•March 28, 2018• The Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg softball team overwhelmed Arcola 18-1 in five innings last Wednesday. The Hatches scored in all five innings, busting out for five runs in the fourth inning and eight runs in the fifth inning to put the game away. WSS totaled 15 hits in the game and played errorless in the field. Madision Everett led WSS with three hits, two runs and two RBIs. … Read More
•March 28, 2018• Faith Lutheran Church in Sullivan is holding Maundy Thursday communion service at 7 p.m. March 29 and Good Friday Service at 7 p.m. March 30. There will be no Saturday service this week. … Read More
•March 28, 2018• A threatening note led to early dismissal of Sullivan Schools for Easter break Friday. No credible threat was discovered with the responsible student taken into custody. According to a press release from Supt. Ted Walk a note was discovered Friday, March 23, indicating a possible bomb threat to Sullivan High School. The credibility of the threat could not be immediately determined, and Sullivan schools dismissed students starting at 1:15 p.m. Students were relocated to the American Legion and Sullivan Civic Center for parent reunification. Law enforcement and school administration conducted a search of the buildings and grounds, and no … Read More
•March 28, 2018• Eagle Creek Resort site is now open for proposals from potential developers. State Sen. Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) and State Rep. Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) announced March 14 that the site of the state-owned Eagle Creek Resort in Shelby County is now officially open for vendors to submit a development proposal to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The resort closed in 2009 due to financial problems and environmental issues and has since sat vacant. Officially called a Request for Proposal, registered vendors with the state have from now until near the end of April to submit their plans … Read More
Bernard Whitlow, Sr. Bernard Russell Whitlow, Sr., 83, of Hillsboro died at 8:25 a.m. Wednesday, March 21, 2018 in St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield. Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday, March 28) in Bass Patton Dean Funeral Home in Hillsboro officiated by the Rev. Ralph Ward. Burial with military rites by V.F.W. Post #1306 and American Legion Post #425 was in Oak Grove Cemetery in Hillsboro. … Read More
•March 28, 2018• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist You and I have an opportunity, right now, to help reshape Illinois politics. The issue is redistricting of state legislative and congressional districts in Illinois. First, some background. Our 50 states are responsible, respectively, for redistricting. In 1812, Massachusetts governor Elbridge Gerry approved boundaries for a state senate district that outlined a salamander. Voters in the tortuous, non-compact district did elect a solon favorable to Gerry’s party. Thus, “gerrymander,” a term that lives in political infamy. Drawing districts has always been about benefiting those who draw the maps. … Read More
•March 28, 2018• Athletes from the Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond girls’ and boys’ track and field team competed in the Illinois Top Times meet at Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington Saturday. Athletes from 312 schools were represented. … Read More