•June 7, 2017• Lovington Grade School’s fourth quarter honor rolls include the following students who earned straight As: Rachel Kinney and Miranda Rentfro, eighth grade; Maxwell Allen, Quentin Day, Reginald Edmonds, Delaney Gills, Gavin Mechling and Michaela Powell, seventh grade; Connor Edmonds, Emma Edwards, Chloe Franklin, Josie Hale and Wyatt Hilligoss, sixth grade and Marilyn-Jean Hill fifth grade. … Read More
•June 7, 2017• The Serve Illinois Commission is announcing it is now accepting applications for the Governor’s Hometown Awards program. The program gives formal recognition to those who contributed to their community’s quality of life through projects that have strong volunteer support, meet a need, and make a definitive impact. Serve Illinois, the Governor’s Commission on Volunteerism and Community Service, is able to tie the Governor’s Hometown Awards to its mission to improve Illinois communities by enhancing volunteerism and instilling an ethic of service throughout the state. Adding the Governor’s Hometown Awards, which recognizes community projects, to Serve Illinois’ existing … Read More
•June 7, 2017• Decatur Memorial Hospital and Stryker Orthopaedics will host a free seminar on joint pain, featuring Professional Golfer and Stryker GetAroundKnee® recipient, Fred Funk at 3 p.m. on Monday, June 12, in the Classroom Complex at the hospital. Local orthopedic surgeons will also be available to answer questions and discuss arthritis of the hip and knee, non-surgical and surgical joint pain treatment options and Mako-™ Robotic-Arm Assisted Surgery Light refreshments will be provided. Call 217-876-2850 to register. … Read More
Diana Woodland Diana J. Woodland, 80, of Sullivan passed away at 5:18 a.m., Monday, June 5, 2017 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. A memorial visitation to celebrate Diana’s life will be 1-3 p.m. Saturday, June 10 in Dawson & Wikoff Funeral Home in Mt. Zion. … Read More
•June 7, 2017• Brad Beesley, Executive Vice President, Trust and Wealth Management with First Mid-Illinois Bank & Trust, has been named one of Bank Investment Consultant’s Top 25 Program Managers*, ranking 12th in the nation. Beesley is one of nine investment program managers associated with Raymond James that made the prestigious list of 25, compiled annually by Bank Investment Consultant. Factors considered in this year’s ranking were the team’s total assets under management, growth in team annual production, growth in team assets, average production per advisor, and number of advisors under the managers’ direct supervision. His office is located at … Read More
•June 7, 2017• The statewide average temperature for May was 61.9 degrees, 0.8 degrees below normal, according to Illinois State Climatologist Jim Angel with the Illinois State Water Survey at the University of Illinois. A few locations in Illinois reached 90 degrees, including Moline and Springfield. In mid-May, several locations reported temperatures below freezing, including Mt. Carroll with 29 degrees. The statewide average precipitation for May was 5.22 inches, 0.62 inches above normal. The precipitation was heaviest in the central third of the state with a few drier areas around Bloomington and south of the Quad Cities. Danville reported the … Read More
•June 7, 2017• They were young. They went through basic training, then on to more advanced instruction before being assigned to the next state or half way around the world. They operated heavy artillery, or commanded ICBM missiles, or flew rescue helicopters, or handled classified information, or commanded a tank, or sat on the ocean bottom in a submarine. They were in the infantry, or were a radio operator, or a medic, or an aircraft mechanic, or a cook, or radar repairman, or maybe an electrician. They endured rocket attacks in Vietnam, and cold weather in Korea, and dark, wet … Read More
•June 7, 2017• Millikin University, in collaboration with the College of Arts and Sciences and Center for Entrepreneurship, will host its annual Chemistry Camp for high school students June 5-9 and for junior high school students July 24-28. As part of the Chemistry Camp experience, high school students will participate in lab and kitchen research on the Millikin University campus. Sessions will be held from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. each day in Millikin’s Leighty-Tabor Science Center. Students will engage in hands-on research and prepare scholarship-ready science projects. Lunches with food-industry entrepreneurs will be held during the camp. … Read More