•December 30, 2015• The Sullivan Redskin football team was recently honored in the Decatur Herald and Review All Area team selection with a representative on the first team. Head Redskin football coach Gerald Temples noted that Alec Ballinger was not only select for the Herald and Review All Area first team, he was also selected as wide receiver on the Shriner All Star football team that plays during the summer. … Read More
•December 30, 2015• By Mike Brothers People, get ready the train’s a comin’, you don’t need no ticket, ya just get on board”. Not just a lyric from a popular song , but it was a call to collect for the Toys are Tots train in this area. That train brought Toys for Tots back to Moultrie County where they collected 360 toys in Sullivan, Bethany and Lovington. Moultrie County Toys for Tots coordinator Ric Kenney said in this return year for the U.S. Marine Corp based program 179 children in Moultrie County received toys or books from the program. One … Read More
•December 23, 2015• St. Columcille Catholic Church in Sullivan will celebrate the first Mass of the Nativity of the Lord at 7:30 p.m. on Christmas Eve. The second Mass of the Nativity of the Lord will be celebrated at 8 a.m. Christmas Day. … Read More
It’s been 118 years since Virginia O’Hanlon sought the truth about Santa from the New York Sun. In over a century, the lives of children — and their parents—have increased in complexity by a factor of ten. Man landed on the moon, communism rose and fell, countries changed names and borders, Elvis begat Jagger, who in turn led to “gangsta rap”. The kidnap and murder of children, which made world headlines for the Lindbergh family, now touches the lives of hundreds of families annually. Children begin learning at ages two and three about “stranger danger,” AIDS and sexual abuse. The … Read More
Beverly Brown Beverly A. “Bev” Brown, 76, of Decatur, formerly of Sullivan and Lovington, passed away Friday, December 18, 2015 in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, December 28 in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be held 4:30-6:30 p.m. Monday in the funeral home. Private family burial was held in Moultrie County Memorial Park in Bethany. … Read More
Compiled by Bekki Ferguson-Stevens 25 Years Ago This Week A unique Christmas display at Wood Insurance Agency in Sullivan is catching the eye of many passersby and the community’s school children. It’s a miniature mountain village consisting of two electrical trains and two working aerial cable cars surrounded by a depot, tall evergreens, mini vehicles, bicycles and skiers. Gordon Wood, Jr. assembled the display, and his father Gordon R. Wood adored it. The trains in the display belong to Gordon Jr. and Wood’s other son Gerry. All of the Woods collect trains. Jill Wood, Sarah Massey and Ben Massey were among … Read More
•December 23, 2015• The Moultrie County News Progress offices will be closed on Thursday, December 24 and Friday, December 25 to observe the Christmas holidays. Offices will reopen for business as usual at 8 a.m. Monday, December 28. Happy a Merry Christmas! … Read More