•April 24, 2024• Pre-school Story Hour for 2-5 year olds Fridays at 11am Coffee Hour: Thursdays at 1 pm Lego Night: Last Thursdays at 6-7pm Summer Reading Program: Plant a Seed – Read! June 6 – July 6. New to the library: … Read More
•April 24, 2024• Author Anitra Rowe Schulte, a 1998 graduate of Bethany High School, earned her second Christopher Award for Willow and Bunny (Kindergarten and up, Two Lions). It is one of 12 books for adults and young people as the Christopher Awards program marks its 75th year. … Read More
•April 24, 2024• By Rhiannon Branch FarmWeek Illinois will experience a rare phenomenon of nature this year as two broods of periodical cicadas are scheduled to emerge at the same time. And this once-in-a-lifetime occurrence won’t happen again until 2245. Kacie Athey, a specialty crop entomologist at the University of Illinois, said the Northern Illinois Brood that emerges every 17 years and the Great Southern Brood, which emerges every 13 years, will come out simultaneously for the first time since 1803. Stragglers from the Mississippi Valley Brood might also appear in 2024. While the two broods will emerge at the … Read More
Rochelle Ellen Boyd Rochelle Ellen Boyd, 84, of Lovington, passed away 12:05 a.m. Thursday, April 18, 2024, at The Arthur Home. Funeral services will be held 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 21, 2024, at the McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Lovington. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the services Sunday at the funeral home. Memorials may be made to the Lovington Volunteer Fire Department. Rochelle was born June 19, 1939, in Decatur; the daughter of Charles R. and Rachel Nellie (Murphy) Taylor. She married Richard W. “Ike” Boyd on September 14, 1957, in Lovington. He preceded her in death on May … Read More
•April 17, 2024• by E. Scott England Sullivan softball squared off against three opponents last week. When the dust settled on the week, Sullivan was left with three losses and a bruised ego. They seek redemption with seven games this week. … Read More
•April 17, 2024• A retirement open house is planned for Susan Rauch to be held at the Moultrie County Beacon Commons Area on Thursday, April 25, from 1:00 – 4:00 p.m with refreshments. Rauch began her career at the Moultrie County Beacon on August 22, 1983 as a family support unit caseworker. She was promoted to Director of Rehabilitation Services on December 2, 1985 and on October 16, 198, she was offered the position of Executive Director which she has held for 38 years. Susan has been a huge advocate for the independence of the individuals the Beacon serves and … Read More
Prairie Fires •April 17, 2024• by Janet Roney Have you ever seen a prairie fire? If it’s a dry day with a good wind, it will make a believer out of you. Flames leap into the air forty or fifty feet, and it rushes like mad across the land, taking about twenty minutes or less to burn twenty acres, depending on the speed of the wind. We know this because for about twenty years in early spring we have burned our prairie on our 20 acres of CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) land along route 32 between Sullivan and … Read More
•April 17, 2024• Emily White, a junior nursing student from Sullivan, earned 2023-24 Winter Sports CCIW Dave Wrath Academic All-Conference for basketball. To be recognized, the student-athlete must be enrolled as a full-time student; completed two semesters of study at Millikin; must participate in a varsity sport during the 2023-24 winter season; and must carry at least a 3.30 cumulative grade point average. The list below is the team members from Millikin for the winter 2023-24 season. … Read More