Eloise Black Catherine Eloise Boyd Black, 92, of Gays, passed away at 9:38 a.m. Tuesday, December 20, 2016 in Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Coles County. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, December 30 in Smyser Christian Church in Gays. Visitation will be held from 9-11 a.m. Friday in the Church. Burial will be in Smyser Christian Church Cemetery in Gays. McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan is assisting with arrangements. … Read More
•December 28, 2016• By Tyler Harvey Douglas-Moultrie Farm Bureau Manager With the holidays in full swing farming has slowed down somewhat around the area. Some dry fertilizer is still being applied, but for the most part field operations are suspended. This stretch of the year is a good time for farmers to work on bookkeeping and to continue to make the decisions on the next crop year. You will see some grain moving down the road to local elevators, but for the most part, grain is staying in the bins. For farmers the extreme cold we have had was good for … Read More
•December 28, 2016• C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation announced the hiring of Susan Love of Mattoon as the Central Illinois Public Transit (CIPT) Program Director. As CIPT Director Love will serve as a key member of the agency’s management team and will be responsible for the day-to-day leadership and operation of the C.E.F.S. Central Illinois Public Transit and Effingham County Public Transportation Programs. Love will ensure effective program accountability, oversight, leadership, and performance outcomes of the transit operations with funders, grant recipients, partners, local communities and most importantly with the riders. Love had previously been employed at Camp New Hope in … Read More
•December 28, 2016• Special services are scheduled at Faith Lutheran Church, Sullivan for the New Years weekend. Sat. New Year’s Eve Service, 5 p.m. Sun. New Year’s Day Service, 10 a.m. Free 30 minute visual Christmas service for the family. www.worshipforshutins.org WHTO Channel 2, Terre Haute every Sun. at 7 a.m. CT Lutheran Ministries Media, Inc. … Read More
Courtney Fultz Courtney Brooke Fultz, 27, of Bethany, formerly of Sullivan, passed away at 9:26 p.m. Wednesday, December 21, 2016 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. Celebration of Life services were at noon Tuesday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with Pastor Dan Fultz officiating. Burial was in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. … Read More
Compiled by Bekki Ferguson-Stevens 25 Years Ago This Week Sullivan native Roger Martin lives a world of champagne tastes and caviar dreams. As manager of the Chanel Boutique in Costa Mesa, Cal., his customers include some of the richest people in the world. The son of George and Sylvia Martin, he is the only male manager in the company’s world-wide chain and has had an extraordinary year since he opened the store in 1990. Carrina Elder shot the ball for 10 points and had 13 rebounds during Sullivan’s 59-46 victory over Warrensburg-Latham Monday night. The Lady Redskins will put their undefeated … Read More
•December 28, 2016• The Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) and Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) today announced openings are still available for the Employment Opportunities, Personalized Services, Individualized Training, and Career Planning (EPIC) pilot program. This new pilot program is designed to provide SNAP recipients with valuable training and skills to help them gain meaningful employment. “Working through innovative programs like EPIC, Illinoisans receiving food assistance can gain the education and skills they need on their journey toward self-sufficiency,” DCEO Acting Director Sean McCarthy said. “We hope that this program can serve as a launching point … Read More
•December 28, 2016• The Sullivan boys’ basketball team dropped two games in the Team Soy Capital Christmas Tournament at Decatur St. Teresa High School this past week. Thursday night, Sullivan lost to LSA 72-44. LSA jumped out to a 21-8 first quarter lead then extended that lead to eight by halftime. … Read More
•December 28, 2016• The offices of the News Progress will be observing holiday deadline schedules for the New Year’s weekend. Advertising and news deadlines are 5:00 p.m. December 30 for the January 4, 2017 edition. … Read More
•December 28, 2016• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist At the risk of tiring readers (so what’s new, they muse) at holiday time, I turn yet again to the Illinois state budget impasse, the most important visible problem facing the state. I continue flummoxed in efforts to understand the efficacy of the strategy(ies) Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner is employing in his all-out war to force nemesis House Speaker Mike Madigan to knuckle under, so the guv can figuratively plant his booted foot in triumph on the breast plate of a prostrate Madigan. For two years, Rauner has been holding a … Read More