Pedal and Garden Tractor Pull July 11 at Tabor Park

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Free family event from the Christian County Tractor Puller Association June 17, 2015 by Ariana Cherry Arthur/Sullivan Reporter The Christian County Tractor Pullers Association is pulling in some family entertainment for everyone to enjoy come Saturday, July 11, at Tabor Park in Sullivan where the association will be putting on a free pedal and garden tractor pull. “We are a family-based group from kids to 88-plus year-old guys and gals,” explained Ed Righter, a member of the association. “It is family-based club. We even have some ‘groupies’ that follow us.” The association actually began 30 years ago and was started … Read More

Motorcycle Pursuit Ends in Crash in Allenville

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Suspect wrecks, suffers minor injuries June 17, 2015 by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com A 23-year-old man was arrested in the early morning hours last Wednesday after he fled police on a motorcycle. Chris Tomasello, 23, of Decatur, was arrested last Wednesday morning for not only driving on a suspended license and operating an uninsured vehicle, but for also exceeding the speed limit by as much as 35 miles per hour. According to Sullivan police officer Adam Collins’ report, at approximately 12:53 a.m. June 10, county deputy Clint Walker advised Sullivan PD that a motorcycle traveling at a high rate of speed … Read More

2015 Moultrie Douglas 4-H Fair

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•June 17, 2015• With over 500 exhibits to view, the Moultrie and Douglas county 4-H’ers would like to invite the general public to attend the 2015 Moultrie Douglas 4-H Fair’s following days/events: Wednesday, July 1 Otto Center All Foods, General Projects & Public Presentations Judging 5:00 p.m. Monday, July 6 Moultrie-Douglas Fairgrounds Rabbit Show 8 a.m. Poultry Show will start one half hour after the conclusion of the rabbit show. … Read More

Annual Lovington Fish Fry June 26

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June 17, 2015 WCIA TV will air daily stories about Lovington during its Our Town coverage on the Morning Show and the 4 p.m., 5 p.m., and 6 p.m. newscasts from June 22 to June 26. The stories will feature people, places and events that make Lovington unique. The community will culminate this celebration at its annual fish fry in Tom Conn Park on Friday, June 26, from 4:15 to 7 p.m. Local singers Steve Fleming, Dennis Garmon, and Dawn Stevens Hawkins will entertain the crowd from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Each performs for half an hour. They will serve … Read More

Burch Pleads Not Guilty

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Former OV coach requests jury by trial June 17, 2015 by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com A former Okaw Valley middle school coach pled not guilty Monday to counts related to the sexual abuse of an underage girl. Wade T. Burch, 25, of rural Shelbyville appeared before Judge Dan Flannell Monday afternoon along with his attorney Sean Britton for a preliminary hearing where a plea of not guilty was entered in regard to the two counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse and criminal sexual assault he faces. … Read More

Understanding Illinois: Animal Fat May Be Good For You

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June 17, 2015 By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist A crusty dairy farmer friend recently barged into my office and unceremoniously plopped a thick book on my desk. He then harrumphed: “Now you can go out and eat a big steak and have lots of real cream on your strawberry shortcake!” The 500-page book is The Big Fat Surprise (2014) by Nina Teicholz, an accomplished writer who studied biology at Stanford and Yale and has a graduate degree from Oxford University. This is not your run of the mill, breezy diet book. It has 335 footnotes and lists almost 1,000 … Read More

LTE: 6.17.15

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A Helpful Community Over the past 6 months (and many years of research), three cousins started planning a family reunion that we weren’t sure could be done. When I first started contacting the community of Sullivan, we had no idea we would receive all the help that would be given for us to coordinate the 187th Waggoner Family Reunion that was held on May 9 and 10. We started with the American Legion who put up with my many phone calls-then the Chamber who helped with phone numbers. We then sought the Moultrie County Genealogical Society who gave us their … Read More

Moultrie County Annual Farm Bureau Meeting July 16

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June 17, 2015 By Tyler Harvey Mo-Do Farm Bureau Manager As of Sunday, June 14, the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) had Illinois corn condition rated at 57% good with 19% of the corn crop excellent. Soybeans are at 90% planted as of this week with a condition rating of 58% good and 12% excellent. Driving between Tuscola and Sullivan and looking at various crops, the 2015 crop is off to a great start. We have been fortunate thus far not to have the amount of water that has fallen in Vermilion County and other places around the area. NASS … Read More

Phone Scammers Posing As Attorney General’s Reps

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June 17, 2015 Attorney General Lisa Madigan today alerted Illinois residents to a phone scam in which callers pose as representatives of the Attorney General’s office in an attempt to con people into sending money on supposed unpaid fines. Madigan’s office received several complaints last week from people who have been contacted by scammers pretending to be officials representing the Illinois Attorney General with bogus claims that the call recipients have warrants out for their arrest. Call recipients, some of whom received multiple calls, are told they will be arrested if they do not pay the fines within 30 minutes. … Read More