SHS Scholastic Bowl Team shines

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•April 2, 2025• Combining brain power and teamwork, the Sullivan High School Scholastic Bowl Team’s competitive season comes to a successful end. Scholastic Bowl is a fast-paced, quiz-based competition where teams of five students from different schools compete by answering trivia questions on a variety of academic subjects. The team that correctly answers a toss-up gets control of the bonus set. There are 24 toss-ups in each match, and each bonus set has three questions. All correct answers are worth 10 points.  In conference matches, the Varsity’s record was 11-1, and the JV’s record was 7-3. The Varsity team placed … Read More

Senior Center April Peace Meal

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•April 2, 2025• Peace Meal helps boost the nutritional health of older adults by providing healthy pre-cooked meals, conducting nutrition assessments and education, and sharing food safety instructions. March 31: Sloppy Joe’s and buns, German potato salad, corn, fruit. April 3: Orange chicken over rice, broccoli, Midori vegetables, pineapple. April 4: Salmon burger and bun, macaroni salad w/vegetables, baked beans, cherry crisp. … Read More

Sports card and memorabilia sho

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•April 2, 2025• Sports card and memorabilia dealers and collectors will be at the Decatur Civic Center, 1 Gary Anderson Plaza, Decatur.  on April 12 from 9am-3pm for the second annual “Play ball!  Sports card and memorabilia show.”  History of the Heartland is sponsoring the event. Admission is free. … Read More

The benefits of Tai chi for older adults

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by Cheri BurchamExtension EducatorU of I Extension                     Several of our family life educators including Emily Harmon have become certified in teaching Tai chi and have been offering classes. Emily has written this article to explain the benefits. She says: “Tai chi is the practice of slow, gentle movements while having a meditative state of mind and mindful breathing. This form of exercise has been found to be a safe exercise because of the slow, gentle movements. Tai chi was originally founded in China, but you can see it being done … Read More

SBL Cheers! raises $30,000 in support of scholarships

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Scholarships for students in 10-county region Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundation raised nearly $30,000 at the 41st annual Cheers! event to support the SBL Volunteer Guild Scholarship Program. Cheers!, a high-energy cocktail party, was held March 1st at the Foxmore in Shelbyville featuring the band 8South to nearly 300 in attendance. The event also hosted a Texas Hold‘em style Poker Tournament which had 31 participants. This year’s grand prize winner, Eric Hutchinson, who won 4 Green seat Cardinals Baseball tickets valued at $1,500, donated by Roy Schmidt Honda. Winner of the raffle prizes were: Jenna Vogel, who won a pair … Read More

Lake Land College offering new format for HVAC courses

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•April 2, 2025• Lake Land College is offering a new, flexible program format for all Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration (HVAC-R) classes. Under the new format, HVAC-R classes start every three to four weeks, allowing students to begin at nearly any time rather than having to wait for a new semester. All classes are held in the evening to accommodate students’ work schedules. … Read More

HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital expands outpatient laboratory hours, Adds Saturday service

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•April 2, 2025• HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital is expanding its out-patient laboratory hours to provide greater convenience and accessibility for patients. The new hours, now in effect, offer early morning, extended evening, and weekend availability, making St. Mary’s the only facility in Decatur to provide after-hours outpatient laboratory services. The new outpatient laboratory service hours are Monday – Friday from 5:30 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturday from 7:00 to 11:00 a.m.  … Read More

Letter to the Editor 4-2-2025

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Letter to the Editor Sometimes we find a pearl of wisdom in an unlikely spot.  Ed Dunphy, a familiar name in the Illinois ag community, often told an amusing story that offers this. He has been gone for a number of years, but his story is worth repeating. … Read More

Minor signs with Illinois College

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Last Thursday, Lady Redskin Addison Minor, with her family signed her letter of intent to continue her basketball career at Illinois College. Addison, who has played basketball since 6th grade, shared, “I’m really looking forward to playing basketball for four more years, and at-tending Illinois college allows me to be away from home, but not too far away. It’s been a dream of mine to play basketball at the collegiate level, and I’m so grateful for the opportunity to join Illinois College,” said Minor. “I want to thank my coaches, teammates, family, and everyone who has supported me along the … Read More

$10 billion in economic aid available

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by Tammie SloupFarmWeek Applications are open for a piece of $10 billion in economic assistance available through a new USDA program. The Emergency Commodity Assistance Program (ECAP) provides payments to help farmers mitigate high input costs and low commodity prices from the 2024 crop year. Authorized by the American Relief Act of 2025, payments are based on planted and prevented planted crop acres for eligible commodities. To streamline the process, Farm Service Agency (FSA) will begin sending pre-filled applications to farmers who submitted acreage reports to FSA for 2024 eligible ECAP commodities. However, farmers do not have to wait for … Read More