•June 21, 2017• Sullivan Fourth of July celebration begins June 30 with the Sullivan American Legion presenting Conner Family Amusements of Beardstown for the first time. Unlimited ride armbands are $25 for June 30-July 4th activities. … Read More
•June 21, 2017• F.L.I.P. in Findlay is sponsoring a 5K Walk/Run August 12 at Eagle Creek State Park. Registration begins at 7:30 a.m. with 8 a.m. scheduled for race time. Fees include t-shirt. Prizes will include three awards per age group and gender with the overall male and female winners eliminated from their respective age groups. Online registration is available at www.active.com or contact Jody McCormick at 217-725-5176. … Read More
Sandra Meredith Sandra Lee Meredith, 74, of Ormond Beach, Fla., formerly of Sullivan, passed away at 3:05 p.m. (EST) Sunday, June 11, 2017 in The Conquina Center in Ormond Beach, Fla. after a brief battle with glioblastoma. Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Saturday July 1 in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with Pastor Lyle Goss officiating. The family will receive friends one hour before the service at the funeral home. … Read More
•June 21, 2017• By Ariana Cherry for the News Progress Sullivan City Council discussed and agreed to waive the bidding requirements for the demolition of the old water tower off Jackson Street. Other contractors were invited to bid, but there was no interest shown the city council learned at the June 12 meeting held at Elizabeth Titus Library. Iseler Demolition, based out of Romeo, Mich. is scheduled to arrive the week of July 12 for the demolition. All the buildings and businesses in the surrounding area will be tarped to protect them from debris. … Read More
Tabor Park on the Eve of Destruction Letter to the Editor, Over the last three years I have observed the slow, but progressive destruction of prairie plants and grasses on the west side of Tabor Park. The destruction has resulted in a total imbalance of the eco-system required by many pollinators, to include the monarch butterfly. … Read More
Roger Punches, Sr. Roger W. Punches, Sr., 87, of Sullivan passed away at 6:10 p.m. Thursday June 15, 2017 in his residence surrounded by his family. Celebration of Life services were at 5 p.m. Monday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with Bob Vail officiating. Burial with military honors by Sullivan American Legion Post #68 was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. … Read More
25 Years Ago This Week Remember When June 22, 1992 Initiated with a grant awarded Powers Elementary School and implemented through the Douglas-Moultrie Rural Health Outreach Project a program to assist parents to prepare children from birth through age five began in area schools. Goal of the program is to help children be developmentally prepared to start school ready to learn. The “Return of Almost Anything Goes” returned to the football field in Lovington during the annual Kiwanis Club fish fry. “Anything Goes” teams from Arthur, Bethany, Sullivan and Lovington competed in a variety of events including pushing eggs with noses, … Read More
•June 21, 2017• By Jerry L. Ginther NP Columnist Like many my age, you may remember hearing our elders speak of how things were prior to and during WWII. Stories of The Great Depression, WWII and the Korean War that followed were often topics I heard discussed as a youngster. Their memories were fresh and vivid. We were shown pictures of uncles and cousins who served, some of whom we never knew because they died in military service before we were born. Such were my experiences as well as occasionally being fortunate enough to hear an actual account from one … Read More
•June 21, 2017• The Illinois Coaches Association announced its 2017 Class 1A All-State Teams. Two Okaw Valley players earned all-state honors. Natalie Jeffers earned second team honors, and Grace Harlin earned third team honors. Jeffers and Harlin were both third team all-state players as sophomores. Jeffers specialized in driving in runs. She drove in 42 in 27 games and had a career high eight home runs. She sported a .448 batting average and a .538 on base percentage, and she scored 32 runs and tallied 11 doubles. … Read More