Sparrow’s Unlimited & Post #429 Lovington American Legion will be collecting monetary donations on March 8 in downtown Lovington. All proceeds will be given to C.O.L.A. to assist with their programs that help families in the local community. The collection will be held on March 8 from 9-11 a.m. at the four way stop in front of the Hardware State Bank. … Read More
The Fish Habitat Improvement Day scheduled for Saturday, March 8 has been postponed to March 22 due to unseasonably thick ice still covering most of Lake Shelbyville. Volunteer registration begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Lithia Springs Boat Ramp Parking Lot and the work will begin at 9 a.m. Following the event, a free lunch is available for work day volunteers at the Lake Shelbyville Visitor Center. … Read More
Wireless Mike’s has acquired new locations in Sullivan, Marshall, Paris and Tuscola as it expands its service coverage across central Illinois. The Sullivan store is located at 104 S. Hamilton. Wireless Mike’s owner and CEO Mike Gerkin announces the Verizon Premium Wireless retailer recently acquired four new locations, expanding its service area throughout central and eastern Illinois to include 12 retail stores. … Read More
by John Golden NP Columnist To me, there is nothing more exciting or more horrifying than a blank page. The absence of words looks like a vast white wasteland but also, at the same time, an empty document presents a plethora of literal potential and literary opportunity. … Read More
by Emily Scott Reporting in Arthur Three Arthur-Lovington High School chorus students recently made the highest honors in the state for chorus at the Illinois Music Education Conference. Senior Blake Miller and junior David Rosenbaum were selected for Honors Chorus and senior Tristan Gingerich was selected for All State Chorus. The students were selected after participating at the District 5 festival at Eastern Illinois University. They participated in the district chorus of about 250 students. Out of that chorus they auditioned and were selected to be in the Honors and All State choruses. … Read More
High-voltage transmission line approved to run through county by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com The future location of a high-voltage transmission line has been moved back into Moultrie County after a hearing last Thursday. Known as the Illinois Rivers Transmission Project, the $1.1 billion, 375 mile long, 345 kV transmission line, Ameren’s largest-ever transmission project, will span from near Quincy, Ill. and the Mississippi River all the way across the middle of the state to the Indiana border near Terre Haute. The project, which is the longest single transmission line project in state history, also represents four of six multi-value project here … Read More
By Jim Nowlan Outside Columnist Several readers have asked me to comment on the increasingly nasty campaign for the Republican nomination for governor. As a member of the Illinois Executive Ethics Commission (appointed by state treasurer and gubernatorial candidate Dan Rutherford), I am prohibited from participating in politics. My observations here are about the nature of campaigns and of how such may be affecting the present gubernatorial race. … Read More
The 19th District of The American Legion Department of Illinois will hold their quarterly meeting March 2 at Post 105 in Decatur. The district meeting of the Sons of the American Legion will begin at 10 a.m. Lunch and the Legion meeting will begin at 1 p.m. … Read More
Hagerman leads the way with 25, Still with 23 by Kirk Whitaker Arthur/Sullivan Reporter Early and often Okaw Valley (6-17) got inside on Central A&M (4-22) and used a large rebounding advantage to advance past the Raiders 76-68 in Monday night’s Arthur regional opener. Peyton Hagerman lead all scorers with 25, and Devon Still added 23 for the Timberwolves to go with a game high 17 rebounds. Joe Jeffers also contributed eight points and 10 boards to the cause. Early on, it was Hagerman’s nine first quarter points that largely kept the Timberwolves in the game—including five of the first … Read More
Seniors Atchison and Stain Combine for 23 by Kirk Whitaker Arthur/Sullivan Reporter Oh how time changes things. As freshmen four years ago, this year’s seniors for the Sullivan Redskins boys’ basketball team didn’t look like a team that would or could beat itself out of a wet paper bag let alone a state ranked team or win the OVC tournament in the next few years. But this year, they did just those two things—defeating eighth ranked in Class 2A Decatur St. Teresa, and winning the Okaw Valley Conference Tournament—among others that nobody expected they could, and the four remaining seniors—Derrick … Read More