Seniors Support Community Center Amid Rumors of Cuts

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Still reproach over frozen meals By Derek Pope Reporting in Sullivan Moultrie County senior citizens showed up en masse on January 13 at a meeting held by the East Central Illinois Area Agency on Aging at Sullivan’s First United Methodist Church. A crowd of more than 50 people attended the meeting—most of them there to voice their avid support of Sullivan’s Mid-Illinois Senior Services and Community Center and their disapproval of any measure that might cut funding to it or change its services. The meeting was one of a 16 part series of community forums put on by the state, … Read More

Obituaries -1-22-2014

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June Miller June Irene Miller, 91, of Sullivan passed away at 6:02 p.m. Monday Jan. 20, 2014 in St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Friday in McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan. Visitation will be one hour before the services in McMullin-Young Funeral Home. Burial will be in Greenhill Cemetery in Sullivan. … Read More

Rezoning Application Hits Snag Before Final Approval

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by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com The Sullivan city council met for the first time this year Monday, January 13 and approved, what was first discussed at great length in their December 23 meeting, a rezoning application. Property owner Rick Dunscomb and Brian Vahling, who is in the midst of purchasing his property, went before the planning commission December 12 to request the property behind the Sullivan preschool be rezoned from I-1 (light industrial district) to b-1 (low density business district) with Vahling’s intentions of eventually constructing apartments, duplexes, and/or the like. … Read More

Singers Look to Improve Off 16th Place National Finish Last Season

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by Kirk Whitaker Arthur/Sullivan Reporter The Sullivan Singers are returning the majority of last year’s group that finished 16th at the FAME National Finals in Chicago and with 23 boys and 28 girls in the mix. Although the Singers will not compete in a FAME event in 2014, Sullivan is still looking to contend as one of the nation’s best. … Read More

Schuring Goes Off for 25 as Knights Roll Rajahs 74-35

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Who are competitors now, to be teammates next year with consolidation by Kirk Whitaker Arthur/Sullivan Reporter Seventeen seconds into Friday night’s game, Tyler Schuring hit a 3-pointer for Arthur-Lovington against Atwood-Hammond to give the Knights an early lead. The lead would only grow. Forty-five seconds later, Curtis Plank converted on a transition layup, and the rout was on. … Read More

$82,000 -$124,000 Estimated for Asbestos Removal at Lovington Grade School

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24 new high school names also received by Ariana Cherry Arthur/Sullivan Reporter A tour of Lovington grade school was conducted by principal Brandon Stone at the opening of the Arthur-Lovington School Board meeting last Wednesday. Previous and planned asbestos projects that are scheduled for the building were shown and discussed. At an estimated cost  of $82,000 to $124,000 the projects will  eliminate all of the asbestos in elementary classrooms, the junior high area, and hallway and office. Completion is set for late June. … Read More

Singers Make Finals at Mt. Zion for First Time in Three Years

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King wins men’s solo competition by Kirk Whitaker Arthur/Sullivan Reporter 18 points. 15 points last year, and three points two years ago were the slimmest of margins by which the Sullivan Singers didn’t make finals at Mt. Zion’s Midwest Classic show choir competition. That all changed Saturday night as the Singers were awarded the fifth of six randomly selected spots—performing at 8:30—in finals along with Wheaton Warrenville South, Twinsburg (Ohio), Davenport West (Iowa), Chatham Glenwood, and Decatur Eisenhower. On top of the excitement of earning a finals spot, it was also announced during awards that sophomore Grant King had won … Read More

LLC Announces Fall Semester Honors List

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The Lake Land College 2013 fall semester academic honors list for full and part-time students has been released by the college. To qualify for the president’s list, a student must have completed at least 12 credit hours (full-time) or six-11 (part-time) in courses numbered 040 or higher per semester, excluding summer term, with a GPA of 3.8 – 4.0. … Read More

Sullivan Sends Message with Blowout Monday Night

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No. 3 seed in OVC tourney, “disappointing” for Redskins by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com Typically, head coach Sheri McCain will make use of her young bench throughout a varsity game and typically, the Lady Redskins score an ample amount of points. But Monday night, as Sullivan routed Shelbyville 83-38, the Redskin coach left her starting five on for most of the game, in part, to send a message following Monday’s OVC tournament seed announcement, which put Sullivan at no. 3 while Clinton earned no. 2 and Central A&M no. 1. “We’re all tied right now. I was just a little disappointed … Read More

Moultrie to Receive Emergency Food and Shelter Monies

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Moultrie County has been chosen to receive $2,800.00 to supplement emergency food and shelter programs in the county. The selection was made by a National Board that is chaired by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and consists of representatives from American Red Cross; Catholic Charities, USA; National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA; The Jewish Federations of North America, The Salvation Army; and, United Way Worldwide.  … Read More