Take Down Heart Disease Features Ben Booker
•February 8, 2017• Fitness Guru Ben Booker of Sullivan is the featured speaker at Sarah Bush Lincoln’s men’s only free event, “Take Down Heart Disease,” set for 5-7 pm, Thursday, Feb. 23, in the Brick House Bar and Grill in Charleston. Take Down Heart Disease will give attendees the opportunity to learn about the importance of physical fitness and staying active to help prevent heart disease. Also speaking will be Prairie Heart Cardiologist Michael LaMonto, DO, who will talk about risk factors of heart health. A variety of Sarah Bush Lincoln health professionals will be on hand to answer questions … Read More
Lincoln Legacy Reached Beyond Politics
•February 8, 2017• By Ellen Ferrera for the News Progress Abraham Lincoln is celebrated on President’s Day in February but also on his birthday Feb. 12. He is remembered locally for his years as a circuit court rider and for the many clients he served. What is less known is that he was the first corporate lawyer for the Illinois Central Railroad when it was one of the largest corporations in Illinois. To properly tell this story we have to begin at the beginning with Land Grants. Land Grants were started in the U.S in the 16th century for the … Read More
Lovington Grade School Honor Rolls Announced
•February 8, 2017• Lovington Grade School’s second quarter honor rolls include the following students who earned straight As: Rachel Kinney, Tatjana Mehmen and Miranda Rentfro, eighth grade; Max Allen, Reggie Edmonds, Delaney Gillis, Josh Gingerich, Gavin Mechling, Michaela Powell and Kaitlyn Zander, seventh grade; Connor Edmonds, Emma Edwards, Josie Hale and Eli Parker, sixth grade; Marilyn Hill, fifth grade and Kenalll Carnahan and Jacob Tighe, fourth grade. … Read More
Remember When? 2-8-2017
25 Years Ago This Week Eleven probationers who had committed alcohol-related offenses in the county attended the first session of a slide program developed by coroner Lynn Reed. Sharon Slaughter, a Sullivan teacher, and Chaleana Norton, a student, received minor injuries when they were struck by a truck in front of Powers School. RaNet Osborn, Tina Perry and Erica Titus were honored during senior night activities at the final home basketball game for the season. The three are members of the Bethany Fillies basketball team which is co-champion of the Meridian Conference. Concentration and quality shooting from stepbrothers Heath Wilson and … Read More
ALAH Transportation Deficit May Require Fund Transfer
•February 8, 2017• By Ariana Cherry for the News Progress Superintendent Kenny Schwengel informed the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond school board that the total of all district funds was $6,229,662.40; although there was a deficit of $19,968.24 in the transportation fund. At the January meeting he reported that the transportation had received one payment back on December 28, but nothing else had come through. The district spends about $90,000 in transportation fees a month. … Read More
Legion Offers County Seniors Scholarship
•February 8, 2017• Moultrie County high school seniors are invited to apply for the Sullivan American Legion Post 68 sponsored $1000 annually renewable scholarship. The 2017 Irrevocable Scholarship program is available to seniors graduating from Sullivan or Okaw Valley high schools in Moultrie County, as well as descendants of members in good standing of Sullivan American Legion Post 68. The application deadline is March 31, 2017. Copies of the application packet are available at each high school counselor’s office. Applications are also available by contacting Michael Keown, secretary, Irrevocable Scholarship Trust, or Post 68 Adjutant Charles Bragg at 217-728-4612. … Read More
Timberwolves Take Off After First Quarter
•February 8, 2017• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor Okaw Valley boys’ basketball split a pair of Little Okaw Valley Conference games this past week. The Timberwolves defeated Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Feb. 3 to spoil the Knights’ senior night but lost to Argenta-Oreana Jan. 31. Against ALAH, Okaw Valley defeated the Knights for the second time in less than two weeks. ALAH jumped ahead to a 10-3 lead with 3:06 left in the first quarter, but the Timberwolves took over the game from there. Trey Yarnell hit a 3-pointer, Austin Hill hit a jumper and Taylor Coleman hit two shots to tie … Read More
January Temperatures Remain Above Normal
•February 8, 2017• The statewide average temperature in January was 31.4 degrees, 5.0 degrees above normal, and the 14th warmest January on record, according to Illinois State Climatologist Jim Angel of the Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois. Above-normal temperatures in January spanned the state and the eastern half of the U.S. … Read More