Oktoberfest 2016 Back Bigger & Better Than Ever

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•September 14, 2016• The 13th Annual Oktoberfest is back bigger and better than ever. This year’s festival will be held 6-11 p.m. Friday October 14 and noon-11 p.m. Saturday, October 15. Bring the entire family out for some fall festival fun. Friday night festivities include arts, crafts and food vendors. The Sullivan Area Arts Council (SAARTS) will host Artoberfest at Cathrine’s Gallery Gifts & More. A highlight to the festival this year, the Oktoberfest wine tasting at 5 West is open 6-9 p.m. The Oktoberfest beer tent will be open Friday night from 6-11 p.m. Ryan Ideus & the Feudin … Read More

SHS Band Continuing the Culture of Excellence

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•September 14, 2016• By Emily Stutzman for the News Progress You’ve probably seen them Friday nights under the lights of the football field or on Sullivan High School’s stage at basketball games. An integral part of Sullivan High School, the band program and its many members have delivered countless flawless performances over the years. Directed by Brock Feece and choreographed by Mark Moss, the Sullivan band has been a part of Sullivan High School’s music program. Feece, a graduate of Millikin University, took the band director’s position in 2015. Speaking about the Sullivan community: “I love what a supportive community … Read More

Remember When? 9-14-2016

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Compiled by Bekki Ferguson-Stevens 25 Years Ago This Week Lloyd Maurer of Sullivan shot his third hole-in-one Monday afternoon at Sullivan Country Club. Maurer was using an eight-iron on the 150-yard fourth hole when he and fellow golfers, Bill Roley, Dutch Horton and Gil Crawford, watched it drop in the hole. C. Alan Horn shot a hole-in-one Sept. 12 at Spring Creek Golf Course in Ladd. Horn was participating in a golf outing sponsored by the Great American Insurance Co. and playing with Dutch Ericsson, the CEO of the company when he sank the ball on the 132-yard seven hole with … Read More

Obituaries 9-14-2016: Kenneth Pryor

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Kenneth Pryor Kenneth Pryor, 76, of Lovington, passed away at 4:15 p.m. Saturday, September 10, 2016 in Palm Terrace Nursing Home in Mattoon. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, September 16 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Lovington. Visitation will be held one hour before the services at the funeral home in Lovington. Burial will be in the Keller Cemetery in Lovington. … Read More

Obituaries 9-14-2016: Cindy Kidwell

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Cindy Kidwell Cindy Kidwell, 67, of Sullivan passed away at 12:29 p.m. Sunday, September 11, 2016 in her residence. Celebration of Life services will be at 7 p.m. Friday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with Pastor Grant Wade officiating. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday.  … Read More

OV School District Board Candidate Packets Available

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•September 14, 2016• Moultrie County Clerk Georgia England has announced that Okaw Valley CUSD #302 Board candidate packets for the April 4, 2017 Consolidated Election will be available for pickup September 19 in the Moultrie County Clerk’s office located in the Courthouse, 10 S. Main, Ste. 6 in Sullivan. Candidate petitions for Okaw Valley School Board cannot be circulated for signatures until Tuesday September 20, 2016. Filing of petitions will be in the county clerk’s office beginning Monday December 12, 2016 to Monday December 19. Hours of filing are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. except on the last day of … Read More

Panthers Dominate Knights at Oblong

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•September 14, 2016• A long trip home from Oblong Sept 10 allowed the Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond football Knights to reflect on what could have been in their 40-12 loss to the Panthers. “There were just too many mistakes in scoring situations,” head Knight coach Dale Schuring said.  “It would not have changed won/loss outcome, but it should have been closer game.” Oblong had the ALAH team down 13-0 at the end of the half. The Knights put six on the scoreboard in the third quarter with the Panthers adding 20 points to the lead. Fourth quarter led to another Knight touchdown with … Read More

Sullivan Golfers Win Home Match

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•September 14, 2016• Sullivan varsity golf won the home quad match Sept. 8 with a 174 team score. Caden Ellis was medalist shooting a 37. Okaw Valley’s team was second with a 187; Shelbyville shot a 205 and Meridian 238. … Read More

One Traffic Fatality in August for ISP District

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•September 14, 2016• Illinois State Police District 10 announced that during the month of August troopers handled 1966 incidents. Three hundred forty-eight of those incidents were calls for service and assistance. Of these calls, 135 were to help motorists whose vehicles were disabled on area highways. Troopers stopped for a total of 333 motorist assist incidents and handled 83 crash reports, one of which was a fatal crash resulting in one death. Criminal activities during the month included 34 arrests for criminal offenses. Troopers arrested 16 for drug charges and issued 13 citations for weapon violations. … Read More