Local Golfer Competes in Optimist Golf Championship

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•June 20, 2018• Caden Ellis, Sullivan High School golfer, won the Midwest Qualifier for the Optimist International Junior Golf Championship to be held July 29 through August 1 at PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. The Midwest Qualifier has been held in Decatur for more than 30 years, This year’s tournament was two days at Red Tail Golf Course, and Ellis shot a record – 3 (68, 73 – 141 total). The Optimist International Junior Golf Championships continues to be one of the most recognizable junior tournaments in the world with more than 6,000 golfers attempting … Read More

Decatur Memorial Hospital Wishes Julie Moore Wolfe Good Luck

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•June 20, 2018• After more than 10 years serving as a department director, Julie Moore Wolfe has opted to leave Decatur Memorial Hospital to accept a position at HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital. “We are saddened by her decision to leave but wish her the best in all of her future endeavors and genuinely thank her for her years of devoted service,” said DMH President and CEO Timothy D. Stone Jr. Moore Wolfe moved to Decatur in 1986 to work as the main anchor at WAND-TV. A decade later she was named president of the Decatur Chamber of Commerce. Seven years … Read More

Local Grad Included at WIU

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•June 20, 2018• Chloe Lynn Cordell of Sullivan was among 1,335 students earning academic degrees or post-baccalaureate certificates after the Spring 2018 semester at Western Illinois University. She earned a Bachelor of Science in Education, Early Childhood Eduction. Bachelor’s degrees were awarded to 862 graduates. … Read More

County Health and Safety Updated On Enhanced 9-1-1 Communications

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•June 20, 2018• Amanda Williamson, Assistant Director of Cole-Moultrie e9-1-1 updated Public Health Safety and Welfare Committee members on progress. She explained the new microwave communications tower being constructed in Mattoon would enhance the quality of communications with Moultrie County first responders in Bethany, Dalton City, Lovington and Sullivan. … Read More

For More Than 75 Years, Peoria’s Ag Lab Has Made An Impact On Lives With ‘Wonderful Discoveries’

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•June 20, 2018• By Scott Hilyard Of the Peoria Journal Star The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research, formerly named the Northern Regional Research Laboratory, has been headquartered in Peoria for 78 years. Wait, the what? Well, it’s best known as The Ag Lab, the federal scientific research operation that is the work home of 80 Ph.D. scientists and 120 support staff. Wrapped in post-9/11 wrought iron security, the building has been a solid, if vaguely mysterious, presence at the corner of Nebraska Avenue and University Street since 1940. Created under the Agricultural Adjustment Act of … Read More

Recent Obituaries: Edwin Robert Kirkwood

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Edwin Robert Kirkwood Edwin Robert Kirkwood, 94, of Sullivan, passed away 9:58 a.m. Tuesday, June 19, 2018, at his daughter’s home in Sullivan. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m. Saturday, June 23, 2018, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Visitation will be held one hour before the services at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, with Military Rites by the Sullivan American Legion Post # 68. Memorials may be made to Moultrie County Food Pantry. Edwin was born November 3, 1923, in Sullivan, the son of Clyde Earl and Pearl Helena (Tolley) Kirkwood. He served … Read More

Understanding Illinois: If We Really Love Our Grandkids Prepare for Their Future

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•June 20, 2018• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist I saw a bumper sticker the other day: Ask me how much I love my grandkids. But do we really love them so much? In our selfishness, speaking generally, we of the Baby Boom and earlier generations seem to be somewhat complicit in the following problems: · U.S. debt is greater now than at the height of World War II, which had to be financed primarily with debt. The recent tax “reform” bill has some good points, yet it is to be paid for with $1.5 trillion in additional debt, which … Read More

County Board Balks at SCED Expense Reimbursement

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•June 20, 2018• By Mike Brothers A Moultrie County Board motion attempting to reimburse the Sullivan Chamber and Economic Development $17,295 in expenses failed for lack of a second at the June 14 meeting. Chairman Dave McCabe explained the county had previously approved $50,000 earmarked for SCED expenses relating to tourism in the county budget. McCabe had presented the bill at the previous county board meeting with members delaying action until Executive Director Laurrie Minor updated the county on tourism efforts. Minor appeared before the board explaining the SCED/Corp of Engineers Lake Shelbyville partnership had worked well at the Chicago … Read More