News Progress

•January 28, 2026• The Mid-Illinois Senior Center is located at 113 E. Jefferson Street in Sullivan. The Peace Meal Senior Nutrition program lunch is served weekdays (except holidays) at 11:30 a.m. Call (217) 728-8521 for more information on the events below or the Peace Meal. We are a SHIP site and can assist you with Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security, VA, and other insurances. Call to schedule an appointment. 2nd: Pedicures by Robin- by appointment only. Call (217) 728-8521. … Read More

•January 28, 2026• 2nd: Ham and beans, copper carrots, tropical fruit, and cornbread. 3rd: Shepherd’s pie, hot fruit crisp, 3-bean salad, and a biscuit. 4th: Chicken Cordon-Bleu, garlic vegetables, maple-glazed Brussels sprouts, pea salad, and bread/roll. 5th: Meatloaf, sour cream and chive mashed potatoes, stewed tomatoes, peaches, and bread/roll. 6th: Tuna casserole, peas, cinnamon-glazed carrots, cottage cheese salad, and bread/roll/ 9th: Hamburger and bun, tater tots, baked beans, and a mandarin orange.  … Read More

Comets and “Cousin” Tecumseh•January 28, 2026• by Janet Roney The term “peaceful” is seldom used to describe the Kickapoo tribe in history, for it was one of the most warlike tribes in Illinois and western Indiana. Yet, the 1881 history of our county said the Native Americans (the Kickapoo) living here when the first settlers arrived in Moultrie in the 1820s were peaceful. Although some Kickapoo helped George Rogers Clark retake Vincennes from the British during the Revolutionary War, forty years before, they generally supported the British against the Americans after the war. They also helped Tecumseh unify the tribes of … Read More