Nancy Eckel Nancy L. Eckel, 91, of Sullivan passed away at 8:15 p.m. Sunday January 14, 2018 in Eastview Terrace in Sullivan. Celebration of Life services were at 11 a.m. today (Wednesday) in Elim Springs Church of Jesus Christ in Sullivan. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Arrangements were by Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. … Read More
•January 17, 2018• Supervisor of Assessments Lori Barringer told Moultrie County board members the estimated 2017 equalized assessed value for county land was $347,199,162. Based on the three year average she went on to point out the tentative equalization factor of .9978 is a .22% decrease in all values in Moultrie County. In 2016 a 1.0199% equalization factor led to a 2% increase in property values. The three year average is 33.01%. Barringer noted the 2017 assessed values were published January 10 with February 10, 2018 the deadline to file appeals to the county Board of Review. With the supervisor’s … Read More
Ollie Orsborn Ollie Marie Orsborn, 83, of Sullivan passed away at 4:15 a.m. Friday, January 12, 2018 in Eastview Terrace in Sullivan. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, January 18 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be held one hour before the services at the funeral home. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. … Read More
•January 17, 2018• Application forms and information pertaining to the J. Leonard Brown Scholarship Fund have been distributed to area high school guidance counselors. Scholarships are available to high school seniors who live in Moultrie County and plan to continue their eduction. In 2017 the J. Leonard Brown Scholarship Fund provided $4291 to area students. It is anticipated that a similar amount will be available for distribution in 2018. Eligible students should contact their local school guidance counselor. … Read More
Leroy Lawson Leroy Lawson, 91, of Mattoon, passed away at 2:14 a.m. January 13, 2018 in Mattoon Health Care. Graveside services were held at 2 p.m. Monday, January 15 in Keller Cemetery in Lovington with military rites by Lovington American Legion Post #429. McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Lovington handled arrangements. … Read More
•January 17, 2018• Coming January 25 is The Point in Time survey which plays a critical role in the task of ending homelessness. Survey results are significant to the HUD competition for assistance in the 18 counties of Calhoun, Greene, Jersey, Macoupin, Montgomery, Christian, Fayette, Shelby, Moultrie, Effingham, Clay, Clark, Coles, Crawford, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar and Jasper. HUD continues to emphasize through its scoring the significance of the data reported as well as the process for the data collection. However, HUD deems most important the quality and accuracy of the count as opposed to merely the size of the count. … Read More
•January 17, 2018• The Sullivan boys’ basketball team defeated Cerro Gordo/Bement to win its Central Illinois Conference opener Friday night. The game was close after the first quarter, 17-16, but Sullivan took its one-point lead and turned it into a double-digit lead at half, 28-18, by outscoring CBGD 11-2 in the second quarter. Isaiah Plank hit the 2-pointer to grab the lead in the second quarter. … Read More
•January 17, 2018• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist “Nothing is normal anymore. Something is going on.” So says Ron Oldeen of Kewanee. Ron has been putting on high quality roofs and repairing old ones for half a century in the region between the Quad-Cities and Peoria. Ron is a man of few words, and these came unsolicited recently. Ron had stopped by to check a minor roof issue on the 1890 building where live. I was intrigued. “We are noticing a lot of storms,” Ron added. “Last February we had six hail storms in the area—Peoria, Canton, Kewanee and … Read More
•January 17, 2018• It was a very cold end to a warm year making 2017 the sixth warmest year on record in Illinois with a statewide average temperature of 54.3 degrees, or two degrees above normal. In spite of the extreme cold ending to December eight out of the 12 months in 2017 brought above-normal temperatures, according to Illinois State Climatologist Jim Angel of the Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois. Illinois experienced the warmest February on record with a statewide average of 41 degrees, 10.1 degrees above normal. On the other hand, Illinois’ 10th coolest August … Read More