•July 27, 2022•
by Ariana Cherry
NP Writer

The recent ALAH School Board meeting was shorter than usual as there were no principal reports, and it had to be held on a different evening since there were a few board members who needed to arrange their summer schedules. Despite the public portion of the meeting being brief, there were still a few comments about the school referendum that didn’t quite get enough votes to pass during the local election.
“We can all be proud of the process we developed. I’ve had several people from the community asking me where we are going to go from here, and I tell them I am not sure just yet. We will take a breath, regroup and talk about how we want to move forward. I appreciate everyone who turned out to vote, and I know there was a lot of passion. Perhaps next time we will encourage more participation and provide more education. I commend our communities in our district that were involved with the referendum, but I think we will have to go back to the drawing board,” Superintendent Shannon Cheek said. Read More

•July 13, 2022•
Petersen Health Care has announced the closure of Mason Point in Sullivan on September 12, 2022. The decision to cease operations was made necessary due largely to unsustainable, poor financial performance due to longstanding state of Illinois reimbursement shortfalls, the current regulatory environment, the cost of maintaining the aging physical plants, and the many challenges caused by the ongoing pandemic, most notably staffing and labor issues. Read More

Photo by R.R. Best
The first two cadets in the Sullivan Fire Department’s cadet program are Konnor Randol and Landry Still. The department plans to have two academies per year in January and July.

•July 13, 2022•
by Crystal Reed
NP Writer

The Sullivan Fire Department is offering a program for teens who have an interest in working as a firefighter in the future. The cadet program is for 16-18-year-olds and is a three-month academy that the department is offering in-house on topics including equipment, CPR and ladders. It is a foundation program getting participants acquainted with how the department does things. Read More

•July 6, 2022•
Moultrie County residents had the opportunity to exercise their right to vote last Tuesday, June 28. Residents cast their votes for county officials and congressional and state officials. The results that came out of this recent election are unofficial will not be finalized until Tuesday, July 12.
The unofficial results for County Clerk were recorded as Lisa Ozier 1,388 votes and Linda Qualls at 1,392 votes as of last Tuesday night. According to Jamie Helton, election deputy with the Moultrie County Clerk’s office, the results are not yet final because they must wait to allow for absentee ballots to come in the mail. She said that there are 4 ballots that were absentee that they are waiting to get back.
Stephanie Helmuth ran unopposed for the county treasurer’s seat. Also running unopposed for county sheriff was Gary Carroll.

More results were:
County Board
Aaron Wilhelm 1,501 10.59%
Marsha Kirby 1,353 9.54%
Julie R. Kinert 1,208 8.52%
Larry Wayne Stacy Jr. 782 5.52% Read More