Grammar Moses: What’s in a Name?

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•March 13, 2024• Gib Van Dine often comes up with inspiration for these columns, but it’s ordinarily a germ of an idea. Today, I should share my byline with him. What I like about this one is the likelihood I’ll get some audience participation to prompt another column. Hey, I’m a busy guy, and I’ll take the help where I can get it. I encourage you to write to me with other examples, especially for your name. His idea: given names that can be used in other ways. For the most part, those other uses are nouns and verbs, but … Read More

Winter Utility Bill Help is Available 

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•March 13, 2024• The C.E.F.S Economic Opportunity Corporation’s Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) still has funding available for winter utility assistance. LIHEAP provides one-time grants to help income eligible households pay for their winter heating expenses. C.E.F.S. began taking LIHEAP applications on October 1st for the current program year 2024. To date in Moultrie County energy benefits totaling $226,547.00 have been approved for 349 households. … Read More

Feast on Irish Pub Fare this St. Patrick’s Day

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•March 13, 2024• St. Patrick’s Day celebrations were different in 2020. Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, many communities were forced to cancel their annual St. Patrick’s Day festivities. Typically lively, jovial gatherings of good-spirited revelers, St. Patrick’s Day celebrations are beloved by Irish and non-Irish people alike.  Though the COVID-19 vaccines figure to help people across the globe return to a semblance of normalcy at some point in 2021, that long-awaited return to life as the world once knew it is unlikely to occur before mid-March. That means St. Patrick’s Day celebrations in 2021 will likely have to take … Read More

Missouri S&T Announces Honor List

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•March 13, 2024• Missouri University of Science and Technology announced Joshua England, computer science sophomore, of Dalton City made the honor list for the Fall 2023 semester. To be included on the honor list, students must have carried a minimum of 12 hours and had grade point averages of 3.2 or above out of a possible 4.0. … Read More

B & G Fundraiser

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•March 13, 2024• Sparrows Unlimited will hold a biscuit and gravy fundraiser this Saturday at the Lovington Church of God Community Building. The by-donation breakfast will be served from 7-10:30 a.m. All proceeds benefit local families. … Read More

2023 Moultrie County Final Multiplier Announced

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•March 13, 2024• Moultrie County has been issued a final property assessment equalization factor of 1.0000, according to David Harris, director of the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR). The property assessment equalization factor, often called the “multiplier,” is the method used to achieve uniform property assessments among counties, as required by law. This equalization is particularly important because some of the state’s 6,600 local taxing districts overlap into two or more counties (e.g., school districts, junior college districts, fire protection districts). If there was no equalization among counties, substantial inequities among taxpayers with comparable properties would result. … Read More

From Threads to Tails: Moultrie-Douglas 4-H Youth Unleash Creativity to Support Shelter Dogs

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•March 13, 2024• by Morgan Jones Marketing and  Communications Coordinator As the plight of shelter dogs across the nation continues to capture hearts and attention, abdedicated community effort in Moultrie and Douglas Counties is making a difference. Former Moultrie-Douglas 4-H Coordinator, Morgan Jones, took action after discovering the alarming statistic of over 2.3 million dogs residing in animal shelters across the United States. … Read More

One Book One Sullivan Gathers to Discuss Book

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•March 13, 2024• One Book, One Sullivan met Monday, March 4 at First United Methodist Church in Sullivan to discuss this years book choice “City Spies” by James Ponti. Sullivan Middle School students led all of the discussion tables on the night that saw over 100 people attend. According to the author’s website, www.jamesponti.com, Sarah Martinez is a hacker facing years in juvenile detention, until she meets Mother, a spy who gets her out of jail and into MI6, British Secret Intelligence. Operating out of a castle in Scotland, the City Spies are five kids from around the world who’ve … Read More

Track Starts Season Indoors with Meets at Mt. Zion and EIU

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•March 13, 2024• by E. Scott England  The indoor track is half the size of the outdoor track, but that doesn’t mean the competition is any less. The Sullivan Redskins got their track and field season underway with two indoor meets over the last few weeks.  The girls started first with their indoor meet in Mt. Zion on Saturday, February 24. The team went up against runners from 16 other teams, many of which compete in classes 2A and 3A (Sullivan competes in 1A for track). Still, the athletes had an impressive turnout for their first meet of the season. … Read More