Harvest To Home Comes to Illinois Amish Heritage Center

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•October 3, 2018• A new special event, Harvest to Home, will be held at the Illinois Amish Heritage Center three miles east of Arthur on Friday and Saturday, October 19-20. The event will start at 9 a.m. each day and continue until 8 p.m. on Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday. The fall harvest was the culmination of the farm year. Corn had to be picked, processed, and stored. It was often stacked into corn shocks in the field or picked by hand and thrown into a nearby wagon. All of the steps of harvesting and processing corn will be demonstrated … Read More

Nohren House Blessing Sat.

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•October 3, 2018• Saturday, October 13, 11 a.m. is the house blessing by the Sullivan Area Ministerial Association for Matt and Nikki Nohren and their children, Hayden and Whitney. The address is 919 W. Strain St., Sullivan. Last year on October 25, 2017 their rental home was completely destroyed by fire. … Read More

Recent Obituaries: Richard L. Collins

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Richard L. Collins Richard L. Collins 72, of Bethany, IL, went to be with his Lord and Savior Thursday afternoon, September 27, 2018 in Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis, MO. Funeral services will be held at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 2, 2018 in the First Church of the Nazarene in Shelbyville, IL with Rev. Greg Breeden officiating. Visitation will be from 4:00-7:00 p.m. Tuesday in the church. Memorial may be given to the Mode Camp, Mode, IL. Arrangements are by Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville, IL. Richard was born on November 14, 1945 in Shelbyville, IL, the son of Melvin … Read More

Letter to the Editor: 9-26-2018

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Dear Citizens of Moultrie County and, especially, the City of Sullivan, On October 25, 2017, the rental home of Matt Nohren, his wife, Nikki, and their two children was destroyed by fire. Nikki, Hayden and Whitney were home when the fire started. Fortunately, Hayden alerted his mom and sister. All three escaped unharmed. All the family had after the fire was the clothing on their backs. They were homeless. The members of First Apostolic Church, Sullivan, and Pastor Francis Farney opened their vacant parsonage for the Nohren family. The church paid all utilities and charged no rent until the end … Read More

OV Golfers Earn Honors

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•September 26, 2018• Okaw Valley golfers Case Crawford and Addison Webner earned All-Little Okaw Valley Conference honors in the conference meet last Saturday, and the team defeated Meridian Monday. At the LOVC Tournament, Crawford shot an 83, and Webner fired an 88. Last Thursday, OV lost to Tri-County 164 to 198. … Read More

High School Art Students Create New Mural For Senior Center

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•September 26, 2018• By Ellen Ferrera for the News Progress A beautiful new mural is taking shape on the east side of the Senior Center across from the post office. It was designed by the students of Melissa Nichols’ high school Art Club. Eight of the 25 members have volunteered their time this summer to paint the mural in exchange for class credits. Nichols said “ I created the Art Club this year to undertake special projects for my art classes. The opportunity to create public art was especially appealing to the 25 students in the club.” The students incorporated … Read More

Understanding Illinois: What the Next Governor and Legislature Must Do…

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First, enact balanced budgets and a predictable fiscal system •September 26, 2018• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist This is the first of seven weekly columns that offer a blueprint for fixing Illinois, the title of the writer’s 2014 book (University of Illinois Press). Nowlan is a former Illinois legislator, agency director, senior aide to three unindicted governors, campaign manager for U.S. Senate and presidential candidates, and professor of government at several universities in Illinois as well as China. The first order of business in transforming Illinois from a laggard to a leader, once again, among the American states is … Read More

Harvest Field Market

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•September 26, 2018• Buxton’s Garden Farm is hosting the second annual Harvest Field Market Saturday, September 29. The event is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with more than 50 venders participating. Visitors can enjoy antiques, crafts, home decor, shopping, food, pumpkins, kid activities and more. Established in 1988 Buxton’s Garden Farm is located three miles west of Sullivan on Hwy. 121. … Read More

Senior Leader is Sullivan High School’s Next Who’s Who Alumni

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•September 26, 2018• By Ellen Ferrera for the News Progress Homecoming will be very special for Kathi Garvey this year. Not only will she receive the Alumni Who’s Who Award but it is the 25th anniversary of her class (1993) graduation so a lot of her classmates will be on hand to share the celebration with her. “My aunt nominated me, but I never imagined I would receive this honor,” Garvey said. “Seems like it should go to an older person.” The award is given to the high school graduate who has remained in the community and made a significant … Read More