•April 5, 2017• Sullivan Okaw Valley junior football league sign ups for boys and girls entering the 4th-8th grades in the 2017-2018 school year are Sunday, April 9 from 3:30 – 5:30 p.m. They are held at the Bethany Firehouse where a board meeting will follow. For more information www.sovjfl.com … Read More
•April 5, 2017• News Progress March 29, 2017- mistake page 4 school board candidate forum story. Candidate Brandon Stone was referencing Illinois Vision 20/20 where statewide organizations are partnering to help equalize educational opportunities. He was not referring to local district coops. We apologize for the error. … Read More
Virginia A. Butler Virginia A. Butler, 90, of Sullivan passed away 4:00 a.m. Friday, March 31, 2017 at Mason Point, Sullivan. Graveside services will be held 11:00 a.m. Monday, April 3, 2017 at Penn Township, Moweaqua. No visitation will be held. Arrangements were made by McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Memorials may be made to the Moultrie County Senior Center. Virginia was born November 12, 1926 in Moweaqua, the daughter of Ray and Florence (Hemer) Lindley. She married Hank Butler in 1944 and he preceded her in death in 2001. Virginia was retired from the Titus Presbyterian Memorial Home, Sullivan. She … Read More
Franklin Hiram Neal Franklin Hiram Neal, 91, of Urbana, passed away at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 28, 2017 at the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Danville. Funeral services will be held 3:00 P.M. Saturday, April 1, 2017, at the McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan, with Masonic Rites by the George A. Sentel Lodge #764 . Visitation will be held from 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be at Greenhill Cemetery, Sullivan, with Military Rites by the Sullivan American Legion Post #68. Memorials may be made to Disabled American Veterans. Frank was born September 10, 1925 … Read More
•March 29, 2017• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond baseball team kicked off its season with a 1-2 record, winning over St. Teresa and losing to Monticello and Central A&M. Against the Bulldogs of St. Teresa, the Knights exploded for 12 runs in the fifth inning to overcome a 6-3 deficit and blow the game open. ALAH went on to win 20-12. Shandon Herschberger recorded a game-high six hits (6-for-6) and four runs scored. He also knocked in three runs. Lucas Otto recorded three hits, two runs scored and three runs batted in. … Read More
•March 29, 2017• You know you are in a small town when…. Every sport is played on dirt. Third street is on the edge of town. You are run off the street by a combine. You miss church on Sunday and receive get-well cards. The biggest business in town sells farm machinery. You dialed the wrong number and talked for 15 minutes anyway. You write a check on the wrong bank, and it covers for you. … Read More
Glenn Austin Glenn Eldon Austin, 83, of Bethany, passed away from this life to his eternal home Friday, March 24, 2017. His wife and children were at his side. Celebration of life memorial services were held at 2 p.m. today (Wednesday, March 29) in the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Bethany with the Reverend Stephen Guarneros and the Reverend Gail Allen officiating and John Schwartz giving the eulogy. Arrangements were made by McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Bethany. … Read More
•March 29, 2017• Take Charge of Your Diabetes. The diabetes self-management program is coming to the Mid-Illinois Senior Center 1-3:30 p.m. Fridays, April 21-May 26. Cheri Burcham of the University of Illinois Extension and Penny Arthur of the Moultrie County Counseling Center will be the instructors for the program. The participants will learn tools such as healthy eating, stress management, exercise (flexibility and endurance), monitoring blood sugar, medication management, working with their doctor and problem solving around their health condition. The cost for those who complete the program will be covered by a generous grant from the Administration for Community Living. … Read More
•March 29, 2017• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist Just when you think it can’t get any worse, it gets worse. I’m talking about the Illinois state budget, of course. Actually, there are two state budgets, the operating budget and the separate capital, or infrastructure, budget. Let’s talk about the latter, which is also in woeful shape. In normal times, the operating budget pays the year-to-year expenses for schools, universities, health care providers, pensions, and the running of state agencies. These are not normal times, however. There are absolutely no dollars going to state colleges and universities, for example, and … Read More