Benatar and Etheridge Join State Fair Line up

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•April 20, 2016• Illinois State Fair Manager Kevin Gordon is adding two accomplished rockers to the grandstand line-up at this year’s Illinois State Fair. This co-headlining act combines two artists who have six Grammy awards to their credit, in addition to countless other awards and accomplishments. This year fairgoers will be treated to the best of 80’s and 90’s rock when Pat Benatar and Neil Giraldo and Melissa Etheridge take the stage in Springfield.  … Read More

Windsor Man Injured Following Planter Crash

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•April 20, 2016• A thirty two year old Windsor man was transported to Carle Hospital following a head on crash into the rear of a planter on Highway 32 Tuesday afternoon. Macon County Chief Deputy Gary Carroll said that the Toyota RAV driven by Seth Polk was shredded beyond recognition after driving headon into the yellow planter being pulled south while he was traveling south on Rte 32 about a mile from the Bruce-Findlay road. First transported to Sarah Bush Lincoln then to Carle Hosptial in Champaign, Polk managed to escape with a back injury. The Moutlrie County Sheriff’s Department … Read More

Edward Jones Among Best Companies to Work

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•April 20, 2016• FORTUNE partners annually with Great Place to Work to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America to identify the 100 Best Companies to Work For. Two-thirds of a company’s survey score is based on the results of the Trust Index Employee Survey, which is sent to a random sample of employees from each company. This survey asks questions related to their attitudes about management’s credibility, overall job satisfaction and camaraderie. The other third of the scoring is based on the company’s responses to the institute’s Culture Audit, which includes detailed questions about pay and benefit … Read More

Musical Comedy Presented at the Okaw Valley High School

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•April 20, 2016• The Okaw Valley High School drama club will present the musical comedy “AVENUE Q: School Edition” at 7 p.m. April 22 and 23 in the OVHS Gym in Bethany. “AVENUE Q” tells the timeless story of a recent college grad named Princeton who moves into a shabby New York apartment all the way out on Avenue Q. He soon discovers that although the residents seem nice, it’s clear that this is not your ordinary neighborhood. Together Princeton and his newfound friends struggle to find jobs, dates and their ever-elusive purpose in life. The original “AVENUE Q” is … Read More

Finding Greenhill Cemetery Spaces

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•April 20, 2016• By Mike Brothers The city of Sullivan has been able to use existing Geographic Information Services to help find spaces in Greenhill Cemetery. GIS coordinator and city clerk Monte Johnson has spent the past three years building a user friendly application to find spaces in the city-owned cemetery without leaving your home computer. After getting on the city of Sullivan website, in the center of the page is a cemetery photo with the Greenhill Cemetery Viewing Application—click there. Once you are on the Greenhill page you may search for the desired burial plots by name of the … Read More

Timberwolves Bats Shine in Statement Win over Rams

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•April 20, 2016• By Matt Kracht NP Sports Reporter Okaw Valley baseball knocked off crosstown rival Shelbyville 13-3 in impressive fashion Saturday. Garrett Frtiz allowed two earned runs over five innings to get the win in a quality start. The Timberwolves’ offense exploded for 10 runs in the fifth inning after a stretch of base hits head coach Andrew Hagerman said was a long time coming. “We went on a streak of hitting there in the fifth that I have not seen in a long time. It was just single double, double after double line drives really solid hits. No … Read More

Telephones and Security Systems Eyed by School Board

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•April 20, 2016• By Mike Brothers An aging telephone system that is growing more inoperable with new technology and a lack of coverage with security cameras prompted the Sullivan School District to look at a way to finance new systems. A proposed amendment for a health life safety project to replace existing security cameras and telephone systems was approved by the school board at the April 11 meeting. Superintendent Brad Tuttle explained the amendment to the existing health life safety request was a first step to finding out whether the proposed projects qualify. Recommended are replacement of existing telephone systems … Read More

Understanding Illinois: In Illinois, It’s All About “King of the Hill”

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•April 20, 2016• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist When I was a kid, we played a game called “king of the hill.” One boy at the top of a heap of some sort would fend off others who tried to pull him down and replace him. That’s pretty much the game of life as well. Our DNA, forged millennia ago, drives us still today to play king of the hill. Media mogul Ted Turner said that money is how we keep score of who is winning in this game of life. And so it is in Illinois, its government … Read More

Remember When? 4-20-2016

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25 Years Ago This Week Construction has begun on the new Hydro-Gear factory south of Sullivan. Workers from Standerfer Bros. General Contractors of Sullivan began pouring footings last week for the facility, where transaxles for lawn and garden tractors will be manufactured in a joint effort with Agri-Fab of Sullivan. Construction of the building is expected to be completed by Sept. 1. For the second time this season, Braidy Miller has been selected as the Mid-Continent Conference Track and Field Athlete of the Week. The 1987 SHS graduate set a school record in the hammer throw. He also took first place … Read More