•November 18, 2015• Sullivan Chamber & Economic Development is now accepting nominations for recipients of the 2015 Citizen of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, Small Business of the Year and Business of the Year. Winners of the 2015 annual awards will be presented at the SCED Annual Dinner Friday, January 29. … Read More
•November 18, 2015• As a part of the 2015 IHSA Student Leadership Conference, the IHSA announced that the IHSA Student Section Showdown will return for its second installment during the 2015-16 school year. The inaugural contest took place in 2014-15, with Central A&M High School in Moweaqua and Prospect High School in Mt. Prospect being named the champions in Class 1A/2A and Class 3A/4A, respectively. The winning video entries from Central A&M and Prospect are linked here. … Read More
•November 18, 2015• By Trudy Lieberman, Rural Health News Service More health insurance upheaval is coming your way. The value of your health insurance is shrinking, and you may be paying more for less this year and in years to come. Perhaps your employer has taken away the choice of plans with large provider networks and rather is offering those with a much narrower selection of doctors and hospitals. Some companies are enticing workers with lower premiums if they leave preferred provider organizations (PPOs), which let them use any provider and choose health savings accounts. These are tax-advantaged savings arrangements … Read More
•November 18, 2015• By Mike Brothers People get ready the trains a comin, you don’t need no ticket, ya just get on board. That train is bringing Toys for Tots back to Moultrie County where they are collecting toys at Sullivan, Bethany and Lovington locations. New Moultrie County coordinator Rick Kenney said he is eager to start working in partnership with Sullivan’s Secret Santa to help distribute toys this holiday season. One way people may help without buying toys is purchase a train at participating locations for $1.00. You may put your name on the train, and it will be displayed … Read More
End Season on High Note •November 11, 2015• The Okaw Valley Marching Timberwolves ended their 2015 season Saturday Oct. 31 with third place in the Class 1A field competition and second place in the Class 1A parade competition in the Pinckneyville Mardi Gras Field Show and Parade. In addition, the OV percussion tied for first place in the parade, and Nick Tipsword was awarded best soloist in Class 1A field. The competition is a popular one for OV as it adds the fun of an overnight trip and a nighttime parade with Halloween costumes substituted for uniforms. It was a successful … Read More
Ron Evans Ronald Wayne Evans, 73, of Lovington, formerly of Sullivan, passed away at 11:43 a.m. Sunday, November 1, 2015 in Indiana University Hospice House in Bloomington, Ind. Memorial services will be held 2:00 p.m., Saturday, November 14, 2015 at Mcmullen-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Visitation will be held one hour before the services at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Masonic Rites will be given at 2:00 p.m. Saturday at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Military Rites by the Sullivan American Legion Post #68 will be held after the service at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. … Read More
•November 11, 2015• A pilot program aimed at eradicating bush honeysuckle on Lake Shelbyville is scheduled to proceed between November 11 and 13. Bush honeysuckle, an aggressive exotic plant that is taking over much of the woodlands at Lake Shelbyville, will be treated with Rodeo Herbicide, an aquatic safe form of glyphosate, with the use of a crop-duster helicopter. Timing of the treatment will be dependent upon leaf fall as the leaves need to be off the trees in order for the herbicide to make its way to the forest floor where the bush honeysuckle is located. Bush honeysuckle goes … Read More
•November 11, 2015• Millikin University’s Human Service Connection and the Macon County Continuum of Care will host its annual Box City event in support of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week beginning at 5 p.m. Friday, Nov. 13. The event is part of Millikin’s #END Campaign to help bring hunger and homelessness awareness to the local community. Box City will take place at the Miller Quad on Millikin University’s campus with group check-in starting at 5 p.m. The cost for attending Box City will be a donation of one non-perishable food item. As part of Box City, Millikin students spend the … Read More
•November 11, 2015• Larry D. Smith, 66, of Lovington was found guilty of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child in Moultrie County court on November 4. Smith was arrested October 28, 2014 with the jury trial presided over by Judge Dan L. Flannell. Smith was represented by Philip Tibbs with Jeremy Richey prosecuting for Moultrie County. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 1 in Moultrie County court. … Read More
•November 11, 2015• Additional property tax relief is now available for veterans with disabilities and their families. The Moultrie County Chief County Assessment Officer is announcing the following exemption changes and additions to the Illinois Property Tax Code. Beginning Tax Year 2015 (tax bills paid in 2016), changes to the Standard Homestead Exemption for Veterans With Disabilities will significantly increase the exemption benefit for a veteran with a service-connected disability of at least 30% or greater as certified by the United States Department of Veterans’ Affairs. (Previously the service-connected disability had to be at least 50% or greater to qualify … Read More