Paris was Knights Nemisis at Tri County Tournament

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•January 3, 2018• By Jason Brown NP Sports The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team finished 3-1 in the Tri-County Christmas Tournament Kansas this past week. The Knights defeated Westville, Windsor-Stewardson Strasburg and Hutsonville/Palestine but lost to Paris. “The tournament went very well for us, and we learned quite a bit about ourselves and made quite a bit of improvement over the course of the tourney,” said ALAH coach Dale Schuring. “We handled adversity very well.” Against WWS, ALAH doubled its lead in the first quarter 12-6, but Windsor came back with a 24-10 run in the second quarter for a 32-22 … Read More

Year End Review

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Continued from our December 27, 2017 edition •January 3, 2018• May 31, 2017 Sullivan city is receiving a $445,980 block grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The grants are designed to stabilize neighborhoods and provide affordable housing. Susan Rauch, Joe Keller, Dave Cole, Bill Highland, Dan Fultz and Brad Pullen plant the first tree donated by Sullivan Rotary to the Habitat subdivision in Sullivan. Sullivan Rotary received a $1500 grant from District Rotary to help with the project. Angie Ward was honored by a reception at First Christian Church in Sullivan. Ward, also a Prairie Winds … Read More

New Assistant Fire Chief for Sullivan

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•January 3, 2018• Even as a kid when Larry Edwards heard sirens it made him curious. “I wanted to be able to find out what was going on,” Sullivan Assistant Fire Chief Larry Edwards recalled his reason for becoming a firefighter. On December 18, 2017 Sullivan Fire District Captain Larry Edwards was promoted to Assistant Fire Chief, next in command to Chief Mike Piper, by the Sullivan Fire Protection District board of trustees. He has been captain since August 2005. Edwards, certified as Firefighter III since 2004, got his chance to pursue that dream as a kid when he became … Read More

SCED Award Recipients 

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•January 3, 2018• The Sullivan Chamber & Economic Development has announced the winners of the 2017 annual awards, which will be presented at the SCED annual luncheon Wednesday, January 24. Each of the winners are standouts in the community of exceptional business and community members. Reverend Paul McGhghy will be recognized as the 2017 Citizen of the Year.  Pastor Paul’s dedication and devotion to the betterment of our community is clear through his everyday actions. One of the primary ways that this has been seen is through his leadership in helping encourage and host Habitat for Humanity Care-A-Vanners. The program that Pastor Paul … Read More

Dalton City Driver Designs Monster Jam “Whiplash” Truck

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•January 3, 2018• By Ellen Ferrera for the News Progress Brianna Mahon, the Princess of Carnage, as she is known in the Monster Jam Truck circle, is the first driver in Monster Jam history allowed to design her own truck. Most people around Moultrie County recognize the Country Cutz salon owner in Dalton City for her ability to style hair, but there is much more to the Sullivan High School graduate. On January 13, 2018 in Anaheim, Calif. she will introduce “Whiplash” – a 12’ tall, 10,000 lb. one-of-a-kind monster truck in her favorite color, turquoise, and painted to look … Read More

Third at Dieterich for OV Boys

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•January 3, 2018• By Jason Brown NP Sports The No. 4 seeded Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team placed third in the 33rd annual Dieterich Holiday Tournament, and Jared Bunfill earned all-tournament honors this past week. OV was in Pool A with Christ Our Rock, Cowden Herrick-Beecher City and Newton. In the tournament the Timberwolves defeated Christ Our Rock Lutheran, Cowden Herrick-Beecher City and Arcola but lost to Newton. To take third place, OV defeated Arcola last Thursday. OV doubled Arcola in the first quarter 8-4, and then added four more points to its lead to take a 19-12 half time … Read More

Obituaries 1-3-2018: Norma Garmon 

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Norma Garmon  Norma Jean Garmon, 93, of Sullivan passed away at 7:20 p.m. Friday, December 29, 2017 in Mason Point in Sullivan. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, January 5 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be held one hour before the services in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial will be in Keller Cemetery in Lovington.   … Read More

Bolen Robinson and Ellis Merge with Wood and Mayberry 

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•January 3, 2018• Wood and Mayberry Law Office’s merger with BRE Law of Decatur offers a full range of legal services for residents of Moultrie County. Bolen Robinson and Ellis, LLP is located at the former Wood and Mayberry Sullivan office and in Decatur. Jon Robinson, BRE Law founder, explained the expansion into Moultrie County attracted him personally since he grew up on a central Illinois farm which helped him see where the two firms could join forces. “We have 10 active litigators specializing in a variety of legal areas to add to the Wood and Mayberry practice,” Robinson said. … Read More

Understanding Illinois: This is Not Your Father’s County Jail, the Times are Changing

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•January 3, 2018• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist When I was a youngster in days of yore, the sheriff and his wife lived above the 19th Century jail, and the better half served as the matron, preparing the same meals for the inmates downstairs as for her family. Granted, it was a tiny county, but all jails were pretty much the same then—warehouses for detainees caught between law enforcement and their day in court, you might say. I visited this past week with Brian Asbell, a 23-year veteran of the Peoria County Sheriff’s Office, who was recently moved up … Read More