Newly formed tennis association tries to bring tennis and active fun to area youth by Emily Scott Reporting in Sullivan The Okaw Valley Tennis Association will sponsor a Tennis Fun Day noon-2 p.m. Saturday in Wyman Park in Sullivan in cooperation with the Nickelodeon Worldwide Day of Play to encourage children to stay healthy and active. … Read More
Prior damage to street motivates redirect by Derek Pope Bethany Reporter Bethany’s village council has come forward with a new traffic route for grain semis during this year’s harvest in an attempt to maintain roadway conditions inside of town. Officials are urging farmers to familiarize themselves with the new route and adhere to it for their benefit and to help the community as a whole. In recent years, Robinson Street, the main roadway access to Bethany’s grain elevators, has seen extensive damage from increased semi traffic, particularly semis that line up while waiting to unload their crops. In an attempt … Read More
Volleyball 9/12 Charleston def. Sullivan 25-15, 25-19 M. Plank 9 digs; C. Brown 1 ace, 5 assists, 1 kill; B. Boyer 7 digs, 1 block, 1 assist, 9 kills; E. Neuhauser 2 aces, 9 digs, 9 assists, 4 kills; T. Floyd 1 ace; N. Grohler 4 digs, 1 kill; H. Payton 4 digs; T. Booker 2 blocks. … Read More
The educational challenges of the 21st century have motivated Arthur Christian School to uphold their standard of excellence and as a result earned them Model Status, the highest honor awarded by Accelerated Christian Education.
Soil moisture levels remained lower than normal, according to Jennie Atkins, Water and Atmospheric Resources Monitoring (WARM) Program Manager at the Prairie Research Institute, Illinois State Water Survey, University of Illinois.
Defend Piatt and Douglas Coalition to appeal decision on MCPO line by Keith Stewart keith@newsprogress.com The Illinois Commerce Commission may have approved parts of Ameren’s Illinois Rivers Transmission Project August 20, but various groups opposed to certain segments are fighting back with requests for rehearing. The 330 mile transmission line that spans from Palmyra, Mo. to Sugar Creek, Ind. was approved, in part, August 20, including a segment proposed by a group of Moultrie County landowners that repositions what originally went through the county, almost entirely outside its borders. But various groups have either already filed or plan to file … Read More
Stanley Bruce Memorial services for Stanley R. Bruce, 74, of Lovington were held at 11 a.m. Tuesday in Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan with Pastor Larry Bricker officiating. Burial was in Camfield Cemetery in Sullivan. … Read More
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is offering a way to celebrate National Public Lands Day 2013. September 28 marks the 20th anniversary of National Public Lands Day. … Read More
Courtyard Estates of Sullivan will be celebrating their five year anniversary this month and to thank its residents, families and the community, will be hosting an all day outdoor celebration on Saturday September 28. … Read More
The breakfast that was originally scheduled for this Saturday at Jonathan Creek Church, as part of a celebration of Pastor Tim Henderson’s first year anniversary, has been cancelled. It will be rescheduled for a later date that has yet to be determined.