News Progress

•April 9, 2025• On Thursday, April 17th, the Illinois Secretary of State’s Mobile DMV will be at the Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library, 2 W. Water Street, Sullivan, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Services available include driver’s licenses and state ID cards, (both standard and ‘Real ID’), vehicle registration, and license plate stickers. For a full list of acceptable documents, go to ilos.gov (re-quired for first-time, renewals, and corrected). Written and road tests are not available at Mobile ID events. Pre-registration is required by stopping in at the library and signing up by April 15th, or call (217) 728-7221. Payment … Read More

•April 9, 2025• The Illinois State Fair is marking 100 days until the opening of the 2025 Fair with a special “100 Days Out” Celebration on Tuesday, April 29, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Reisch Pavilion on the Illinois State Fairgrounds.  State Fair favorites such as Taft’s Mr. Ribeye, Food Baby, 17th Street Barbecue, Vose’s Korndogs and Hae’s Bakery & Coffee Shoppe will be selling food and drinks as a preview to the Illinois State Fair, which will run August 7th-17th. Have lunch with us and get the chance to win the ultimate Illinois State Fair prize package-two track tickets … Read More

•April 9, 2025• As spring sets in and more people head outside, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) is reminding everyone to leave baby birds and young animals alone when they encounter them in the wild.  Well-intentioned people may believe they’re helping nature by taking possession of young rabbits, fawn deer, baby birds and other animals that appear to be orphaned or abandoned. However, in nearly all cases, human intervention does more to hurt animals than to help. Young birds and animals are still being fed and cared for by their parents, who usually stay away from nests and … Read More

Photo courtesy of Mimi Atchison Winning team, L-R : Brigham Hagerman, Clint Welsh, Trish Welsh, Clint Parrish, and Jamie Parrish. The Moultrie County History Center held a Trivia Night on Saturday, March 29th at 6:00 p.m., with dinner served at 5:00 p.m. This RSVP-only event attracted 75 contestants (with 90 people attending in total) to 13 Trivia team tables. The topics covered included world history, art, math, science, and Disney movies, amongst others. The format was eight sections, with 10 questions per section and the table (each containing five to six participants) collaboratively deciding the answer, which was then sent … Read More

Roiling Springs •April 9, 2025• by Janet Roney I remember the moment clearly. It was a cloudless summer day about forty years ago. Our family was eating lunch on the screened back porch after spending the morning walking beans. First, we heard a low rumble. Then, in quick succession, the work clothes drying on the line in the backyard began bouncing up and down, the table shook, the spoons rattled in the serving dishes, and, finally, our dog, Ernie Bob, howled and ran under the bushes by the back door.  Someone yelled “Earthquake!” I remember holding onto the table to … Read More