The Moultrie County Relay for Life will be held this coming Saturday at Wyman Park in Sullivan. The event will run from 10 a.m.-10 p.m. and kickoff with the survivors lap. More information may be found by clicking here. … Read More
June 10, 2015 Secretary of State Jesse White, in cooperation with the Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library in Sulivan, is offering drivers a chance to renew their driver’s license or vehicle registration renewal sticker, obtain a duplicate or corrected license, or obtain an Illinois identification card. White’s mobile unit will be available at the Sullivan Library, located at 2 West Water in Sullivan, on June 18 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. “I am pleased to work with the Sullivan Library to bring my office’s services directly to the people,” said White. “This is another example of how my office continues … Read More
Earl Heckler Earl Warren Heckler, 81, of Tucson, Ariz., formerly of Bethany, died at 6:30 a.m. Monday, May 25, 2015, at Emeritus at Catalina Memory Care Home in Tucson. Private graveside services will be held Thursday, June 11 in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany. … Read More
Served Five Terms in Congress June 10, 2015 By Tom Emery Contributing Historian Among the leading figures of Sullivan history is John R. Eden, who unsuccessfully ran for governor of Illinois in 1868. It was just one highlight in a long career in public service that included a total of five terms in the U.S. House. Eden was born in Bath County in east-central Kentucky Feb. 1, 1826 and moved with his family by prairie schooner to Rush County, east of Indianapolis, at age five. Young John worked on the farm and attended his first school in a cabin of … Read More
June 10, 2015 Sarah Burch, of rural Findlay, made the Dean’s List at Illinois State University in Bloomington for the 2015 spring semester. To be eligible for the honor a student must carry at least 12 hours of college credit with only the top 10 percent of ISU students qualifying. … Read More
St. Jude Dash and Bash set for June 20 June 10, 2015 by Ariana Cherry Arthur/Sullivan Reporter Each year thousands of children battle in the fight for their lives at St. Jude Research Hospital. In fact, according to their website, nearly 7,800 active patients are treated annually. Families never receive a bill from St. Jude so they can put their soul focus on recovery. But in order to provide that financial relief, hundreds if not thousands of people, set out to run. Stephanie Helmuth is one of those who are serious about helping contribute to the fight of childhood cancer. … Read More
June 10, 2015 Sarah Bush Lincoln will provide school and sports physicals to students and athletes from Sullivan schools. Sports and school physical clinics will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. on Thursday, June 11, and Thursday, August 6, at the SBL Sullivan Clinic, 7 Hawthorne Lane, Sullivan. The cost is $20 per physical with all fees being donated to the Sullivan Athletic Booster Club. … Read More
June 10, 2015 By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist Based on a couple of days nosing around the state capitol at the end of the regular session of the legislature, which adjourned with a whimper May 31, I sense that Illinois is in for several years of rancorous political conflict. There is a new sheriff in town (Gov. Bruce Rauner), but the old one hasn’t left (House Speaker Mike Madigan). Maybe a more apt simile is that of the dueling popes of Avignon and Rome, battling for years for papal supremacy around the end of the 14th Century. After all, … Read More
When Should Churches Be Silent? In regard to the writer of the “Cherry Picking Scripture” letter on the editorial page May 27, I would voice my disagreement. I appreciate the fact that the writer may, in a sense, not object to Christians holding beliefs based on God’s word, but the view that one is “cherry picking” when he picks one sin to object to, when that sin is spoken of less in the Bible than other sins. Would he think, therefore, that if pedophilia or incestuous relationships were being forced upon us, demanding our acceptance of such, as homosexuality presently … Read More