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Mid-Illinois Senior Center-Jan. events

News Progress Posted on December 30, 2025 by webmasterDecember 29, 2025


•December 31, 2025•

The Mid-Illinois Senior Center is located at 113 E. Jefferson Street in Sullivan. The Peace Meal Senior Nutrition program lunch is served weekdays (except holidays) at 11:30 a.m. Call (217) 728-8521 for more information on the events below or the Peace Meal. New this month: The last Friday of the month at 12:30 p.m., there will be popcorn and movie. Movie titles will vary each month. Ask at the front desk for the “Movie of the month.” Doors to the center are open Monday through Friday, and it’s warm inside. There is always free hot coffee, hot chocolate, and hot tea for those cold winter days. 

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Lake Land College recognizes EMS graduates 

News Progress Posted on December 30, 2025 by webmasterDecember 29, 2025

Lake Land College recently recognized Emergency Medical Services (EMS) graduates at an annual pinning ceremony. During the event, several students received awards for their outstanding performance in the program. The Perseverance Award was presented to Curtis Robinson, Bethany, for overcoming obstacles to succeed in the program.

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Santa brings breakfast and good cheer to Lovington

News Progress Posted on December 30, 2025 by webmasterDecember 29, 2025

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On December 20th at the Family Life Center in Lovington, the Lovington Park Board sponsored ‘Breakfast with Santa’. Donuts were provided by Casey’s General Store, and there were pancakes, biscuits and gravy, cinnamon rolls, bacon, milk, orange juice, and coffee. This event was a gift to the Lovington community from the Park Board.

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Remembering Who We Are……….89

News Progress Posted on December 23, 2025 by webmasterDecember 23, 2025

Log Jams and Sandbars


•December 24, 2025•

by Janet Roney

The old man fishing from the Kaskaskia River bridge at Vandalia said, “It’ll be smooth sailing from here to the Mississippi, boys! There’s no more logjams for the rest of the river.”

This was good news to my three older brothers (teenagers at the time) and my father in the summer of 1952. They had lost track of the number of logjams they had portaged around since leaving Findlay a few days before. Every portage meant unloading their fourteen-foot wooden outboard motor boat, Ida, dragging the boat, motor, and supplies straight up steep banks, through brush, poison ivy, and cornfields on top of the bank, and lowering it all back down to the river so they could continue to the next logjam. When they were not portaging, they were often wading in the river, dragging their boat over sandbars. Their once-in-a-lifetime adventure floating down the Kaskaskia to the Mississippi had become hard work.

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A Look Back…12-23-2025

News Progress Posted on December 23, 2025 by webmasterDecember 23, 2025

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Shawnee Communications (Shawnee) and MultiCorp, Inc., announced that Shawnee, a rural provider of telephone and high-speed internet and other telecommunications services in five southern Illinois counties, acquired MultiCorp, Inc., the holding company of Moultrie Independent Telephone Company (MITC) and MITC’s affiliated companies, including One-Eleven Internet Services and Moultrie Telecommunications.

When inclement weather struck, the Sullivan School District delayed school opening by two hours. In an effort to accommodate parents with morning obligations, the district opened the Sullivan Elementary School Gym at 8:00 a.m. The Sullivan High School Gym was opened with supervision for middle and high school students who need to arrive earlier than 10:00 a.m.

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Public libraries across Illinois to stock, administer opioid overdose reversal agents

News Progress Posted on December 17, 2025 by webmasterDecember 17, 2025


•December 17, 2025•

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has issued an updated standing order that adds Illinois public libraries to the list of locations that are permitted to keep a supply of opioid overdose reversal agents on hand, and to allow trained staff to administer them in the event of a suspected overdose on their premises. The revised standing order will make it easier for libraries to comply with new provisions of the Illinois Local Library Act, which will take effect on January 1st, 2026.

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LLC Navigator News wins awards

News Progress Posted on December 17, 2025 by webmasterDecember 17, 2025


•December 17, 2025•

Several staff members of Lake Land College’s student-run newspaper, The Navigator News, recently earned awards at the 2024-2025 Illinois Community College Journalism Awards (ICCJA). 

The Navigator team was also named an honorable mention for the Mike Foster General Excellence Award, which recognizes overall excellence in paper, website, and social media quality.

“A huge congratulations to all the students who received awards during this year’s ceremony,” said Tim Stolz, Student Life Specialist. “Our students pour so much into this paper, and they learn a lot about writing, editing, web design, and layout in the process. It’s great to see their work in all these areas recognized as some of the best in the state.”

The local Lake Land College Navigator News staff includes Sullivan local, Emma Skowronski.

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Remembering Who We Are………88

News Progress Posted on December 17, 2025 by webmasterDecember 17, 2025

Kaskaskia Whitewater
•December 17, 2025•

by Janet Roney

A loud roar came from the churning whitewater dead ahead. I had expected paddling upstream on the Kaskaskia River to be difficult, but I did not expect rapids to block our way. 

These were not just little riffles in the water like submerged logs make. These rapids extended up and beyond a bend in the river and were making serious whitewater. (Well...not serious as in Alaska or Idaho, but it was white, it was water, and from my view sitting just a few inches above the water line in my dinky little sit-on-top kayak, it looked and sounded serious enough to me.)

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Holiday reminder to guard against foodborne illness

News Progress Posted on December 17, 2025 by webmasterDecember 17, 2025


•December 17, 2025•

As people make preparations for holiday meals, everyone should follow food safety and hygiene recommendations to prevent an outbreak of foodborne illness. Christmas is one of practically everyone’s favorite holidays, filled with family, friends, and of course, great food. As we wind down the holiday season, it’s a good time to remind everybody, and especially those preparing meals, that prevention of foodborne illnesses by following proven food safety tips is critical. The importance of following basic food safety guidelines, including keeping hot foods hot, cold foods cold, and properly thawing frozen meats in the refrigerator before roasting them. It’s important to make sure that meat products are cooked to a safe internal temperature of 165 degrees Fahrenheit.

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Allied Capital Title donates to SBL Regional Cancer Center

News Progress Posted on December 17, 2025 by webmasterDecember 17, 2025


•December 17, 2025•

ACT representatives present a check to Regional Cancer Center Director Natasha Deters and staff.

Allied Capital Title (ACT) offices of Charleston, Mattoon, Shelbyville, Tuscola, and Sullivan recently donated $720 to the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundation to support patients receiving care at the SBL Regional Cancer Center (RCC) who struggle to pay for costs associated with their care.

During the month of October, the offices donated a portion of ACT’s closing costs to the SBL Regional Cancer Center. Each office also collected other donations to contribute. ACT has donated a total $1,890 to the RCC in the past 3 years. “Allied Capital Title has generously donated to the SBL Regional Cancer Center over the years, and we are grateful for their continued support,” SBL Special Events Officer Kim Lockart said. 

For more information about donating to the SBL Regional Cancer Center, contact the SBL Health Foundation at 217-258-2511. 

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Dawkins NEHS submission wows 



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Mae Dawkins, a Sullivan High School senior and member of the National English Honor Society, was recently informed that she is a national winner of the NEHS Intellectual Freedom Challenge, a prestigious competition that encourages NEHS members to craft compelling arguments defending texts that have faced challenges and bans. Her essay scored among some of the best submissions in the nation by university professors. May was awarded a certificate and a $150 dollar prize.


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