News Progress

•August 14, 2024• Thousands of people across the United States and dozens in our community are waiting for a lifesaving organ transplant. HSHS St. Mary’s Hospital is partnering with Gift of Hope to bring awareness to organ donation and to honor those who have passed while waiting for a transplant, those who were able to donate and those still waiting with a Memorial Walk and Chalk event on Friday, Sept. 20 from 5-7 p.m. on the hospital campus. … Read More

Secret Passages •August 14, 2024• by Janet Roney Was my Uncle Cliff’s story about a pot of gold buried along Jonathan Creek true? Supposedly, his father saw the hole it came from.    True or not, the story triggered a search for a trail coming up from the Old Bend along Jonathan Creek.  The historical society’s “Corps of Discovery” found traces of it south of Mason Point.    Who buried the gold? Highwaymen? I have never heard of any highwaymen in Moultrie County, but other rural counties in Illinois had them prior to the Civil War. They were bounty hunters … Read More

•August 14, 2024• The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will hold a silent auction for impounded deer stands and climbing sticks on Saturday, August 24th from 8:30 –11:00 a.m. at the government vehicle compound south of the Lake Shelbyville Administration Building. Approximately 80 climbing sticks and tree stands to include climbing stands, single and buddy ladder stands, portable lock-ons and climbing sticks will be auctioned. Proceeds from the auction will help fund the Annual Youth Deer Hunt held in October and the Annual Disabled Deer Hunt held in November. Anyone wishing to bid on any of the stands will be … Read More

•August 14, 2024• Seven Sarah Bush Lincoln services are relocating to the SBL Lincoln Avenue Building, located at 700 West Lincoln Avenue in Charleston, in August. … Read More