News Progress

•February 17, 2016• Robert D. Putnam, the Peter and Isabel Malkin Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University and bestselling author, will present the 2016 T.W. Samuels Lecture Wednesday, March 16. The lecture will take place in Kirkland Fine Arts Center on Millikin University’s campus beginning at 7:30 p.m. The event is free and open to the public; no tickets or reservations are required. The topic of Professor Putnam’s presentation is “Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis.” Beginning at 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16, Millikin University will host a “Conversation on Childhood Poverty” in Albert Taylor Theatre, on … Read More

•February 17, 2016• By: Keegan Morfey ALAH FFA Reporter Zane Crist and Makenna Green, competed in the Section 17 Public Speaking CDE, held at Monticello High School Jan. 13. Crist competed in junior varsity prepared public speaking and Green competed in creed speaking. Crist’s speech was titled, “What’s Fowl about Proposition 2?” and dealt with the proposition that changes the amount of space that laying hens are required to have in commercial poultry production and why it is better for chickens to be in open cages. He had to give the speech in front of a panel of three judges … Read More

•February 17, 2016• The Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society general meeting is 7 p.m. Thursday, February 18 in the Heritage Center in Sullivan. … Read More