Recent Obituaries: Kathryn C. Armstrong

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Kathryn C. Armstrong Kathryn C. Armstrong, 99, of Sullivan, died 2:30 p.m. Monday (February 6, 2017) in the Sullivan Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Graveside services will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Mound Cemetery, Charleston. There will be no visitation. Memorials are suggested to the donor’s choice. Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences can be sent to the family at reedfuneralhome.net. Mrs. Armstrong was born September 30, 1917 in Rardin, Illinois, the daughter of Jesse and Martha Brown Keigley. She was a homemaker. Kathryn married J. Kenneth Armstrong on December 8, 1937 in Rockville, Indiana and … Read More

Recent Obituaries: Barbara Ann Reedy

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Barbara Ann Reedy Barbara Ann Reedy, 79, of Sullivan, formerly of Lovington, died 6:20 a.m. Wednesday (February 1, 2017) in Mason Point, Sullivan. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10:00 a.m. Monday, February 6, 2017 at the St. Isidore Catholic Church, Bethany with Fr. Steve Arisman and Fr. John Sohm celebrants. Burial and Rite of Committal will be in the St. Isidore Cemetery, Bethany. Visitation will be from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Sunday at the Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan. A prayer service will be 5:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials are suggested to the Moultrie County Beacon, … Read More

OV Girls Take Two Conference Wins

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•February 1, 2017• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor The Okaw Valley girls’ basketball team picked up two Little Okaw Valley Conference wins this past week. The Timberwolves defeated Decatur LSA Monday and Arcola Thursday. Against LSA, Okaw Valley held the Lions under 10 points in the first three quarters. The Timberwolves jumped out to a 16-5 first-quarter lead and held on for a 49-30 win. … Read More

Two Against One is Too Much Fun! Oh Brother…

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•February 1, 2017• By Mike Brothers NP Managing Editor Ready. Set. Go! This is the way every visit with grand twins Lyla and Landon begins. It is a great race game Papa Flower has played with them since they learned to walk. And usually ends up with me crashed on the ground with both kids wrestling to keep me down. That was during warm weather and while they were younger and slower. Now they are pushing four years old, and the days of pretending to run after them have turned into the reality of chasing after them. Trouble is they … Read More

ALAH Knights Score OT Win Over Arcola

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•February 1, 2017• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond boys’ basketball team completed a fourth-quarter comeback in the Little Okaw Valley NW consolation championship game to defeat Arcola 74-72 in overtime Jan. 24. After a back-and-forth first half, the Purple Riders took a 15-point lead into the fourth quarter, but Will Cohan scored nine points as part of a Knights’ 18-2 run in the first half of the period. ALAH outscored Arcola 22-7 in the fourth to tie the game and send it into overtime. In the first couple minutes of overtime, ALAH outscored Arcola 9-1, but the … Read More

Regionals Hosted at ALAH and Sullivan

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•February 1, 2017• The Illinois High School Association has set schedules for the girls’ basketball Class 1A and 2A regionals, and Moultrie County will be hosting two of them. Sullivan is scheduled to host the Class 2A regional starting Feb. 6. Sullivan is the No. 5 ranked team and will play No. 10 ranked Shelbyville at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6. … Read More

Politics Remains Politics Throughout History

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•February 1, 2017• By Ellen Ferrera for the News Progress February is the month we celebrate our presidents and Illinois has sent four favorite sons to the White House – Lincoln, Grant, Reagan and Obama. By far, Lincoln is the most popular and most revered. His early law career started when he was a circuit rider in middle Illinois, and his travels brought him to Sullivan. The first courthouse in Sullivan was built in 1848, and Moultrie County was served by the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court. Abraham Lincoln passed through these doors many times while he traveled the circuit court … Read More

IDOC and PRB Partner to Improve Parole Revocation Process

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•February 1, 2017• The Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) and the Illinois Prisoner Review Board (PRB) today announced that a Settlement Agreement in the case of Moises Morales v. Craig Findley has been approved. The Settlement Agreement reflects Governor Bruce Rauner’s commitment to increasing public safety and improving outcomes for all men and women who are released from IDOC custody. The Rauner Administration worked with the IDOC and PRB legal teams to reach a suitable agreement, therefore avoiding costly litigation and the perpetual judicial oversight that would have resulted had the parties entered into a consent decree. US District Judge … Read More

Beekeeping Class Offered

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•February 1, 2017• The Arthur beekeepers show how to set up and maintain a hive through the year during an Introduction to beekeeping class. The one day class is 9 a.m.-5 p.m.  Feb 18 in Arthur United Methodist Church located at 128 E. Illinois in Arthur. There is a cost which includes handout material and a year’s membership in the Arthur Beekeepers for a family. … Read More