News Progress

•September 25, 2019•
By Ariana Cherry
for the News Progress

Sullivan High School Student Council representatives presented homecoming plans to the Unit #300 board of education Sept. 9.
The theme for homecoming is Decades with Oct. 4 parade day and Oct 5 dance and coronation.
Superintendent Ted Walk reported total enrollment for the entire school district is up five percent. This year, the smallest classes are the sophomores and juniors and largest classes are the first and third grades.
“The school year is off and going well,” he said.
The Sullivan School Board held a budget hearing to discuss the FY 20 Tentative Budget. Superintendent Walk stated that the 2020 budget was very similar to the current budget. It was a balanced budget and there were small changes. He noted that the Title funds had increased slightly and allocated in different areas. After the hearing was closed, members voted and unanimously for the FY 20 budget. Read More

•September 25, 2019•
By Mike Brothers

There are miracles and there are miraculous events.
What happened to Kaye Webb of Sullivan last week may be a little of both.
Most everyone around knows Kaye for her talents with genealogy through her work with the Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society.
Kaye is also one of the select readers of the Moultrie County News Progress who picks their newspaper at the office as soon as it comes off the press on Wednesday.
Circulation guru at the News Progress, Carolyn Collier has a constant stream of fresh newspaper visitors on Wednesday afternoon from about 1:00 p.m. when the paper comes off the press until closing time. Read More

Photo by Ellen Ferrera
Senior Services Exec Dir Kathi Garvey(l), Assistant Vonnie Lee and Counselor Kim Adamson at Senior Expo.

•September 18, 2019•
By Ellen Ferrera
for the News Progress

Every last table in the Sullivan American Legion Hall was commandeered for seating and most of the vendors ran out of promotional items as over 300 senior citizens converged for the annual Senior Expo sponsored by the Mid-Illinois Senior Services September 13.
Griffin’s Catering prepared the free lunch of BBQ pulled pork sandwiches, baked beans, cole slaw and chocolate cake. The lunch was provided, as it has been for several years, by State Senator Chapin Rose and State Representative Brad Halbrook.
Some 20 members of the SHS Student Council volunteered to serve the meals so the seniors would not have to stand in a long lunch line.
Thirty vendors ringed the hall and offered an array of free promotional items such as umbrellas, hats, pill cases, note pads, key chains, plastic shopping bags and coin purses. The vendors also had drawings for many door prizes which are always favorites of the attendees. Read More