August 20, 2014 C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation, Board of Directors held their 49th annual board meeting in Effingham August 7 with more than 200 people in attendance to recall the corporations’ annual accomplishments in helping people and changing lives. … Read More
August 20, 2014 New law inspired by local community colleges A new law spearheaded by State Senator Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) to create a two-year pilot program to help transition laid-off workers back to work has recently been signed into law by the governor. “I want to extend a debt of gratitude to our local community college presidents for bringing this idea to me during a meeting at Richland Community College in Decatur. The new law will get people back to work,” Rose said. … Read More
August 20, 2014 Moultrie Independent Telephone Company recently awarded Aaron Fleming, a junior at Millikin University and a 2012 graduate of Lovington High School, a $1,500 academic scholarship funded by the Fund for Rural Education and Development, or FRED, which is a national charitable foundation located in Washington, D.C. To receive a FRED scholarship, an applicant must be a graduating high school senior or undergraduate student with at least a 3.3 GPA and be nominated by a FRED member telecommunications company. The FRED organization seeks to reward academic achievement and leadership in school and community activities in young people across … Read More
August 20, 2014 by Jerry L. Ginther NP Guest Columnist Some of you may remember the old C&EI Railroad depot that used to sit alongside the tracks near the corner of Harrison and Fuller streets. Probably fewer will remember the name of that railroad before the Missouri Pacific purchased or merged with the former Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad. I remember and I suspect those my age and older may have a nostalgic moment as they read this. … Read More
August 20, 2014 The Okaw Valley boosters are holding an innaugural kickball tournament in recognition of school starting. The tournament will be held this Saturday at Crowder Park in Bethany with registration beginning at 10:30 a.m. Play will follow at 11 a.m. … Read More
August 20, 2014 Samantha Fenton of Sullivan has received a certificate of recognition and a monetary award to pursue educational training. Fenton is currently a Certified Nurse Assistant and plans to further her career in the medical field and become a Licensed Practical Nurse by attending Lake Land College. C.E.F.S. Economic Opportunity Corporation Board of Directors recently awarded $8,000 in educational scholarships to 12 individuals who are pursuing post secondary education. The educational scholarships were made available through funding provided by the Community Services Block Grant Program from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. … Read More
August 20, 2014 With the upcoming Labor Day Holiday (September 1), the NewsProgress is announcing that the deadline for classified and display advertising as well as for legal notices for the September 3 issue will be the preceding Friday at noon. For more information, call our office at 728-7381. … Read More
August 20, 2014 Grease the likely culprit in cause by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com An investigation into the fire that ravaged the Sullivan Red Apple Family Restaurant in late July concluded last Wednesday citing the cause as accidental and with grease a probable suspect according to Sullivan fire chief Mike Piper. The investigation also concluded that the cause did not appear to be linked to anything electrical. “It was the hood vent,” explained Red Apple manager Tim Halili. “The grease collects in the vent hood, and it the fire started in the kitchen.” … Read More
Faith Lutheran Church in Sullivan will host a vacation bible school beginning Saturday with registration at 8:45 a.m. VBS will run from 9-11:30 a.m. Saturday with lunch served at 11 a.m. … Read More
August 20, 2014 Board cites Illinois school code in denial by Ariana Cherry Arthur/Lovington Reporter With 48 hours to go before demolition, 1966 Atwood High School graduate, Richard Price, who purchased the land on which the Atwood-Hammond High School sits, made a plea to the ALAH School Board to reconsider the decision to tear down the gym. “The building has a lot of use in it still,” he noted. “I could save it and use it and return some of the money to the school district for not tearing it down,” Price explained. “I do have the money to take … Read More