Morris Tillman Morris Robert Tillman, 74, of Antioch passed away Wednesday Oct. 21, 2015 in St. Catherine’s Medical Center Campus in Pleasant Prairie, Wis. A memorial service with military honors was held at 7 p.m. Oct. 29 in Lawrence Funeral Home in Chicago. … Read More
Tommy White Tommy Neal White, 61, of Savoy, formerly of Sullivan, passed away Friday, November 6, 2015 in his home. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be held after 10 a.m. Saturday. … Read More
•November 11, 2015• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist Years ago a friend of mine wanted to title a book of his, “Everybody cares but nobody knows,” but his publisher nixed the idea. What he meant was that most of us want to help people in real need, and society tries to do so through a bewildering array of charities and government programs. Yet nobody seems to follow the persons helped to know if we do any long-lasting good. So it is in Illinois. We have a byzantine social service apparatus that seems designed to befuddle and exasperate both the … Read More
•November 11, 2015• The sale of medical cannabis to qualifying patients and caregivers began Monday, November 9 at eight dispensaries located throughout the state. A list of the dispensaries that will be able to begin selling the product is available at this link: http://www.idfpr.com/Forms/MC/ListofLicensedDispensaries.pdf … Read More
•November 11, 2015• By Derek Pope For the News Progress Bethany residents may notice some changes as they drive through town this fall thanks to funding from Moultrie County and the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency. Over the past few months, village workers have replaced nearly 150 traffic signs throughout the village as part of a Federal Highway Administration mandate that went into effect this year. The project, which consisted of installing new posts, signs made of modern highly reflective materials, and the removal of some old traffic signs that did not meet previously existing federal regulations, started back in July … Read More
•November 6, 2015• A motion to move the trial of Michael S. Yost out of Moultrie County was denied by the Hon. Judge Dan L. Flannell Friday, November 6. Yost, 40, of Sullivan is charged with the March 4, 2015 murder of Sheri L. Randall, 43. Public Defender Bradford Rau called NewsProgress Publisher Robert R. Best for testimony illustrating how high profile the case was. Best told the court the News Progress website hits were 2,2562,979 during the publications including information on the Randall murder. He noted the average hit range is between 400,000 and 600,000. States Attorney Jeremy Richey’s … Read More
A 12 year tradition •November 4, 2015• By Mike Brothers It’s been 12 years since Chris Crabtree’s kids thought they were too old to trick or treat. That’s when they started converting the front yard of the family home on Harrison Street into the haunted graveyard. It was open 6-8 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Oct. 30 and 31 in conjunction with Sullivan trick or treating times. Open to any and everyone who is willing to test their terror capacity, the Crabtree project gets bigger every year. “We started out with the ticket booth and four sections that came out to … Read More
•November 4, 2015• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist For the first time in four decades, Illinois Republicans may well be players in the presidential sweepstakes at our March 15 primary. In 1976, GOP primary voters gave Gerald Ford a big win in Illinois over Ronald Reagan and thus helped Ford beat the California governor by a nose later at the party’s convention. Ford went on to lose to Jimmy Carter that November. Since then, the nomination has been locked up long before the Illinois primary. This time around is likely to be different. First, the GOP has a number … Read More
Katie Miller A funeral service for Katie Marie Miller, 67, of Lovington was held at 9 a.m. Saturday in the family residence. Burial was in Otto Cemetery in Arthur. Edwards Funeral Home in Arcola assisted the family with arrangements. She died at 9:26 a.m. Wednesday Oct. 28, 2015 in her residence. … Read More