•June 28, 2017• Due to the Fourth of July falling on Tuesday the Moultrie County News Progress will observe early deadlines for the July 5th edition. Deadlines for all advertising and news items is noon on Friday, June 30, 2017. The newspaper business office will close Tuesday, July 4 to observe the holiday. Thank you and enjoy the fireworks. … Read More
25 Years Ago This Week Two features are added to the Sullivan Fourth of July Celebration in 1992. A new carnival, Jackson’s United Shows, opens Tuesday and a pedal tractor pull is added to the weekend festivities. A $5000 gigantic fireworks display rounds out the day’s activities at Wyman Park. Long time Lovington resident, Wendell J. Dahm, is the village’s first inductee into the Lovington Hall of Fame. Lovington grocer Bob Aldridge was recognized as Citizen of the Year during presentations at intermission of the Junior Women’s Club “The Return of Almost Anything Goes”. The Little Theatre on the Square production … Read More
•June 28, 2017• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist As a grade schooler, I was captivated by the stereopticon at the Toulon (Ill.) Public Library, and its sepia-and-cream Matthew Brady photographs of the immediate aftermath of Civil War battles, the dead strewn higgledy-piggledy across pock-marked ground. As a student in Urbana-Champaign, I spent evenings in the reading room in the Main Library at the University of Illinois, home to one of our truly great American research libraries. Sitting at a huge oak table in the cavernous room, this small-town boy had a reverence for the hushed setting and the gothic … Read More
Dr. Richard Mathias Dr. Richard E. Mathias, DC, 86, of Sullivan passed away at 9:10 a.m. Friday June 23, 2017 in Mason Point in Sullivan. Celebration of Life services will be 10:30 a.m. today (Wednesday) in New Life Tabernacle in Sullivan with Pastor Dave Dolan officiating. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan is in charge of arrangements. … Read More
Senior Peace Meal For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770 Monday, June 26 – Sausage and gravy, mini potato bakers, fruit juice, biscuits, warm fruit compote Tuesday, June 27 – Pepper beef over brown rice, lima beans, Harvard beets, whole grain dinner roll, mandarin oranges Wednesday, June 28 – Pulled pork, baked beans, spinach, bun, peaches Thursday, June 29 – Beef and noodles, mashed potatoes, mixed vegetables, whole grain wheat, fruit cream parfait Friday, June 30 – Chef’s choice or creamed chicken w/grilled onions and pimento, peas, escalloped tomatoes, biscuits Sullivan Pre-School Breakfast Monday, June 26 – Granola bars, … Read More
Albert Heim Albert Eugene Heim, 91, of Cisco died Thursday morning June 15, 2017 in Illinois Veterans Home in Manteno. Graveside services with military honors were held at 1:30 p.m. June 20 in Graceland Cemetery in Decatur. Graceland/Fairlawn Funeral Home in Decatur handled arrangements. … Read More
•June 21, 2017• SBL Lincolnland Home Care and Lincolnland Hospice will conduct a free blood pressure clinic from 8:30 to 9 a.m. Thursday, July 20 at the Senior Center in Sullivan. For more information, call Lincolnland Home Care at 1-800-879-3212. SBL Lincolnland Home Care, Lincolnland Hospice and Lincolnland Home Medical will sponsor bingo from 9-10 a.m. following the blood pressure clinic. … Read More
•June 21, 2017• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist The best things in live are generally not free. Take health care. When I was a boy in the 1940-50s, each small town had two or three family doctors. The hospital in the nearby city of 20,000 (13,000 today) was a small, quiet affair where you went until you got well, or died. There was no Medicare or Medicaid. Nor much insurance. I recall coming home about third grade with a flyer for my parents about how a new company called Blue Cross-Blue Shield was offering a policy to cover me … Read More
•June 21, 2017• By Alex Menke for the News Progress Local residents of all ages came to Sullivan’s town square from 4-7 p.m. Friday, June 16 for a celebration of community. The festival was created by Sullivan Chamber and Economic Development agency with WCIA-TV’s Our Town segment showcasing Sullivan. Chamber director Laurrie Minor explained how it all began. “Channel 3 called and said they wanted to cover Sullivan for an ‘Our Town’ program, and we threw a festival together and made it happen.” She expressed her delight at the success of the event. “It became bigger than what we anticipated … Read More