•March 14, 2018• The 25th annual boys’ basketball Central Illinois All-Star game is set for March 24 in Cumberland. There is a three-point contest at 7:05 p.m., and tip-off of the game involving senior players from the LOVC against senior players from the NTC is set for 7:30. Jared Bunfill and Austin Hill will represent Okaw Valley and the LOVC in that game. … Read More
•March 14, 2018• At the end of the month, a successful fundraiser – a sporting event with comical intent – will return to Sullivan. A four-team donkey basketball tournament is scheduled for Thursday, March 22 in the Sullivan High School gym. Pre-tickets may be purchased at Sullivan Elementary School and ATA Martial Arts (located downtown on the square in Sullivan). Presale tickets will also include donkey ears for each child in attendance. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., and the event starts at 6:30. Sponsored by Sullivan Elementary School PTO, funds raised will be used for field trips, supplies for the … Read More
•March 14, 2018• The Sullivan boys’ track and field team competed in the Mt. Zion Boys’ Invitational last Wednesday. Several athletes placed in the top three of their final heats. … Read More
•March 14, 2018• Several area basketball players earned all-Little Okaw Valley Conference Northwest Division honors this past week. For Okaw Valley, senior Jared Bunfill was named to the 7-member 2017-18 all-Little Okaw Valley Conference Northwest Division boys basketball team. Bunfill averaged a team-high 11.9 points per game. … Read More
Attorneys agree to exchange viewpoints •March 14, 2018• By Ellen Ferrera for the News Progress The village of Bethany and landlords ongoing issues over who pays utility charges for delinquent renters will wait for attorneys to review a possible compromise. Andrew W. B. Bequette of Bequette Law Office in Urbana is representing Gary Meritt and other landlords regarding the village of Bethany’s proposed Landlord/Renter Agreement. He asked the board to table any action they were contemplating until he and the village attorney could meet and discuss concerns. Bequette outlined some of those concerns and advised that some of the items … Read More
•March 14, 2018• Britton Boyer of Sullivan along with her teammates of Trevecca Nazarene University’s basketball team will travel to the Chiapas region of Mexico May 8-15 to help rebuild housing in the area heavily impacted by the recent earthquakes. … Read More
•March 14, 2018• Staff reduction was among items approved at the Sullivan Community District #300 school board meeting Monday, March 12. Supt. Ted Walk noted that the annual review of staff levels revealed the district was overstaffed and recommended honorable dismissal of SHS head football coach Andrew Kerley from his duties as a social studies and driver education teacher. School board members also approved the resolution for the honorable dismissal of business teacher Tori Hale. Supt. Walk noted both teachers were low in seniority, and if the district has a future opening, they would be first for consideration to fill … Read More
•March 14, 2018• Sullivan Elementary School celebrated Read Across America by honoring Dr. Seuss the week of February 26. Students participated in dress up days based on different Dr. Seuss books each day, and different activities took place throughout the week. Stop Everything and Read for 15 minutes was held Monday. Everyone in the building stopped what they were doing and read a book. Tuesday students decorated crazy socks that were displayed in the hallway. Students did partner reading with students from different grade levels on Wednesday, and Thursday they were allowed to wear crazy hats. … Read More