•December 14, 2022•
The Illinois State Police (ISP) Division of Criminal Investigation (DCI) officials announced the arrest of 52-year-old Matthew E. Nation of Lovington for First Degree Murder (Class M Felony). Read More
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Sullivan Middle School Improvement Project
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Sullivan Middle School Improvement Project
During the month of November, Sullivan Middle School students collected items for Moultrie County PAWS. Items collected included kitty litter, chew toys for large dogs, dog treats and cat food. Pictured are students with some of the donations. They are (in no order) Lena Emel, Tucker Grooms, Addi Patterson, Miah Voegel, Melissa Ross, Lily Green, Hailey Green, David Eaton and Stephanie Zook.
Sullivan American Legion and VFW Post Donate Flags
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Sullivan American Legion and VFW Post Donate Flags
Sullivan American Legion Post 68 and Sullivan VFW Post 6410 visited Sullivan Preschool on Tuesday, December 6 to install flag brackets and American flags in classrooms at the preschool. The effort was led by both organizations who helped install and split the cost for the purchase of the flags and brackets. Pictured from left to right are: Mike Daily, Bob Ingram, Bob Sims, Kent Spencer, Sullivan Preschool Executive Director Karen Goss, Larry Gregory, Kent Buxton and Mike Keown.
United Methodist Women hold Christmas Bake Sale 2022
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United Methodist Women hold Christmas Bake Sale
The United Methodist Women at Sullivan First United Methodist Church held their Christmas Bake Sale and Cookie Extravaganza on Friday, December 9. Available for purchase were homemade cookies, breads, pastries, candies, pies, jellies and more. All proceeds support UMW missions.
Burcham Wins State and National Awards for Contributions for Program
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University of Illinois Extension Family Life Educator Cheri Burcham recently received team awards for her contributions in the Illinois Strong Couples program. She is pictured fifth from the left in the photo.
•December 14, 2022•
University of Illinois Extension Family Life Educator, Cheri Burcham, recently received team awards for her contributions in the Illinois Strong Couples program. She and the team received the second place Innovation in Programming award at the annual National Extension Association of Family and Consumer Sciences conference held in Raleigh, North Carolina in September, and a Team Excellence award at the annual University of Illinois Extension conference held in Champaign in November. Read More
Illinois Attorney General’s Office Representative Educates Seniors on Consumer Fraud and Scams
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Marsha Griffin, a Community Outreach Liaison for the Office of the Illinois Attorney General was the guest speaker at Dine with a Doc on Tuesday, December 6th and Mid-Illinois Senior Services, Inc. She spoke to seniors about different types of scams.
•December 14, 2022•
by Crystal Reed
Dine with a Doc, a free program for seniors to hear about an educational topic and enjoy a complimentary lunch, was held December 6 at Mid-Illinois Senior Services, Inc. in Sullivan. Senior Education Ministries offers the program in order to extend God’s grace. The program is a community effort by Senior Education Ministries, a doctor, a meal sponsor, area businesses, donated venue site and senior citizens.
Marsha Griffin, a community outreach liaison for the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, works in the Regional Office located in Carbondale. Prior to coming to the Office of the Illinois Attorney General, she was an elementary school teacher for 13 years.
Griffin said sometimes when people hear about the office, they think of their local state’s attorney’s office; however, their roles are very different. The Office of the Illinois Attorney General has three responsibilities--to advocate on behalf of all Illinoisians, litigate and sometimes file class action lawsuits and work with members of the Illinois General Assembly to pass laws which would benefit Illinoisians. They have more than 40 different divisions including the consumer protection division, their largest. Read More
One Year Anniversary of Tornado Touchdown South of Windsor
•December 7, 2022•
by Crystal Reed
On Friday, December 10, 2021, at about 9:50 p.m., a tornado touched down south of Windsor. Thankfully, no one was injured or killed that night. At that time the National Weather Service at Lincoln said when the tornado touched down, it caused the loss of roof panels to a farm outbuilding.
Then the tornado strengthened, causing total destruction of a farm outbuilding and breaking wood power poles southeast of Windsor. South Central FS saw significant damage west of Gays with numerous buildings damaged or destroyed, and three large tanker trucks were flipped. Read More
Lovington’s Christmas in the Park 2022
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Singing Christmas Carols
This group of ladies came to the event and sang several Christmas carols. Other activities during the event included vendors, cookies and hot chocolate, a craft for children and visits with Santa.
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Handmade Decorations
For this Christmas tree entry, the decorations were all handmade and included snowflakes, round plaid fabric ornaments and a large snowflake tree topper. In total there were ten trees decorated by schools, individuals and businesses that were auctioned off.
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Tree Decorating Contest
During Christmas in the Park in Lovington there were ten trees that were decorated and auctioned off. Trees were decorated by residents, schools and businesses. The tree pictured was decorated by the Lovington Grade School Student Council and they were the school winner. Residential winner was a tree decorated by Tracy Garmon and Alexandria Poe. Winner in the business category was TGM. Themes included board games, Star Wars, angels, Willy Wonka, and others.
Photo by Crystal Reed
Santa Photo
Santa was at Christmas in the Park on Saturday, November 26 in Lovington posing for photos and hearing requests from children and adults. He arrived at the park in style on a Lovington Fire Department fire truck.
Photo by Crystal Reed
Listening to Christmas Wishes
Santa heard requests from children during Christmas in the Park in Lovington. Here he talks to one of the local children.
Photo by Crystal Reed
Creating a Snowman Ornament
A young child draws a carrot nose on her snowman ornament during Christmas in the Park in Lovington with assistance from her mother. This is one of several activities that was going on that day.
City Council Approves Memorandum of Understanding with Agri-Fab
•November 30, 2022•
by Crystal Reed
The Sullivan City Council approved a Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Sullivan and Agri-Fab. The memorandum involves an unused three-phase pad mount 1500 KVA transformer that was previously provided by the city. The city has requested possession of the transformer for use in another location. Agri-Fab has agreed to this on the condition that the city provide Agri-Fab with an equivalent replacement transformer. Commissioner Mike Fowler said they need permission from the company to move the transformer.
In attendance was Bob Ingram who asked whether the replacement transformer would be new or refurbished. According to Commissioner Abbey Sherwood there are two different copies of the agreement. One that was in the packet and one on which the lawyer changed the verbiage which said that it should be a new transformer given to Agri-Fab as a replacement. The transformer sits at Agri-Fab because they have vendors who require them to keep one in place should the one being used have a breakdown or malfunction. Read More
One Book, One Sullivan Announces Newest Book Selection
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One Book, One Sullivan announced this year’s book selection during an assembly on Tuesday, November 22. This year’s selection is The Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman. One Book, One Sullivan members are (in no order): Adalyn Cruitt, Emma Drake, Alex Fultz, Ava Johnson (not pictured), Kent Lehman, Grant Martin, Vinnie McClellan, Daisy Richardson, Avery Renfro, Tenley Stollard, Mitchell Wesselman, Ronin Woods, North Dean, Isabel Donovan, Reading Interventionist Rikki Ray, Media Center Specialist Anna McClellan and Rotary member Susan Rauch.
•November 30, 2022•
by Crystal Reed
One Book, One Sullivan presented a book trailer to their middle school classmates Tuesday, November 22, in an assembly at the beginning of the school day. The group narrowed their top choices for this year’s selection by reading all 20 books from the Rebecca Caudill list. The group of 12 middle school students, two high school students and four staff members read the books from that list to pick one for the community reading program.
The committee meets weekly to discuss the books and debate to find the perfect one. They narrow it down to the top five and then down to the final selection. The top five books were Amari and the Night Brothers, Black Brother, Black Brother; The Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez, When Stars are Scattered and this year’s selection Blackbird Girls by Anne Blankman. Members of the group distributed copies of the book to students during the assembly. Read More