SHS Homecoming

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Submitted Pictured is this year’s Sullivan High School homecoming court attendants and candidates. Back row, from left to right: Griffin Sullivan, Senior Candidate, Drew Lehman, freshman attendant, Lilly Bales, sophomore attendant, Mackenzie Mosier, junior attendant, and Brock Cook, senior candidate. Front row are the remaining senior candidates: Devin Mosier, Nicola Grohler, Maggie Plank, Justine Risley, and Adam Davis. SHS began the homecoming festivities on Monday, and they will culminate with Saturday’s dance.

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Pictured is this year’s Sullivan High School homecoming court attendants and candidates. Back row, from left to right: Griffin Sullivan, Senior Candidate, Drew Lehman, freshman attendant, Lilly Bales, sophomore attendant, Mackenzie Mosier, junior attendant, and Brock Cook, senior candidate. Front row are the remaining senior candidates: Devin Mosier, Nicola Grohler, Maggie Plank, Justine Risley, and Adam Davis. SHS began the homecoming festivities on Monday, and they will culminate with Saturday’s dance.

Combine Catches Fire

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Photo by RR Best Combine Catches Fire A combine that was harvesting corn between Windsor and Gays caught fire Saturday afternoon, but no injuries were reported. The cause has yet to be determined. According to Windsor Fire Chief Rick Allen, the combine belonged to Richard Phipps and was, in his opinion, a complete loss. Upon realizing the combine was on fire, the driver abandoned the field in hopes of preventing any remaining crop from catching fire. The combine was driven across a roadway and two ditches into an adjacent soybean field that had previously been harvested. The fire was contained within approximately 30 minutes, according to Allen.

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A combine that was harvesting corn between Windsor and Gays caught fire Saturday afternoon, but no injuries were reported. The cause has yet to be determined.
According to Windsor Fire Chief Rick Allen, the combine belonged to Richard Phipps and was, in his opinion, a complete loss.
Upon realizing the combine was on fire, the driver abandoned the field in hopes of preventing any remaining crop from catching fire. The combine was driven across a roadway and two ditches into an adjacent soybean field that had previously been harvested.
The fire was contained within approximately 30 minutes, according to Allen.

Applications for Rehearing on Transmission Line In, 7 in All

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ICC Grants Rehearing on MCPO Segment

by Keith Stewart
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Seven requests for rehearing have been received since the ICC handed down its decision August 20, granting Ameren a certificate of public necessity for certain segments of its proposed transmission line that runs across central Illinois.

With a September 19 deadline, groups filed their rehearing requests, and the ICC, ruling on six of those October 2, granted five of the seven requests, while denying two. Read More

Life Chain

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Photo by RR Best Members of various area churches lined the streets around Sullivan Sunday in recognition of and participation in the National Life Chain event, which protested abortion.

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Members of various area churches lined the streets around Sullivan Sunday in recognition of and participation in the National Life Chain event, which protested abortion.

Grain Trucks Reminded to Use Al Best Drive for Transportation

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Board also considers Tedrick as new trustee

by Florence Hallford
Lovington Reporter

Elevator traffic on State Street has been increasing, causing damage to the road as well as increasing noise pollution. A sign on the elevator indicates drivers should use Al Best Drive for their routes and the current ordinance confirms. Drivers of six and 10 wheel semis, weighted with full loads, often disregard the sign and the ordinance. The board has decided to place signs, directing drivers to the appropriate route. Doug Smith will be looking into posting the signs, and Barry Morgan will review ordinances pertaining to the routes.  Read More

Suspicious Car Fire Under Investigation

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Photo by RR Best Sullivan Firefighters douse a Chevrolet Suburban after it suddenly caught fire early Monday morning in front of 315 E. Jackson. According to Sullivan Police Chief John Love, due to the suspcious nature of the incident, the Illinois Fire Marshal was called in to investigate.

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Sullivan Firefighters douse a Chevrolet Suburban after it suddenly caught fire early Monday morning in front of 315 E. Jackson. According to Sullivan Police Chief John Love, due to the suspcious nature of the incident, the Illinois Fire Marshal was called in to investigate.

Parked vehicle catches fire after sound of explosion heard

by Keith Stewart
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Sullivan Fire Department was called early Monday morning for a car fire at 315 E. Jackson.

According to Sullivan Police Chief John Love, upon arriving at approximately 12:17 a.m., responders found a utility vehicle fully engulfed.

Love said that the vehicle was not running at the time of the fire and that several calls Read More

Robbery Reported Behind China King

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Out of town delivery driver allegedly robbed

by Keith Stewart
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According to a report by the Sullivan Police Department, a man working for a delivery service based out of Romeoville, Ill. was robbed after making a delivery to China King Friday night. Read More

Poe Advances to Brown Belt

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Submitted Amber Poe, 13, daughter of Donald and Rhonda Poe of Sullivan has advanced to the level of brown belt in Taekwondo as well as the leadership class and qualified in sparring, weapons, form, and extreme martial arts. Poe has been in Taekwondo for two years.

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Amber Poe, 13, daughter of Donald and Rhonda Poe of Sullivan has advanced to the level of brown belt in Taekwondo as well as the leadership class and qualified in sparring, weapons, form, and extreme martial arts.
Poe has been in Taekwondo for two years.

Color & Cardio Combo Helps Raise Money for Theatre

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Participants from Saturday's Dart for the Arts put a little funk in their step around Wyman Park in Sullivan.

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Participants from Saturday's Dart for the Arts put a little funk in their step around Wyman Park in Sullivan.

Skippers, walkers, and runners partake

by Keith Stewart
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Parts of Wyman Park saw a colorful, if not temporary, string of runners, walkers, skippers, and the like Saturday evening for the inaugural Dart for the Arts 5k fundraiser.

Organized by Little Theatre company manager Mallory Murphy as a fundraiser for the Theatre, the event put a refreshing twist on what for some is an old habit, and for others, just plain boring.

Participants made their way through Wyman Park as volunteers hurled various colors of cornstarch at them, resulting in a rainbow of runners. Read More