Helen Miller Helen Joan Miller, 93, of Bethany passed away at 7:52 p.m. April 27, 2018 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Services were held at 1 p.m. Tuesday, May 1 in Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home in Mt. Zion. Burial was in Mt. Zion Township Cemetery. … Read More
John Lambdin John R. Lambdin, Jr. 96 years young, of Sullivan, formerly of Lovington, went home to be with the Lord April 26, 2018. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 30 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Lovington. Burial with military rites by Lovington American Legion Post #429 was in Odd Fellow Cemetery in Moweaqua. … Read More
25 Years Ago This Week Ralph W “Dink” Chaney retired from his job as East Nelson Township road commissioner after 42 years. He recalls the winter of 1957 was the worst winter in his career. He couldn’t get the plows through the drifts and had to bring in a dozer. Some Sullivan Middle School students were found at Wyman Park enjoying the long awaited warm temperatures. LaCosta Meadows, Danielle Jenkins, Jamie Dunphy, Cassie Fifer and Jill Seelhoefer took turns on the tornado slide. Bethany music students received 57 firsts and 11 seconds when they hosted the IESA State Solo and Ensemble … Read More
•May 2, 2018• Eastern Illinois University has named Zach Newell as its new library dean. Newell comes to EIU from Salem State University in Massachusetts, where he served in various library roles over the past 10 years. Those roles will allow him to bring both educator and administrative perspectives to EIU, which will assist Booth Library in meeting the evolving demands of its students and faculty. Newell said he is excited to be joining such a talented team in EIU’s Booth Library. He is especially impressed with the excitement and passion EIU’s faculty and staff share in working closely and … Read More
May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month Letter to the Editor, May is Lyme Awareness Month. Borreliosis (more commonly known as Lyme) is the greatest vector borne disease with over 300,000 new cases each year in the U.S. alone. The number of cases reported annually has increased nearly 25 fold since national surveillance began in 1982. There are five subspecies of borrelia burgdorferi, over 100 strains in the U.S. and 300 strains worldwide. There are no accurate tests, with which to confirm one has it, or one to show the organism is eradicated and the patient is cured. Fewer than 50% … Read More
•May 2, 2018• The athletes from the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond girls’ track and field team placed well in the Monticello Lady Sages Invitational Friday, April 27. Kenli Nettles placed top three in four events, and Tyra Wingler placed in the top five. Nettles won the high jump and triple jump, and she placed third in the 100-meter hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles. … Read More
•May 2, 2018• By Ariana Cherry for the News Progress Folks who attended the Douglas County CEO Trade Show April 25 got a chance to see what the future of business in this area could potentially hold. ALAH senior students presented businesses which they developed themselves as part of a project in the CEO class that the high school began offering this school year. Creating Entrepreneurial Opportunities (CEO) facilitator Stepheny McMahon of Sullivan explained the inaugural program includes high school students from Arthur, Arcola, Tuscola and Villa Grove. “There are some incredible business leaders in Douglas County.” McMahon said of … Read More
•May 2, 2018• A benefit cookout will be held 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday May 5 at Sullivan IGA for Pastor Brandon Zoll of the Sullivan Church of God. Ribeyes, brats and pork chop sandwiches are on the menu with the event sponsored by Sullivan Area Ministerial Ass’n. clergy. In early November 2017 Pastor Zoll was diagnosed with a grade II astrocytoma, which has proven to be an aggressive growth in the brain. He underwent surgery Nov. 15 which removed 80% of the mass. Pastor Zoll has completed radiation and continues to receive chemotherapy treatments. Donations may be given the day … Read More
Beverly Wood Beverly Sewell Wood, 81, was born in Decatur, Illinois on September 9, 1936, a daughter of Forest W. (Bo) and Phyllis Wood and entered heaven’s gates April 24, 2018. She is survived by her son Robert Sewell, Jr. and his wife Vicki of Saint Louis, Mo.; daughter Ramah Hawley and her husband Robert of River Edge, N.J.; five cherished grandchildren James Hawley, Rachel Hawley, Kai Sewell, Karli Sewell, and Keliana Sewell; former husband Robert Sewell, Sr. of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Mattoon; brother Gordon Wood of Sullivan; sisters Elaine Hansen and Marilyn Logan; brother-in-law James Logan and … Read More
•May 2, 2018• The Lovington Grade School fourth grade through eighth grade students will present their spring concert at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 10 in the Lovington Grade School gymnasium. Songs will include Hound Dog, Bruno Mars hit Count On Me, See You Again, Journey to the Stars, and many more. The concert is free and open to the public. … Read More