•September 4, 2024•

by Megan Russell 

The Markets at Building 1225 are well known for being some of the largest gatherings of individual venders in one area within Moultrie County. Holding many markets within a year the building provides space for the venders, food, entertainment and much more for any and all guests. The building constantly has open applications for  new and starting venders at each fair, allowing fresh businesses to get in on the market action. The Saturday, August 31st Makers Market was unlike the other providing the same great refreshments, with food trucks with drinks available, playground area for children and of course lines and lines of booths filled to the brim with venders creations. Other local festivals see these venders, but only a few at a festival, looking back at the Two Story Outhouse Festival in Gays where some venders had stated they only attend certain events. “Well being a small business and making your own shop items makes it hard for you to really go places, especially if there is a large booth fee. Read More

•August 21, 2024•

by Sharon Barricklow

Sullivan City Council meetings are moving from the first and third Thursdays to the second and fourth Thursday after a vote Thursday night by the council. Mayor Mike Mossman said changing the meeting dates will give city employees more time to complete actions including getting the city’s bills ready for payment by council vote. “It will just make everything go more smoothly,” he said.

The meeting date change came as part of a series of actions the council took after an audit revealed what Mossman called “significant deficiencies in internal controls.” The council has hired 2020 Forensic Accounting of Bethany to, according to Mossman, “look at our accounting practices.”  Read More

•August 7, 2024•

by E. Scott England 

Courtyard Estates of Sullivan has been sold following months of ongoing legal proceedings against Petersen Health Care. PHC filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy in May, an action that came as a result of several loans that had been defaulted on dating back to February of this year.

After the loan default, about seven properties risked being foreclosed upon and shut down. At that time, it was reported that $51 million was owed to two separate companies. The filing of the chapter 11 bankruptcy allowed for PHC to keep locations open and in operation as well as continue paying employees. Read More

•July 24, 2024•

The second Sullivan City council meeting of the month happened on Thursday July 18 at 6pm. Commissioner Sherwood was one of the first to speak for the night, touching on the phenomenal job the new construction company did on the new park courts and splash pad stating “I can’t recommend them enough”. Sherwood also had very little to report on vandalism and graffiti within the park mentioning the vandalism within the park has been way less this year than in previous years. Continuing on with Sullivan’s improvements, Commissioner Shook reported that they secured a grant to fix the roads downtown, running from Water Street to Madison then down to the highway. The grant is to both make the roads look nice but also fix some flaws which makes the roads more difficult to drive on. This road work is expected to start as soon as clearance has been given. Read More

•July 10, 2024•

by E. Scott England 

The Sullivan CUSD #300 school board held their first meeting of the 2024-2025 school year. Only five of the seven members were in attendance. Justin Florey and Erik Stollard were the two absent board members. Those present managed to navigate the meeting in sixteen minutes due to little to no discussion on all agenda items. Zachary Horn was the only member to engage in some discussion outside of President Jeff White and Secretary Tyson Grooms performing their officer duties.

The meeting started off with the consent agenda. These are items that routinely make an appearance on agenda either monthly, annually, or somewhere in between. The idea of a consent agenda is to expedite meetings. Any item in the consent agenda can be pulled for further discussion by the board. This is typically done when reviewing bills or other items needing further clarification. This school board once again opted for no discussion on any of the items. Read More