•September 14, 2016• The Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond-Arcola boys’ golf team improved their record to 11-1 during the week, taking a triangular match between Oblong and Villa Grove at their home course at Kaskaskia Country Club, before having their tournament at Blue Ridge cancelled. … Read More
•September 14, 2016• Moultrie County Clerk Georgia England has announced that Sullivan CUSD #300 Board candidate packets for the April 4, 2017 Consolidated Election will be available for pickup September 19, 2016 in the Moultrie County Clerk’s office located in the Courthouse, 10 S. Main, Ste. 6 in Sullivan. Candidate petitions for Sullivan 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, 2016. Hours of filing are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. except on the last day of … Read More
•September 14, 2016• Kirk Whitaker NP Sports It looked so easy it wasn’t even funny Sept. 12. Everyone got in on the act, as Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond’s serving and multiple weapons stifled the Sullivan hosts 25-9, 25-5. The highlight of both sets for Arthur was from the service line. Sophomore Taylor Powell responded with three aces after giving Sullivan its first point of the night. Two more of the eight points the Knights had were off Abby Duzan aces before Sullivan called a timeout 8-2. There was no escaping the serves for the Redskins after the timeout. Madison Brown tore off four … Read More
•September 14, 2016• Congressman John Shimkus (R, Illinois-15) is now accepting submissions for this year’s Congressional App Challenge, a coding competition for high school students. The Challenge submission period will run through October 26, 2016. “With demand expected to increase for workers with STEM and coding skills, I’m excited to offer this opportunity to high school students who may be interested in pursuing one of those good paying jobs in the future,” said Shimkus. “To meet the demands of a 21st Century economy, competitions like the Congressional App Challenge help to inspire students to develop these valuable skills.” … Read More
•September 14, 2016• The Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society will hold their monthly general meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 15 in the Heritage Center in Sullivan. The topic of the evening will be Camp Butler and Camp Douglas of Illinois during the Civil War. Joe Pound will bring the history of both camps and open up what most of us do not know about these camps, especially Camp Douglas. The public is always invited to the general meetings, and refreshments will be served during the social hour following the program. … Read More
•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
•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
•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
•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
•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