•April 16, 2025• Beginning April 26th from 9:00 a.m. to noon, and weekdays thereafter from noon to 4:30 p.m., Windsor’s FFA students will have their Spring plant sale. On offer are the following: 4-packs of annuals: red and white impatiens, scarlet coleus, marigolds (fireball), petunias (flag mix, red, and purple), geraniums (fuchsia, red, and salmon). … Read More
•April 16, 2025• by Sharon Barricklow The Sullivan City Council heard some updates on a variety of projects and the city’s response to recent damage to power lines in a brief meeting Monday night. During the public comment portion at the beginning of the meeting, the council heard a complaint about a deteriorated property. Mayor Mike Mossman said the city has had a hard time finding the property owner after the property had been sold. … Read More
Ten Thousand Hands of Snow •April 16, 2025• by Janet Roney I spent a lot of time with chickens when I was a little girl. Feeding them and gathering eggs was my daily family chore and 4-H project. I had names for them. They were among my best friends. I learned a lot about human nature from chickens. I observed the pecking order firsthand, which most species, including humans, seem to have. Greed is another. I remember a chicken will duck its head and run when it catches a juicy grasshopper. Soon, the whole chicken yard is chasing it, whether … Read More
•April 16, 2025• Last Friday, Sparrows Unlimited of Lovington held its annual bike giveaway, donating bicycles to the children of Lovington during the “Lunch on the Lawn” event at the elementary school. Bike winners were Micah Burket, Aleena Ingram, Emry Hall, Adalynn Jackson, Abigail Franklin, Leland Willoughby, Atlis Diener, Kayla Barton, Alex Plank, and Kennedy Ashenfelter. … Read More
Jean Taylor Jean L. Taylor, 78, of Sullivan, passed away at 11:31 a.m. Wednesday April 9, 2025 in her residence. … Read More
Harold “Gene” Pryor Harold “Gene” Pryor, 88, passed away on April 10th at home. He married Sharon Morgan on October 22, 1955, at Kirkville, IL. They had three daughters. He leaves behind his wife of 69 years, Sharon, daughters, Becky (Don) Evans, Cindy (Scott) Birdsall, Pam Moon, 5 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren. … Read More
Janet Harvey Janet Harvey, 85, of Sullivan, passed away at 10:30 p.m. Saturday April 12, 2025 at her daughter’s home surrounded by her family in Grant Park, Illinois. … Read More
Barbara Colclasure Barbara Ann “Bobbie” Colclasure, 90, of Sullivan, passed away at 3:35 a.m. Sunday April 13, 2025 at Heritage Woods of Sullivan. … Read More
2015 A short-lived men’s softball team, the Sullivan Chiefs, was inducted into the Amateur Softball Association Hall of Fame. Competing in the annual Arthur Invite, the host’s girls finished second and the boys third, while SOV’s boys took 11th. The students represented in the 2014-2015 Cultivating Creativity: Consolidated Communications Children’s Art Exhibition were recognized for their achievement at an awards reception. Local students recognized included Taylor Brown of Windsor Elementary School; Maria Garza of Arthur Junior High School; Cheyenne Hardin of Windsor Junior/Senior High School; Logan Kauff man of Arthur-Lovington High School; Marlene Otto of Arthur Grade School; Jewel Smith … Read More
•April 16, 2025• The Moultrie County Planning and Zoning Office reminds those who place temporary signs (general advertising- the following does not apply to political signs) on public property such as public thoroughfares and easements to retrieve their signs, per Zoning Code 40-4-37 (B) 1-6, which states as follows: (5) Temporary signs not covered in the foregoing categories do not need a permit, so long as such signs meet the following restrictions: … Read More