Douglas-Moultrie Farm Bureau Update: Continued Good Yields Threaten Commodity Price Index

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•September 21, 2016• By Tyler Harvey Douglas-Moultrie Farm Bureau Manager With half of September behind us the days are getting shorter, the air crisper, and the start of harvest for the year is in progress. Farmers around the area started harvest in the last couple weeks and continue to harvest what could potentially be the largest corn crop on record. The USDA came out with their September crop progress report on Monday, September 12 and surprised many people in agriculture. The report lowered corn projected acreage 1% to 15.1 billion bushels. The report also confirmed a lower average yield of 174.4 … Read More

Understanding Illinois: “Nuclear Options” for Political Reform in Illinois

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•September 21, 2016• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist In the wake of the recent embarrassingly political, 4-3 partisan decision by the Illinois Supreme Court Democratic majority to reject a proposed voter initiative to reduce legislative district gerrymandering, savvy political observer Rich Miller has suggested the “nuclear option” of a voter initiative that would simply abolish the Illinois House altogether! The idea is not so outlandish as one might think at first blush. First, such a voter initiative would be constitutional, that is, it would meet the state high court’s wrong-headed requirement that initiatives be both “structural and procedural.” Second, … Read More

Arcola-ALAH Golf Takes Two

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•September 21, 2016• The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond-Arcola boys’ golf team continued to impress this week, taking both the Sept. 13 and 15 matches by considerable margins over Windsor and Tri-County respectively. … Read More

Remember When? 9-21-2016

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Compiled by Bekki Ferguson-Stevens 25 Years Ago This Week Karen Coil of Sullivan, a registered nurse at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Coles County, has received one of three Pacemaker Awards given monthly by the center. The awards are given to recognize employees who set a good example for others, are hardworking and make a good contribution to the center. Coil has been employed by the center since 1988. Sullivan runners Chris Clark and Jim Bailey earned second and sixth place finishes in a field of 57 runners last Saturday at the Cowden-Herrick Invitational. Sullivan High School Homecoming activities this … Read More

Moultrie County Praised for Local Habitat Projects

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•September 21, 2016• Habitat for Humanity in Moultrie County is an operation that is respected all over the country. That’s what the Moultrie County Board discovered when National Habitat Care-A-Vanner Robert Gillespie and his wife Betty,visited their regular meeting September 15. Gillespie and Habitat volunteers living in campers and motor homes travel the country building some 300 homes all over the United States each year. “This is our seventh house in Moultrie County, and as soon as the date for this build was posted volunteers filled the sign up list,” Gillespie said. He pointed out a few things that make … Read More

Mobile Mammography in Moultrie County

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•September 21, 2016• Sarah Bush Lincoln’s Mobile Mammography Services will be at the SBL Clinic in Sullivan Oct. 14. The mobile mammography van helps provide mammograms to women who may not otherwise have access to, or be able to afford these life-saving preventive screens. Women who qualify will receive their mammogram free. … Read More

Text Scam Makes Rounds

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•September 21, 2016• Sullivan Chief of Police John Love would like to alert citizens of the latest scam reported by area residents. According to Chief Love some Sullivan residents have received text messages which leave a number to call. When the person calls the number, they are asked for their card account number in order to verify identity. Love warned this is just another method of identity theft, and residents shouldn’t respond to the text. … Read More

Cold First Half Cost Knights at Homecoming

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•September 21, 2016• By Matt Kracht News Progress Sports Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond (2-2) struggled offensively on a rainy Friday night versus the 4-0 LSA Lions. Turnovers proved especially costly in a game that was closer than the scoreboard would suggest. Head coach Dale Schuring commented his squad never recovered from a slow start. “We didn’t show up tonight.  The first half we didn’t look like we wanted to be here.” A 13 yard pass play from Will Cohan to Adam Day opened up the contest for the Knights; Cohan’s next pass fluttered and was intercepted. Four plays later the Lions hit pay … Read More