The 52nd Annual Arthur Mennonite Relief Sale will be held August 23 and 24 at the Otto Center, ½ mile south of Arthur.
The activities will begin at 4:30 p.m. Friday with a pulled pork BBQ dinner and the auction at 6 p.m. On Saturday a pancake and sausage breakfast runs from 6-10 a.m., with the auction beginning at 8 a.m. The silent auction is from 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
Because so many veterans feel confused about benefits and services they've earned, the nonprofit D.A.V. (Disabled American Veterans) is offering help.
The Findlay American Legion Auxiliary hosted their annual ‘Back to School’ American Red Cross blood drive recently and fell two short of their goal of 20 pints.
A program titled “Macon County’s African-American Civil War Soldiers and Sailors” will explore these men’s lives and will be held inside the Rock Springs Nature Center on the grounds of the Rock Springs Conservation Area in Decatur at 2 p.m. this Sunday.
Moms on a Mission in Sullivan will host a back to school breakfast 8-9 a.m. Monday August 19 at the First United Methodist Church in Sullivan.
The Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society will hold their monthly general meeting Thursday, August 15 at 7 p.m. in the Heritage Center located at 117 East Harrison Street in Sullivan.
Three Sullivan High School FCCLA (Family, Career & Community Leaders of America) members and their advisor attended the FCCLA National Leadership Conference in early July in Nashville, Tenn.
Following last Friday's inaugural and successful Hangout, held by local DJ and father Mike Marshall at Wyman Park, another will follow this coming Friday, this time with Jim Griffin of BBQ Crew Catering providing hot dogs.
Decatur–Nearly 15 percent of households in Illinois face food insecurity, which amounts to an estimated two million people, according to Feeding America, the nation’s largest domestic hunger relief organization. Families in these farming communities are often busy helping to feed the world but do not have access to enough food to sustain a healthy lifestyle for themselves. Thanks to the upcoming America’s Farmers Food Drive, rural households across the state of Illinois will soon see food on their own tables.
Tommy Tenney, well-known author of "The God Chasers," and his wife Jeannie Tenney, a musician/songwriter, will speak at 6 p.m. Sunday, August 10 at New Life Church.