Recent Obituaries: Joyce Ann Welsh

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Joyce Ann Welsh Joyce Ann Welsh, 82, of Sullivan, passed away 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, April 10, 2018, at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center, Mattoon. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:00 a.m. Monday, April 16, 2018, at the St. Columcille Catholic Church, Sullivan. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan. Visitation will be held from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. Sunday, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan, with prayer services… at 6:00 p.m. Memorials may be made to St. Columcille Catholic Church in Sullivan or to Peace Meal of Moultrie County. Joyce was born on October 26, 1935, in Lovington; … Read More

Recent Obituaries: Xenia Irene Morgan

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Xenia Irene Morgan Xenia Irene Morgan, 102, of Sullivan passed away 1:25 a.m. Wednesday, April 4, 2018, at Helia Health Care, Champaign. Funeral services will be held 1:30 p.m. Monday, April 9, 2018, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the service Monday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan. Memorials may be made to Transition Hospice; 12040 Raymond Court, Huntley, IL 60142. Irene was born September 26, 1915, in Sarasota, IA, the daughter of George and Lillie (Sims) Robinson. She married Archie Clark in 1932 in Taylorville; she later … Read More

Sullivan High School Students Conduct Research at Booth Library

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•April 4, 2018• Students from Sullivan High School visited Booth Library on the campus of Eastern Illinois University recently. The students were conducting research for AP English papers on debatable topics such as the death penalty, legalizing marijuana and abortion. They took a tour of the library and were given a demonstration on finding resources both on the bookshelves and through the library’s online database. … Read More

Obituaries 4-4-2018: Robert Dotson 

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Robert Dotson  Robert G. Dotson, 66, of Sullivan passed away at 10:55 p.m. March 28, 2018 in Eastview Terrace in Sullivan. Graveside services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, April 2 in Mt. Zion General Baptist Cemetery, Coles Station. McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan handled arrangements.  … Read More

First Community Bank Promotes Three

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•April 4, 2018• Following the annual meeting of the First Community Bank of Moultrie County, Chairman E. Ray Duncan announced the following promotions: Reid Molzen has been named CEO and President. Molzen, a 1992 Millikin graduate, has been with the bank 26 years and was previously President and Loan Officer. In addition to receiving his B.S. in Finance from Millikin, he attended the Graduate School of Banking in Madison, Wisconsin. A lifelong Moultrie County resident, he lives in Sullivan with his wife Christy and has coached in the Sullivan School District for 16 years. Lisa Florey has been promoted to … Read More

Lovington Grade School’s Third Quarter Honor Rolls Announced

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•April 4, 2018• Lovington Grade School’s third quarter honor rolls include the following students who earned straight As: Maxwell Allen, Quentin Day, Cassandra Diener, Reginald Edmonds, Brady Foster, Delaney Gillis, Joshua Gingerich, Gavin Mechling, Michaela Powell and Kaitlyn Zander, eighth grade and Kaci Beachy, Emma Edwards and  Josie Hale, seventh grade.  … Read More

Understanding Illinois: Rauner-Pritzker a Classic Capital-Labor Fight for Illinois

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•April 4, 2018• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist The November election contest between Gov. Bruce Rauner and Democratic challenger J. B. Pritzker is shaping up to be largely a classic conflict between capital and labor. Mushy moderate that I am, I wonder if there is any constructive middle ground on this topic for Illinois in the foreseeable future. Rauner made his money as a private equity investor. His company borrows money to buy companies, pumps them up and sells them for a big profit. Doing so requires a hard-nose approach to employees. Rauner’s disdain for labor unions is well … Read More

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John Maynard  John Wayne Maynard, 84, of Sullivan passed away at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, April 1, 2018 in Eastview Terrace in Sullivan. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 10 in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan with military rites by Sullivan American Legion Post #68. Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. Monday, April 9 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan.  … Read More

Obituaries 4-4-2018: Kathryn Hutchcraft 

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Kathryn Hutchcraft  Kathryn M. Hutchcraft, 87, of Sullivan, passed away at 6:20 a.m. Thursday March 29, 2018 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Celebration of Life services were at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Kathryn was born August 3, 1930 in Ewing, Illinois, a daughter of James Howard and Eva Wyrick Richardson. She had worked at the Brown Shoe Company, Dean’s Greenhouses and Elzy’s Florist in Sullivan. She was a member of Sullivan First Christian Church. Previously she had been very involved in church activities at Sullivan Church of God and enjoyed … Read More

Illinois Native Bill Veeck was Champion for Game of Baseball

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•April 4, 2018• By Dennis Anderson Of the Peoria Journal Star Bill Veeck wasn’t your typical baseball team owner. He was listed in the Chicago phonebook. He often walked the Comiskey Park concourse shaking hands as he limped on his wooden leg that he retrofitted with an ashtray. As a young man he planted the ivy on the outfield walls at Wrigley Field. He hired Larry Doby, the first black to play in the American League just months after Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers. And he owned the Cleveland Indians when they last won a … Read More