Oldest Amish House In Illinois To Be Moved Sept. 20th

News Progress Posted on by

•September 14, 2016• The oldest known Amish house in Illinois is about to be moved Tuesday, September 20 to a new home at the newly established Illinois Amish Museum and Heritage Center just west of Chesterville. The house was built by Moses Yoder shortly after his arrival in Illinois in 1865. Yoder, Daniel Miller and Daniel Otto and their families were the first Amish immigrants to settle near Arthur in that year. Moses Yoder’s house along with a second house built in 1882 by later immigrant Daniel Schrock, were saved from demolition in 1999. They have been in storage behind … Read More

First Color Run Fundraiser Planned for Titus Manor

News Progress Posted on by

•September 14, 2016• By Ariana Cherry for the News Progress Titus Manor located at 513 N. Worth St. has been a part of Sullivan for a little over 150 years. In its quiet part of town, Titus Manor was built by Joseph B. Titus who came to Sullivan in 1862 with his family. The Titus Manor is hosting its first ever Color Run Saturday, September 24 in Wyman Park. (Rain date is October 1). Sign-in begins at 8 a.m., and the walk/run starts at 9 a.m. Registration deadline is Sept. 23. This year Titus Manor decided to try something different- … Read More

Busy Summer for WHS FFA

News Progress Posted on by

•September 14, 2016• By Tristan Boehm FFA Reporter Windsor High School Ag teacher Emily Perry and the FFA officer team spent time this summer learning how to work together in a challenge room at the Champaign-Urbana Adventures in Time and Space. During the Windsor Harvest Picnic, members hosted the Saturday morning breakfast, worked the pedal tractor pull, participated in the parade and sold squares for Bessie Bingo. Winners of Bessie Bingo were Bob Peadro and Brent Curry. Currently FFA members are preparing for the Moultrie County Soils Judging competition to be held September 21. … Read More

LHS Alumni Honor Three Graduates

News Progress Posted on by

•September 7, 2016• The Lovington High School Alumni Association will honor three Lovington graduates at its banquet September 10 at Yoder’s Country Kitchen in Arthur. Dan Bolsen, Class of 2009, will receive the Outstanding Athletic Hall of Fame award. Bolsen made the LOVC All Conference and All Area teams in basketball and football his sophomore, junior and senior years at LHS. He made the AP All State team in basketball and the Illinois Press Association’s All State Journalism team his senior year. Bolsen also played basketball and then football at Eureka College, where he received his bachelor’s degree. He also … Read More

Arcola Golf Team Wins Triangular Match

News Progress Posted on by

•September 7, 2016• Arcola-ALAH cooperative  golf team won a triangular match Aug 30 at Kaskaskia Country Club. Clayton Miller was the medalist shooting with an even par round 35. Blake Lindenmeyer was the runner up with a 39. Arcola’s record is now 9-1 … Read More

Remember When? 9-7-2016

News Progress Posted on by

Compiled by Bekki Ferguson-Stevens 25 Years Ago This Week Twenty- five players are on the Bethany Mustangs football team this year with the majority of the team being experienced seniors. Seven juniors, three sophomores and five freshmen are added to the roster. Returning senior starters include Greg Dickens, Rick Shutter, Gabe Miller, Ben Osman, Steve Van Loon, Eric Ashley and Ryan Martin. Other seniors include Shane Weybright, Terry Still and David Snyder. Forming new friendships is the aim of a new singles group in Sullivan known as the Kindred Spirits which was formed in May. The group, spearheaded by Sullivan residents … Read More

Resilient Knight Defense Keys 28-6 Win over Palestine

News Progress Posted on by

•September 7, 2016• By Matt Kracht NP Sports Reporter After a barn burner road win over Tri-County to start the season, Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond entered their week two home opener at Wilson Field versus Palestine-Hudsonville set up for a trap game. Knights’ head coach Dale Schuring thought the team struggled with focus throughout the contest but ultimately came up with enough big plays to get the job done. “Tonight we were overconfident. We weren’t ready to go, and we never really got mentally focused tonight. We did enough to win and made some big plays, but our week one performance was far … Read More

Moultrie County Awarded Federal Funds For Food Pantry

News Progress Posted on by

•September 7, 2016• $2,800 for Food and Shelter By Stu Baker For the News Progress Moultrie County has been chosen to receive $2,800.00 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. The selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from American Red Cross; Catholic Charities, USA; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; The Jewish Federations of North America, The Salvation Army; and, United Way Worldwide. The Local Board was charged to distribute funds appropriated by … Read More

August: A Wonderful Month for Harvest

News Progress Posted on by

•September 7, 2016• By Kim McDonald NP Gardening Columnist August was a wonderful month full of tomatoes, peppers and lots of grapes to harvest. We spent hours canning and freezing, trying to keep on top of the producing garden. The steamer/juicer, strainer and water bath canner has been a regular in the kitchen this past month, and a couple of the newly tried products that we tested were the grape syrup and grape jam. The aronia was all frozen just because of the lack of time…I’ll get to them later once overtime at works slows down enough to just run at … Read More

Depression: Why Do We So Rarely Talk About This?

News Progress Posted on by

•September 7, 2016• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist My friend Beth Smith asked me to write about this. Beth is community health educator for the Henry-Stark County Health Department. She has personal family experience with what I discuss. I feel a bit self-conscious, but here goes. I have recently begun traveling to Chicago by Amtrak Monday to Friday, where I go to Rush Medical Center for what will be 30 daily treatments for depression. The transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) treatments are considered by many psychiatrists a “last resort” therapy for patients who have not responded to medications, talk therapy … Read More