News Progress

Diane Waggoner

•November 8, 2017•

Diane Waggoner will be running as a Democratic candidate for Moultrie County Treasurer in the March 2018 primary election.

She brings almost 20 years of banking experience to the position and has worked at First Community Bank of Moultrie County, formerly known as First National Bank of Sullivan, since 2003.

From 1998 until 2003 she was employed with First-Mid Illinois Bank and Trust of Sullivan. Throughout these years Waggoner acquired a wealth of knowledge in finance as teller to her current job title of new accounts. Gaining this banking knowledge throughout these years qualifies her for Moultrie County Treasurer. Read More

Photo by R.R. Best
Sullivan Middle School eighth grader Sydney Williamson shows Tara Standerfer her artistic efforts as she decorates a pumpkin for SCED Oktoberfest weekend.

•November 1, 2017•

Sullivan Middle School’s first community service day began as a leap of faith for principal Nathan Ogle.

By the end of the morning Thursday, October 19 it set the bar for Proudest Principal Moment.

“I believe that one of the responsibilities we have as educators is to instill in our students a sense of ownership in their community,” Ogle said. “If our small town is going to succeed in the next century, it is because individuals take responsibility to make it so.”

Service Day at Sullivan Middle School included eighth grade students painting pumpkins to help the Chamber of Commerce decorate for Octoberfest; seventh grade students traveling to Mason Point to visit residents, do crafts and entertain; and sixth grade students spending the morning with K-first grade students on reading activities.

“Our teachers tackled the challenge with enthusiasm and came up with ideas beyond anything I had in mind,” Ogle continued, noting they coordinated all the community events to make Fall Service Day take shape. Read More

Stephanie Helmuth

•November 1, 2017•

Stephanie Helmuth is seeking election as a Republican candidate for the Moultrie County Treasurer position.

“I feel I can bring new eyes to the processes,” Helmuth said, “and help find efficiencies and work towards saving the taxpayers dollars.”

She has nine years in banking after graduating college in 2008, two of those doing audit and analysis and seven of them in trust services.

She has worked at The First National Bank in Mattoon for seven years and has been the trust officer for the last four years.  Read More