Sullivan Girls’ Basketball Cracks Class 2A State Top Ten

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•December 12, 2018• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor The Sullivan girls’ basketball team toppled two Central Illinois Conference foes this past week and cracked the Associated Press’ top ten as the No. 10 Class 2A ranked team in the state. The Redskins easily took care of Meridian Monday night and Warrensburg-Latham Thursday (Dec. 6). In Macon Monday, Sullivan wasted no time with its early pressure and outscored Meridian 22-8 in the first quarter. The Redskins did not look back in the 70-32 rout. Lilly Null had team-highs in three categories with 16 points (including two 3-pointers) eight steals and … Read More

Menus 12-12-2018

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Senior Peace Meal For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770 Monday, December 17 – Roasted turkey, mashed potatoes w/gravy, green bean casserole, dressing, peaches Tuesday, December 18 – Chili beans, mixed lettuce salad w/dressing packet, crackers, waldorf salad Wednesday, December 19 – Beef stroganoff over noodles, corn, broccoli, whole grain wheat, banana Thursday, December 20 – Ham, frosted sweet potatoes, midair blend veggies, dinner roll, cranberry gelatin salad Friday, December 21 – Liver and onions, scalloped potatoes, buttered peas, graham crackers, whole grain wheat, dreamsicle gelatin … Read More

Remember When? 12-12-2018

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25 Years Ago This Week Large amounts of rainfall have contributed to flooding in many areas around Lake Shelbyville. The lake is 615.84 feet above sea level which is 16 feet above normal summer pool. Floyd Tree Farm near Allenville is offering five-seven foot trees for $10-$15. Redskins varsity returns talent in seniors Jason Wildman, Chad Bragg, Cory Golden, Austin Pearl, Jason Moody, Jake Haegen and Jeremy Piper and juniors Andy Wagner and Travis Nolte. Creating teamwork is the goal of coach Ted Turner. On the JV roster are sophomores Steve Book, Nathan Corzine, Josh Jones, Clifton McKay, Neal Ozier, … Read More

Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over

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•December 12, 2018• The holidays are a time for friends, family and coworkers to come together in celebration. Wherever you are—at an office party, a family member’s home or out at a bar—it is essential that you make the lifesaving choice to drive sober when the party ends. To help spread the message about the dangers of impaired driving, Sullivan Police Department is partnering with the Illinois Department of Transportation, the Illinois State Police and nearly 200 police and sheriff’s departments across the state. The goal is simple: Get impaired drunk drivers off the roads and help save lives. This … Read More

SES Garden Project Awarded Grant

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•December 12, 2018• Nichole Hendry, Sullivan Elementary School fourth grade teacher, received notification that she would receive the Lumpkin Family Foundation grant for $7,294 to go towards the school’s garden project. Hendry organized the garden project with the help of school staff and community members last spring. She wrote the grant to help cover the costs of the project such as outdoor classroom materials, tools, a greenhouse, and curriculum. She has volunteered many hours throughout the school year and during the summer to get this project off the ground. … Read More

Four Area Inductees In IBCA Hall of Fame

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•December 12, 2018• The Illinois Basketball Coaches Association announced its 2019 Hall of Fame class. Four area candidates are included as inductees. Included among the 48 players to be inducted are Sheri (Adams) McCain and Allyson (Glazebrook) Kunz. McCain, a 1992 Sullivan graduate, is the current Redskins girls’ basketball coach. While McCain has been head coach her teams have appeared in five regional title games and won three regional titles (2013, 2014 and 2018). After high school, McCain continued her basketball career at Lake Land and Western Illinois. Another girls’ basketball player, Kunz, graduated in 1995. … Read More

Miracles of Christmas on Stage at The Little Theatre on the Square

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•December 12, 2018• by Ellen Ferrera for the News Progress A big kiss under the mistletoe to Therese Kincade, Associate Artistic Director of the Little Theatre, and John Stephens, for the beautiful holiday show they have written and directed for Christmas. Entitled “Believe…the Miracles of Christmas” this delightful musical is chock-a-block with all your favorite holiday songs (24), inspired tap dance routines, glittering costumes, puppets and a story of three miracles. Before the curtain rises, the voices of three people are heard praying for a special Christmas wish to be granted. Becca ( Caroline Chisholm) wants to reunite with her … Read More

C.E.F.S. Interagency: Where the Rewards are Priceless

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•December 12, 2018• By Ellen Ferrera for the News Progress Christmas for most of us is a time of food, presents, celebrating and all manner of excesses. For some in Moultrie County it is a time when want and hunger are most keenly felt especially those who live at or below the poverty level. Fortunately, the C.E.F.S. Outreach office provides food, housing, jobs and other forms of emergency assistance for those in need In 1964 President Johnson vowed to continue Kennedy’s War on Poverty and signed into law the Equal Opportunity Act which created the nationwide Community Action Network which … Read More

Understanding Illinois: Pritzker Transition Afterglow will Fade, Under the Shadow of Reality

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•December 12, 2018• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist Gov.-elect J. B. Pritzker has begun the typical minuet of transition to office in January, creating committees to look, respectively, at how he can improve education, infrastructure, social services, whathaveyou. I have been a part of three gubernatorial transitions over past decades, and headed one (and was just now, while writing this, invited to serve on a Pritzker committee, which I accepted). Large committees of insiders and outsiders to government will sit around conference tables and offer prescriptions for saving our state. The well-meaning committee members may help educate the incoming … Read More

Gingerbread Houses are a Martin Home Holiday Tradition

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•December 12, 2018• By Ellen Ferrera for the News Progress Our story begins with Nina Martin’s favorite Christmas memories of the beautiful gingerbread houses her mother, Roberta Tabor, made from scratch every year – no two of which were ever alike. The gingerbread houses were famous and graced the front page of the Sullivan newspaper each Christmas season. On Sunday, Dec. 9 Phillip and Nina Martin hosted a benefit for the Little Theatre on the Square in their home featuring this year’s gingerbread creation. While the Sullivan High School Madrigal Singers performed in the living room, the star in the … Read More