2024 Bethany Celebration Chili Cookoff Held At Bethany American Legion
LLC Board of Trustees Seat Open
•February 21, 2024• The Lake Land College Board of Trustees is accepting letters of interest to fill a vacancy created by the resignation of Mike Sullivan, Mattoon, at the regular February 12 meeting. Sullivan was initially elected to the board in 1987. He has served numerous consecutive terms since that time, serving longer than any other trustee in the college’s history. Most recently, he was re-elected to the board in April 2023 for another six-year term. … Read More
Take Charge of Your Diabetes
•February 21, 2024• Cheri Burcham Extension Educator University of Illinois Extension Although today’s generation of older adults is living longer, healthier lives, 80% of them are living with at least one chronic health condition. Chronic health conditions include diseases such as arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, COPD and hypertension. Diabetes is one that is on the rise, with 38 million Americans diagnosed as diabetic and 97.6 million Americans age 18 and older diagnosed as pre-diabetic. Diabetes can cause serious health complications including heart disease, blindness, kidney failure, and lower-extremity amputations. Diabetes is also increasingly being diagnosed in children. … Read More
Maroa-Forsyth Ends Lady Redskins’ Season with Regional Championship Loss
•February 21, 2024• by E. Scott England When the final buzzer of the regional championship blared inside Sullivan’s gymnasium, the final score showed 52 for the home team and 41 for the visitors. Unfortunately for the number four seed Lady Redskins, the Lady Trojans of Maroa-Forsyth came into the championship game as the number one seed wearing the home jerseys. … Read More
February is Earthquake Awareness Month
•February 21, 2024• The worst earthquake in Illinois history occurred on December 17, 1811, and was so strong that it rang a church bell in a Cairo church in southern Illinois. It also blew smoke, sand, and coal 30 yards into the air and made the Mississippi River flow backward for a moment. “Not everyone in Illinois realizes that Illinois is susceptible to earthquakes because of the New Madrid Seismic Zone on the border with Missouri and the Wabash Valley Seismic Zone on our border with Indiana,” said Alicia Tate Nadeau, director of the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Office … Read More
Obituaries 2-21-2024: Diane Stovall
Diane Stovall Diane Kay Stovall, 79, of Lovington, passed away at 4:30 a.m. Wednesday, February 14, 2024, at Decatur Memorial Hospital. … Read More
Obituaries 2-21-2024: Mary Simmons
Mary Simmons Mary Elizabeth Simmons, 69, of Bethany, passed away at 9:08 a.m., Sunday, February 18, 2024. Mass of Christian Burial will be 10 a.m. Saturday, February 24, at Holy Family Catholic Church, Decatur. Rite of Committal and Burial will be in Mt. Gilead Cemetery. Visitation will be Friday 5-7 p.m. at Reed Funeral Home in Sullivan. Prayer service will be 4:30 p.m., Friday evening. Memorials are suggested to the Marrowbone Twp. Library. Online condolences may be sent to the family at reedfuneralhome.net … Read More
Obituaries 2-21-2024: Betty Scott
Betty Scott Betty Ruth Brock Scott, 100, of Bethany peacefully passed away on February 15, 2024 at 1:24 a.m. at Green Gardens Estates in Sullivan. … Read More
Grammar Moses: Ocaydoquay!
•February 21, 2024• I rarely dip my toe into the pronunciation pool because there is so much variety, much of it owing to the speaker’s place of birth and upbringing. However, if you’re one to say “nuke-yu-lurr” or “jew-lery,” I’m going to have to keep you after class. Kate Gingold, who last year sent me a copy of her book, “Agatha Annotated,” is working on a presentation for the Agatha Christie Festival in Torquay, England, this fall, and she inspired me to cautiously dip my toe in the topic. When I tell you she’s working on it in Key West, … Read More