News Progress

•March 11, 2026• CEFS will celebrate its 61st birthday with birthday kit donations to the food pantries. During March, the food pantries are requesting donations of the following items to help make birthdays special for families when budgets are tight. All donations are appreciated. March’s donation request: cake mix, canned icing, cans of soft drinks (lemon-lime, orange, strawberry, cola), 9×13 aluminum pans with lids, and birthday candles. Moultrie County donations can be dropped off during business hours at the CEFS Food Pantry in Sullivan, located at 114 East Harrison Street. For more information, call (217) 728-7721. … Read More

•March 11, 2026• by Angela Hogan Administrator of the MCHD When a family walks into the grocery store with WIC benefits, every choice matters. The foods they bring home shape the mealtime experiences that help children grow. That’s why the recent updates to the WIC program are such welcome news for families across Illinois. These changes give parents more flexibility, more culturally familiar options, and more ways to support healthy eating at home. The Illinois Department of Human Services (IDHS) announced these updates on February 25th, expanding the variety of nutritious foods available through WIC. For families in Moultrie County, … Read More

•March 11, 2026• The 36th Annual Deer Hunt for People with Disabilities, hosted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Wolf Creek State Park, will be held November 20th through November 22nd. Applications are available at the Lake Shelbyville Project Office, online at http://tinyurl.com/LakeShelbyville-Hunting, or by mail by contacting the Environmental Stewardship Department at (217) 774-3951, ext. 7049.  … Read More

•March 11, 2026• SHS FCCLA members Keagan Betts and Abagail Dean concluded their 2025-2026 Section Officer responsibilities at the Section 7 FCCLA Leadership Conference held in Charleston on Monday, February 9th. Pictured L-R: Abagail Dean, Jennifer Voegel, Kali Taylor, and Keagan Betts. … Read More