•January 17, 2024• Governor JB Pritzker proclaimed Monday, January 15, 2024, through Sunday, January 21, 2024, as Community Risk Reduction (CRR) Week in Illinois. CRR is a data-driven process to identify and prioritize local risks, followed by the integrated and strategic investment of resources (emergency response and prevention) to reduce their occurrence and impact. … Read More
•January 17, 2024• Cheri Burcham Extension Educator University of Illinois Extension Have you ever tried coming up with the name of an animal starting with the letter “a” and going through the whole alphabet?? What about coming up with the names of all the states that do not have the letter “o” in them? Or list the states that share a border with Canada? Do you like trivia questions? Riddles? Finding hidden pictures? If you do, congratulations, you are utilizing your brain in a variety of ways that is very beneficial for cognition! Also, if you do, you would love … Read More
•January 17, 2024• Karen Edwards, winner of the 2023 Amish Country Spring Quilt Show in Arthur, will be at the Arthur Public Library on February 3rd at 1:00 p.m. to discuss her quilting techniques and how she made her prize winning 3-D quilt. Call the Arthur Public Library at 217-543-2037 to reserve your seat. … Read More
•January 17, 2024• Big games dot the college and professional football landscapes each year beginning in late summer and ending in mid-winter. But no games are bigger than those that take place once the calendar turns to a new year. That’s when the postseason begins in both college and professional football. … Read More
•January 17, 2024• Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Director John J. Kim has announced the recipients of the third round of funding which will assist 92 additional community water supplies (CWSs) in meeting the requirements outlined in the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act (LSLRN Act). The Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI) Grant Program offers grants to local government units ranging from $20,000 – $50,000 to fund the creation of a complete lead service line inventory. Under this grant program, a total of 260 Illinois systems have benefited from this funding in calendar year 2023. … Read More
Meredith Brisch Meredith Ann Brisch, 69, of Lovington, passed away at 8:35 a.m., Saturday, January 13, 2024, at her home in rural Lovington. … Read More
Charles Drake Charles David Drake, 75, of Sullivan, passed away 4:37 a.m. Sunday, January 14, 2024, in Sullivan. … Read More
•January 17, 2024• The Lovington Community Ambulance annual meeting will be held January 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Lovington Ambulance building. … Read More
•January 17, 2024• Recently Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced nine appointments to board and commissions. Andrew Weatherford will serve as the Public Administrator and Public Guardian for Moultrie County. Weatherford is Owner, Partner and Attorney at Johnson, Chiligiris & Weatherford. Previously, Weatherford was an Assistant State’s Attorney for Macon County. He currently serves as the Public Administrator and Public Guardian for De Witt and Macon County. Weatherford earned a Bachelor of Arts from Millikin University, a Master of Arts in Political Science from Eastern Illinois University and Juris Doctor from Indiana University School of Law. Appointment is pending confirmation by the … Read More
•January 17, 2024• Bethany Fire was dispatched to a structure fire on Sunday, January 14 at 12:45 pm on North First in Bethany. The first engine was on route within a few minutes. All crews were cleared from the scene around 3 pm. There were no injuries. … Read More