Recent Obituaries: Beulah Lacey
Beulah Lacey Funeral services for Beulah Lacey, 97, of Sullivan will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. … Read More
Scovill Petting Zoo in Findlay Saturday
June 23, 2015 The Scovill Petting Zoo is headed to Findlay. This Saturday, June 27 at the Findlay Mini Park, Scovill’s animals will be there and ready to meet the public from 9-11 a.m. The public is not only encouraged to visit the petting zoo, but also to check out the Findlay Farmers’ Market located right across from the Findlay Mini Park. For more information, click here. … Read More
Road Closures and Areas of Caution with Friday Rains
Friday, June 19•UPDATE at 1:45 p.m. According to Sullivan Street Department Superintendent Doug Daily, both Roane and Wagoner streets in Sullivan are closed. The section of Roane affected is between Market and Lincoln streets. Daily clarified that Wagoner is closed between Worth and Washington. His department will be doing another road check in approximately an hour. Lovington and Bethany are still without reports of any road closures. County highway engineer Jeffrey Birch said that the only county highway that was closed earlier–county highway 3, or also known as CR1500E–was expected to have re-opened early this afternoon. He did cite that … Read More
Sullivan Woman in Critical Condition After Collision
Victim of aggravated DUI wreck in Warrensburg Wednesday by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com A Sullivan woman endured life-threatening injuries Wednesday evening following a collision near Warrensburg. According to a press release by the Macon County sheriff’s department, a call came in at approximately 6:35 p.m. regarding the two-vehicle wreck. Once on scene, responders had to extricate a 69-year-old Sullivan woman from her 2011 Chevrolet after it collided with a 2009 Ford pickup truck, driven by Ryan M. Maurer, 41, of Harristown. The release says that the preliminary investigation “indicates the Ford was northbound on Glasgow Rd and the Chevrolet was westbound … Read More
Sullivan Couple Rescued from Kaskaskia River Near Allenville Last Week
After falling out of kayak, couple clings onto tree June 18, 2015 by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com A week ago Thursday Illinois Conservation Police rescued a Sullivan couple after they became stranded in the Kaskaskia River near Allenville. According to Captain Jim Mayes with the Illinois Conservation Police, around 1:47 p.m. Thursday, June 11, the Moultrie County Sheriff’s Office received a call from an 11-year-old boy reporting that his grandparents, William and Madeline VanKeuren, had become stranded on the Kaskaskia river after they along with the boy, himself fell out of their kayaks. The boy was able to make it to … Read More
Harlin Heads to Nashville for Greener Greens
Okaw Valley graduate to play golf at TSU June 17, 2015 by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com When it comes to golf, Paige Harlin has for most of her high school career, been a big fish in a small pond. Well, now she is ready for more open waters. On Tuesday, April 21, the 2015 Okaw Valley graduate signed off on her official intent to play division-one golf at Tenneesee State University starting this fall. “It means a lot because for the longest time everybody would ask me where I’m going, and I’d say, ‘Probably Tennessee, but I don’t really know,” said … Read More
Still Playing
OV baseballer to continue sport at Lake Land June 17, 2015 by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com It’s true that Devon Still has played golf and basketball throughout his high school career and excelled in both. But neither compares to his love for baseball. The sport is less a game to him than more a necessity. And for the recent Okaw Valley graduate, not to mention member of the school’s fourth place state finishing team, that necessity has been extended two more years. “I’ve always loved baseball. It was a couple years ago that I figured out if I worked hard enough … Read More
Bethany Celebration Begins Friday with Young Miss Bethany Pageant
June 17, 2015 The Young Miss Bethany Contest will take place on the evening of Friday, June 19 at Crowder Park following opening ceremonies. Contestants are incoming 5th-7th graders in the Okaw Valley School District. Each contestant is actively involved in at least one extracurricular activity and was required to submit a letter of recommendation from from a school, church, or community leader. The contestants for 2015 are: Lexie Bartimus, daughter of John and Brooke Bartimus; Avery Bruns, daughter of Brad and Heidi Bruns; Delaney Click, daughter of Justin and Beth Click; Jaylyn Roberts, daughter of Mari Brown and Mark … Read More
One Flower at a Time
New Wyman park display arrives in time for Relay for Life June 17, 2015 by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com Close to five years ago, Kay Aldridge arranged for a memorial in Wyman Park for her late husband Harris after his fight with cancer. The memorial, three crabapple trees and a stone plaque in the middle, was placed just south of Wyman Lake near the north parking lot pavilion. Kay herself passed away last August, she too after battling cancer, but her memory was commemorated and the chance seized to raise awareness about the awful disease that took her life when her … Read More
Elzy Performing Mentorship at Oklahoma School
Hilari Elzy of Sullivan is performing a mentorship at Mustang Public Schools, Mustang, Okla., June 6 – July 18 through a fellowship she received at Eureka College. Elzy’s mentorship is with the school district’s coordinator of special education programs and with the director of student services. … Read More