Obituaries 7-17-2024: Nora Newberry
Nora Newberry Nora Ruth Newberry, 92, of Lovington, passed away 12:55 a.m. Saturday, July 13, 2024, at St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur. … Read More
Obituaries 7-17-2024: Terry Hargrove
Terry Hargrove Terry L. Hargrove, 53, of Sullivan, passed away 2:00 a.m. Monday, July 15, 2024, at his home in rural Sullivan. … Read More
Obituaries 7-17-2024: Roger Gilmore
Roger Gilmore Roger Dale Gilmore, 69, of Sullivan, passed away at 8:08 a.m. Wednesday July 10, 2024 in his residence. … Read More
2014 Citing the city an example of a community that has taken the initiative to assure a continued quality of life for its citizens, Kevin Gaden, President & CEO of the Illinois Municipal Utilities Association (IMUA), named Sullivan as the 2014 IMUA Member Community of the Year. Sullivan mayor Ann Short and Sullivan distribution foreman Shannon Risley were on hand to accept the award at a ceremony held in Springfield. Edna Bailey was the winner of the Sullivan Fourth of July raffle, taking home $5,354.50. … Read More
Complimentary ice cream social
•July 17, 2024• Vander Burgh Financial Services, LLC and Lifewise Wealth Advisors with The Green Creamery will be hosting a free ice cream social on Sunday, July 21, from 5-7pm, at Vander Burgh Financial Services office, 59 Cardinal Dr., Bethany to thank our customers for allowing us to provide accounting services in our local community. … Read More
Abandoned house makeover
•July 17, 2024• The village of Lovington in the most recent council meeting on Monday, July 8th, was a shorter meeting than usually only lasting 45 minutes. April Daily stood in as president for Dennis Garmon who could not be present. There was a motion filed for the further development of the abandoned land in either clean-up work or demolishing. … Read More
Toy Bar’s All Wheels run
Pre-K Camps
•July 17, 2024• The SDS Preschool is offering pre-k childrens summer camps every Tuesday this summer, starting at 9am and running until 11:30. These camps will be hosted by Teacher Miss Jeannie Ruppert and held at the Sullivan Dance Studio. Campers and parents should expect engaging and fun activities, small class sizes and learning. The fee is $20 per camp. The Preschool mission states, “Providing a nurturing environment that promotes learning and development of the whole child, including spiritual, social, and academic”. The remaining camps for this summer are: 7/23- Rainbow Reading, 7/30- Sweet Shapes and 8/6- Super Science. … Read More
Mobile Food Pantry
•July 17, 2024• The C.E.F.S Moultrie County Food Pantry is hosting a mobile food pantry in Lovington On July 23rd, from 10am to noon. Register and sign up by July 19th. For more information of questions contact (217)-728-7721. … Read More
Music Festival
•July 17, 2024• The Sullivan First United Methodist Church will be hosting a family friendly music festival on July 20th at 216 West Jefferson in Sullivan. There will be live music, food and children’s actives offered during the festival. Food venders will be none other than Eddie’s Taco and Tropical Sno: Hawaiian Shaved Ice. The festival will run from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. … Read More