OV Bass Fishing Team Starts Season
OV Students Help Corps with Spring Clean-up
Student Art Displayed at Elizabeth Titus Library
•April 4, 2018• Seventy pieces of art created by area school-aged children were entered in the Sullivan Area Arts second Youth Art Show which was held in conjunction with Youth Art Month. Art works were displayed at the Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library. Ribbons and prizes were awarded for Best in Show and Merit in the following age categories: K-2, 3-5, middle school, and high school. Laney Banta, Tuscola, 10th grade, took Best in Show honors with Blooming Beauty. Merit awards were given for Blowing Bubbles, Macelyn Boddy, Lovington, 1st grade; Isabella Manna, Polar Bears,Lovington, 2nd grade; Cat in the Hat, … Read More
OV Livestock Judging Team Competes at LLC
Hey Kids. Go Outside and Play – You’ll Live Longer
•April 4, 2018• A new study published in the journal Health Affairs has attached a hefty price tag to the issue of inactivity in American children. According to the study, only about 40% of children get 25 minutes of high-calorie-burning physical activity three times a week, which could result in $1.1 trillion in direct medical costs over the course of their lifetimes. This is something Erin Kennedy, OSF HealthCare Center for Healthy Lifestyles Manager, says could be changed with a little early intervention. “Exercise should be fun, and when you start at a young age it will not become a … Read More
St. Anthony Dominates After Seven Run Inning
•April 4, 2018• The Sullivan baseball team dropped a nonconference game to St. Anthony Saturday, March 31. The Redskins fell behind 2-0 after the second inning, but it was a seven-run inning by the Bulldogs that put the game away for the 9-0 win. Sullivan players Tim Lawyer and Zach Sowers recorded Sullivan’s only two hits. Sowers also had a walk. … Read More
OV Senior Excels at Hydro-Gear
Obituaries 4-4-2018: Greg Loveall
Greg Loveall Former Sullivan resident Gregory P. Loveall, 57, died March 21, 2018 in Mesa, Ariz. He was born Sept. 28, 1960 in Decatur, attended Sullivan schools graduating in 1978 and lived in the area until his early 30s. … Read More
Fourth Wettest February-March on Record in Illinois
•April 4, 2018• The statewide average precipitation for February-March was 8.69 inches, which made it the fourth wettest February-March on record, according to Illinois State Climatologist Jim Angel of the Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois. The wettest February-March was in 1898 with 8.96 inches. … Read More