Joyce Marquis Joyce E. Marquis, 82, of Lovington, passed away at 5:50 a.m. Wednesday, November 15, 2017 in Mason Point in Sullivan. Funeral services were at 1 p.m. Saturday, November 18 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Lovington. Burial was in Keller Cemetery in Lovington. … Read More
Kathleen Hamblin Mary Kathleen Hamblin, 91, formerly of Sullivan, passed away Sunday November 12 at the Mother Joseph Care Center in Olympia, Washington. Services will be 1:30 p.m. Sunday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with the Rev. Larry Bricker officiating. Visitation will be one hour before the service. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. … Read More
Irene Driskell Irene J. Driskell, 99, died Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2017 in Mason Point in Sullivan. Funeral services were held Nov. 13 in Mitchell-Jerdan Funeral Home in Mattoon with burial following in Dodge Grove Cemetery in Mattoon. … Read More
•November 22, 2017• By Ellen Ferrera for the News Progress “Wear a Poppy”, a poem by Betty Toops of Neoga, expressed the sentiment at the Mid Illinois Senior Center Veterans observance Nov. 15. With tables decorated in red, white and blue the Peace Meal staffers Barbara Brown and Blake Sanders from Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Services hosted a Veterans Appreciation luncheon for 60 veterans, their wives and widows. “This is our eighth Veteran Appreciation luncheon this month in Moultrie County, and we are just honored to thank our veterans with this complimentary meal,” Sanders said. … Read More
25 Years Ago This Week Marrowbone Township road commissioner Art McReynolds and co-worker Dale Fleshner designed a chair lift to allow the wheelchair bound McReynolds access to equipment so he can perform his township duties. The $9200 lift lets the road commissioner move around the township garage as well as get into vehicles. The Bethany School Board gave its approval to a proposed realignment of the junior high sport conference. Nine districts including Bethany, Blue Mound, Central A&M, Findlay, Illiopolis, Lovington, Macon, Niantic-Harristown and Tower Hill are considering formation of a larger conference. All the district’s high schools are in the … Read More
•November 22, 2017• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist What do we do in Illinois when there is basically nothing we can do about policies most of us want changed? Three such come immediately to mind: redistricting, term limits and our public pension albatross. The Illinois Supreme Court has twice rejected recent efforts by citizens to put on the ballot a proposal to take redistricting away from lawmakers and give the job to an independent commission. This, so that Democratic House speaker Mike Madigan can no longer gerrymander districts. A friend of mine toted up the votes in 2014 and … Read More
•November 22, 2017• With the future retirement of Asst. Chief Arlon Long of the Sullivan Fire Department, the opening was filled by candidate Matthew Cummings. This open position has also created the need for promotions within the Sullivan Fire Department. Shannon Miller has moved to an open captain’s position that was caused by the promotion of Larry Edwards to the asst. chief’s position. Edwards is currently working as the interim asst. chief until the official retirement of asst. chief Long on December 15 at which time Edwards will become the official asst. chief of the Sullivan Fire Protection District. Miller … Read More
•November 22, 2017• Moultrie County joins the Illinois bicentennial celebration with an 11:45 a.m., Dec. 4 flag raising ceremony on the courthouse lawn. This commemorating opening ceremony of the state’s 200th celebration of statehood begins with presentation of the colors by the Sullivan American Legion Post 68 Honor Guard. The Pledge of Allegiance and Star Spangled Banner will be given. County board chairman Dave McCabe will read the proclamation of statehood at noon followed by the raising of the Bicentennial Flag of Illinois by the Honor Guard. The state song will be played during the flag raising. Pastor Don Lusk … Read More