ICC Grants Rehearing on MCPO Segment
by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com
Seven requests for rehearing have been received since the ICC handed down its decision August 20, granting Ameren a certificate of public necessity for certain segments of its proposed transmission line that runs across central Illinois.
With a September 19 deadline, groups filed their rehearing requests, and the ICC, ruling on six of those October 2, granted five of the seven requests, while denying two. Read More
Photo by RR Best
Members of various area churches lined the streets around Sullivan Sunday in recognition of and participation in the National Life Chain event, which protested abortion.
Board also considers Tedrick as new trustee
by Florence Hallford
Lovington Reporter
Elevator traffic on State Street has been increasing, causing damage to the road as well as increasing noise pollution. A sign on the elevator indicates drivers should use Al Best Drive for their routes and the current ordinance confirms. Drivers of six and 10 wheel semis, weighted with full loads, often disregard the sign and the ordinance. The board has decided to place signs, directing drivers to the appropriate route. Doug Smith will be looking into posting the signs, and Barry Morgan will review ordinances pertaining to the routes. Read More
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Sullivan Firefighters douse a Chevrolet Suburban after it suddenly caught fire early Monday morning in front of 315 E. Jackson. According to Sullivan Police Chief John Love, due to the suspcious nature of the incident, the Illinois Fire Marshal was called in to investigate.
Parked vehicle catches fire after sound of explosion heard
by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com
Sullivan Fire Department was called early Monday morning for a car fire at 315 E. Jackson.
According to Sullivan Police Chief John Love, upon arriving at approximately 12:17 a.m., responders found a utility vehicle fully engulfed.
Love said that the vehicle was not running at the time of the fire and that several calls Read More
Out of town delivery driver allegedly robbed
by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com
According to a report by the Sullivan Police Department, a man working for a delivery service based out of Romeoville, Ill. was robbed after making a delivery to China King Friday night. Read More
Photo by The Tintype, Arthur, IL
Mary Kate Singer and Curtis Plank were selected as Arthur/Lovington’s homecoming queen and king during the coronation Saturday, September 28.
Submitted
Amber Poe, 13, daughter of Donald and Rhonda Poe of Sullivan has advanced to the level of brown belt in Taekwondo as well as the leadership class and qualified in sparring, weapons, form, and extreme martial arts.
Poe has been in Taekwondo for two years.
Photo by RR Best
Participants from Saturday's Dart for the Arts put a little funk in their step around Wyman Park in Sullivan.
Skippers, walkers, and runners partake
by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com
Parts of Wyman Park saw a colorful, if not temporary, string of runners, walkers, skippers, and the like Saturday evening for the inaugural Dart for the Arts 5k fundraiser.
Organized by Little Theatre company manager Mallory Murphy as a fundraiser for the Theatre, the event put a refreshing twist on what for some is an old habit, and for others, just plain boring.
Participants made their way through Wyman Park as volunteers hurled various colors of cornstarch at them, resulting in a rainbow of runners. Read More
Both immediate and perhaps imminent effects in Moultrie
by Keith Stewart
keith@newsprogress.com
With the hand striking midnight Tuesday, the Federal Government officially shut down after House Republicans put several provisions in the appropriations bill, including one that delayed the individual mandate for the ACA by a year. The Senate, which has a democratic majority, rejected the bill, prompting the shutdown.
The shuddering of the government will affect thousands of federal workers with furloughs as well as citizens to varying degrees including those here in Moultrie County and central Illinois. Read More
Board approves budget for 13-14 fiscal year
by Derek Pope
Bethany Reporter
Okaw Valley administrators have released their budget for the district’s 2013-2014 school year and the numbers appear promising.
A downward trend in the deficit two years in a row seems to indicate that administrators are curtailing a budgetary shortfall that arose back in 2011. The progress comes despite significant uncertainty in federal and state funding for schools throughout Illinois, particularly for smaller districts such as Okaw Valley, and amidst the appointment of a new superintendent for the district, Kent Stauder, following former superintendent Joel Hackney’s resignation this summer. Read More