•March 28, 2018• The Alpha Phi Chapter of Alpha Delta Kappa, an international honoree organization of women educators, is offering a $500 scholarship. An applicant must be a junior or senior in college or a graduate student in the field of education. Applications may be picked up at Stone and Stone Law Office in Sullivan. The deadline for the application is April 25, 2018. … Read More
•March 28, 2018• By Jason Brown NP Sports The Okaw Valley softball team split a pair of games last week to set its overall record at 2-3 on the year. The Timberwolves defeated Morrisonville last Thursday but lost to Central A&M last Wednesday. Against Morrisonville, junior Bella Benning singled in the winning run on a 2-2 count in the bottom of the eighth inning for a 6-5 final. OV took the lead in the first inning when Grace Bunfill knocked in a run. Morrisonville took the a 4-1 lead in the sixth inning, but OV answered with two runs in … Read More
•March 28, 2018• By Ariana Cherry for the News Progress The release of longtime football and basketball head coach Dale Schuring from coaching brought an expressive crowd to the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond District School Board meeting. Close to 100 attended the meeting with former and current high school students, parents and teachers in the crowd. They all came together to speak on behalf of Coach Dale Schuring. Coach Schuring began coaching basketball and football at Arthur High School in 2003. He had 11 winning seasons. Schuring also went on to win five Little Okaw Valley Conference regular season titles, LOVC Northwest Division … Read More
•March 28, 2018• By Jason Brown NP Sports Okaw Valley senior guard Paige Robinson was named the 36th annual JG-TC Girls Basketball Player of the Year this past week. She set several records this season and has collected even more accolades along the way. Robinson was named to the 15-member Illinois Girls’ Basketball Coaches’ All-State Class 1A/2A first team. The 5 feet 10 inch guard was one of five players named to the second team Associated Press All-State girls’ basketball team. “I said Paige is the best player in the area and best player around to anyone that would listen … Read More
•March 28, 2018• The First Christian Church in Findlay will host their second annual Community Easter Egg Hunt at 10:00 a.m. Saturday, March 31 behind the Okaw Valley Middle School for Pre K thru fifth grade. In case of inclement weather the hunt will be held in the OVMS gym. … Read More
•March 28, 2018• By Jason Brown NP Sports Athletes from the Sullivan girls’ and boys’ track and field teams competed in meets this past week. The Redskins hosted four other teams to open its outdoor seasons last Tuesday. The girls’ team tied Villa Grove for first with 88.5 points, and the boys’ team won the meet with 102 points. For the girls’ team, Zoe Ray won the long jump at 16 feet 1inch, and Zoe Walton won the 40-meter dash in 1:34.34. … Read More
Thomas Starr Thomas E. Starr, 64, of Sullivan, passed away at 2:26 a.m. Saturday, March 24, 2018 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. Funeral services were held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 27 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. … Read More
•March 28, 2018• The Sullivan baseball team dropped a close game to Villa Grove last Wednesday. Each team scored in the first inning, and Sullivan took the lead in the second inning. VG retook the lead in the top of the third inning with two run and added one in the fifth inning and two in the sixth for the 6-2 lead. The Redskins battled back with a run in the bottom of the sixth inning and two runs in the seven, but eventually fell short in the 6-5 loss. … Read More
Helen Moynahan Helen I. Moynahan, 86, died Friday, March 23, 2018 peacefully in her sleep in her home in Noblesville, Ind. She leaves her daughter, Lori Wright of Noblesville; granddaughters Kendall and Kasey Landis of Noblesville; stepdaughter Jane Nunn and husband Jim of Levittown as well as many nieces and nephews. Helen also leaves behind longtime family friend, Mary Smith of Irvine, Calif. … Read More
Michael Booker Michael E. Booker, 67, of Sullivan, formerly of New Port Richey Fla., passed away Thursday, March 22, 2018 at 9 a.m. in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center surrounded by his loving family. Memorial services were held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 24 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. … Read More