36th Annual Walleye Festival

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•July 10, 2024• Findlay is hosting the 36th Annual Walleye festival on July 26th and 27th starting on Friday at 5pm with non-stop events until midnight, where the beer tent will then close for the night. Saturday is the main event, hosting most of the family friendly fun. There will be a total of six live bands, a car show, beer tent, bags tourney, tractor pull, police meet and greet, local celebrity dunk tank, inflatables, face painting and much much more. Acting Grand Marshalls for this year is Jack Getz and Butch Wagner. The parade is open to everyone, professional … Read More

Breast Cancer benefit

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•July 10, 2024• There will be a breast cancer benefit for Krissy Davis on Friday July 26th from 6 to 10pm at the Sullivan American Legion. There will be a raffle, silent auction, music, food, t-shirts and a bags tournament. Teams must register in advance by calling Sheri at (217)-254-3327. The bags tournaments is teams of two and is double elimination, the games will start at 4 pm. … Read More

Concert

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•July 10, 2024• Collage of Faith will be in concert on Saturday, July 13 at 6 pm at Allenville Christian Church, 201 Allen Street in Allenville. Following the concert there will be finger food fellowship. A love offering will be collected.  … Read More

Community garden starting to produce

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•July 3, 2024• The local Girl Scout Troop 3641 collaborated with the Sullivan First United Methodist Church to implement a garden for the community of Sullivan. This project has been in motion since April of this year and is finally starting to produce. The garden has a variety of tomatoes, peppers, onions, cucumbers, and zucchini. … Read More

Arthur’s Freedom Celebration: A day of rain, sunshine, and spectacular fireworks

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•July 3, 2024• by Ariana R Cherry  On June 29th, Arthur’s Freedom Celebration began on a gloomy note with some intermittent showers. Despite the rain and gloomy forecast, out of town visitors streamed into the charming town, eager to witness the evening’s spectacular show.  However, a light storm moved in bringing heavier rain, and casting a momentary shadow over the upcoming festivities. But with some answered prayers, the rain subsided by about 1:30 pm, making way for sunshine and humidity to settle in. Despite the heavy humidity, the parade marched on as scheduled showcasing the majestic horses trotting gracefully, followed … Read More

Remembering Who We Are……15: More Sunken Roads?

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•July 3, 2024• by Janet Roney I am convinced that the western branch of the Kaskaskia-Detroit Road, the most important French fur trade trail in central Illinois in the 1700s, crossed the Kaskaskia at Nelson Ford. It was the best Kaskaskia River ford between Cooks Mills and Shelbyville. No old maps show its precise route through the county, but bits and pieces of information lead to that conclusion.   … Read More

Mauck receives Master of Arts Degree with Honors

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•July 3, 2024• Dr. Gregory Mauck has successfully defended his master’s thesis and been granted a Master of Arts in History Degree with Distinction from Liberty University. His thesis, “Geopolitical Actions of the German Empire Prior to the First World War: A Modified DIME Analysis,” is published online and may be accessed at https://digitalcommons.liberty.edu/masters/1124/ or through any search engine. … Read More