Windsor FFA Chapter Advances to District
Corp. Learns More About OVHS Partnership
Col. Bryan K. Sizemore along with other Corps of Engineer staff visited Okaw Valley High School to learn more about the Corps partnership. During the last three years Okaw Valley students have participated in a variety of projects around Lake Shelbyville. The following is a list of activities of which the OV students have been a part: timber stand improvement, general maintenance, agriculture lease work(including harvesting of beans/corn), control burns, removal of invasive plant species, planted cover crops as well as pollinators and hazelnut and chestnut trees, bee hives, built bat houses to be put around the lake and released … Read More
Obituaries 2-28-2018: Betty Jones
Betty Jones Betty June Jones, 97, passed away peacefully in San Antonio, Texas February 15, 2018. Graveside services will be held at 9:30 a.m. March 6 in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery in San Antonio, Texas. … Read More
Obituaries 2-28-2018: Maudie Trussell
Maudie Trussell Maudie Ruth Trussell, 84, of Sullivan passed away at 10:10 p.m. Thursday, February 22, 2018 in Mason Point in Sullivan. Funeral services were held at 7 p.m. Sunday, February 25 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Maudie was born May 16, 1933, in Tracy City, Tenn., a daughter of Charlie Bradford and Cora Haynes Kilgore Meadows. She was a member of New Life Church. She was a peaceful and happy person who loved her family dearly, and she was loved by all who knew her. … Read More
Illinois Has Embraced its Role as the Land of Lincoln
•February 28, 2018• By Kate Schott The State Journal-Register Abraham Lincoln may not have been born in Illinois but he clearly is among the state’s favorite sons. Lincoln came into the world on Feb. 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Kentucky, but eventually spent several decades living in Illinois, and departed for the presidency as a resident of Springfield. He was a shopkeeper, postmaster, lawyer, and state and federal legislator before being elected president in 1860. He served as the nation’s 16th president from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. The bullet fired by John Wilkes Booth prematurely took one … Read More
DMH Holds Free Diabetes Event
•February 28, 2018• The DMH Diabetes Education Center will hold its annual Diabetes Update “Diabetes: A Disease of the Vessels” Thursday, March 15 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at Richland Community College’s Shilling Education Center. The event is free and open to anyone interested in learning how to manage diabetes. Diabetes Update is designed for the newly diagnosed as well as long-time diabetics and their family members and friends. A1C screenings will be available for $35 each. Diabetic-friendly refreshments will be offered, as well as door prizes. Registration is requested but not required. … Read More
After the Acquittal Atteberry Moved to Sullivan
•February 28, 2018• By Eden Martin NP Guest Columnist Editor’s Note: This is the second in a series of articles dealing with the lynching on the Moultrie County courthouse lawn researched and written by Sullivan historian, native and retired attorney Robert Eden Martin. As one newspaper put it, Grant Atteberry and family shook the dust of Shelbyville from their pedal extremities yesterday, going to Sullivan. If ever a man charged with crime played in big luck, Grant Atteberry was one of them. His escape from conviction was a surprise to all, including the attorneys who defended him and was due … Read More
Letter to the Editor: 2-28-2018
Dear Editor, How brilliant of the NRA and our President. Not surprising, their response to the Parkland school killings is to give more guns to more people. More guns to kill more people is their best solution? … Read More