by webmasterApril 30, 2025

2015

The Red Apple in Sullivan had a quiet reopening after a grease fire the previous year devastated the building and shuttered the restaurant.

Okaw Valley starter Devon Still (7-0) won his seventh game in as many starts while improving the Timberwolves’ overall record to 18-1, after defeating Decatur LSA. Still had an all-conference day fanning 10 of the opposition over seven innings of one-run ball, and helping his cause at the plate going 4-4 with three RBIs. Coach Andrew Hagerman expected nothing less from his senior lefty. “Devon pitched well, which is no surprise.

The SOV girls and boys had several strong performances at a non-scored 10-team meet in Clinton.

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2025 SHS Prom Court

News Progress Posted on April 23, 2025 by webmasterApril 23, 2025
Queen candidates, front row: Zoe Conlin, Shaelyn Ellis, Katilyn Kirby, Mayci Strauf, and Sarina Voegel. King candidates, rear row: Kaden DalPonte, Aian Fryman, Lucas Floyd, Rhett Lehman, and Camden Watkins. The winners will be announced at the dance on May 3rd at 9:00 p.m.
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Okaw Valley 2025 Prom Court

News Progress Posted on April 23, 2025 by webmasterApril 23, 2025
Front Row: Reese Nichols, Ella Roley, Reagan Russell, Annabelle Cheatham. Back Row: Maddox Petrucha, Chase Creviston, Seth Forlines, Grady Sparks. Prom will be held on Saturday, April 26 at the Mt. Zion Convention Center with coronation scheduled for 7:15 p.m. This year’s theme is “A Night in Disguise.”
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ETML Happenings for May: events galore

News Progress Posted on April 23, 2025 by webmasterApril 23, 2025

•April 23, 2025•

May 1st: Last homeschool meeting.  The meeting will be at Wyman Lake at the park at 2:30 p.m., weather permitting.

Story times: Every Wednesday at 10:00 a.m. -May 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th. The bounce house will be available after the story and craft project.

Every Monday at 9:00 a.m.: Memory Café. This is a social gathering for individuals with dementia and their caregivers. Get helpful information and support from others who also have loved ones who struggle with memory loss.

Every Tuesday at 6:00 p.m., the “Crochet Along” group meets.

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Moultrie-Douglas Contestants



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New royalty to be crowned
The Moultrie-Douglas County Fair Pageant will be held Monday, July 27th at 6:00 p.m. for Little Miss Fair Queen and 7:00 p.m. for Miss and Junior Miss Fair Queen located at the south track on the Mo-Do Fairgrounds. Vying for the title of Miss Moultrie Douglas Fair Queen are: Abigail Meyer of Tuscola, Addee Mulligan of Arcola, Sarah Rogers of Atwood, Ava Whitson of Tuscola, Addisyn Wilson of Villa Grove, Emma Spillman of Tuscola, Aymara Leal of Arcola and Katilyn Kirby of Sullivan.

Jr Miss Moultrie-Douglas contestants
Vying for the title of Jr Miss Moultrie-Douglas are: Harper Hale of Arthur, Brooklyn Bates of Sullivan, Sofie Reifsteck of Tuscola, Sophia Wilson of Arcola, Miley Rennels of Tuscola, Ava Warren of Sullivan, Tatum Faust of Pesotum, Maggie Meyer of Tuscola and Audrey Warren of Sullivan, pictured 2025 Jr Miss Moultrie-Douglas Quinn Chapman of Villa Grove.
Little Miss Moultrie-Douglas contestants
Vying for the title of Little Miss Moultrie-Douglas are: Everleigh Allen of Tuscola, Emelia Shelmadine of Tuscola, Arabella Butterick of Arthur, Josslyn Leigh Brown of Sullivan, Athalia Juliet Sanchez of Arcola, Myla Ro Oye of Arthur, Sophie Elliott of Sullivan, Rosie Smith of Villa Grove, Tinley Eads of Arthur, Alayna Guadiana of Arcola and Alexandria Brackemyre of Lovington, pictured with 2025 Little Miss Moultrie-Douglas Joslynn Steffens of Tuscola.


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