Wallen Breaks 1000 at Knights Classic

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•December 27, 2017• By Jason Brown NP Sports The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond girls’ basketball team placed second in the Knights Classic Holiday Tournament this past week, and senior Knight Hannah Wallen scored her 1,000th career point against Cumberland Friday. During the Knights Classic Holiday Tournament, ALAH defeated Cumberland and Chrisman to reach the championship game against Decatur St. Teresa. In the championship game, though, the Knights lost to the Bulldogs 65-61. St. Teresa jumped out to a 13-7 first-quarter lead and took a 32-23 lead at the half. The Knights outscored the Bulldogs 19-13 in the third quarter cutting the lead to … Read More

OV Girls’ Basketball Team Wins Holiday Tournament

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•December 27, 2017• By Jason Brown NP Sports The Okaw Valley girls’ basketball team gave the fans a great Christmas gift by winning the 17th annual Okaw Valley Holiday Tournament Friday. OV won two games, defeating Decatur LSA and Martinsville. In the championship game, OV defeated Martinsville 59-24 to finish the tournament with a 5-0 record. Paige Robinson scored a game-high 23 points, including 15 points in the first quarter. Danielle Hill and Kate Jeffers each scored eight points, and Clara Perry had seven points. … Read More

Year End Review 2017

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•December 27, 2017• January 4, 2017 Sullivan City Council meetings are moving to the Elizabeth Titus Library, and new offices are replacing the city council chambers in city hall. Prairie Winds musical ensemble opened its performance season at Mason Point. Marrowbone Library in Bethany has a restored collection of high school senior class pictures from 1889 to 1993 with more current years in a scrapbook. Glenn Austin, Jim McLaughlin and Virginia Weakly rescued the collection presenting the restored collection to Marrowbone for public use. Sullivan girls’ basketball team used a 21-6 third quarter run to propel them to a 59-42 … Read More

The Quiet Capital: The Story of Illinois’ First State City

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•December 27, 2017• By Isaac Smith Of the Southern Illinoisan On July 4, 1778 the bell rang, and the battered people of Kaskaskia gathered. They found themselves under new rule. George Rogers Clark explained that the revolutionary government was not interested in changing their faith but wanted to give them liberty. The once British-occupied territory had been liberated by Clark who was fighting for the Continental Army. About four decades later this small settlement flanked by the Mississippi River would be the home to Illinois’ first capital. There is a lot to Kaskaskia’s story — a lot that wouldn’t be … Read More