•May 3, 2023• SHS Girls Track had a pretty successful night in Monticello on Friday, as they finished in 6th place with 28 points at the very competitive 17 Team Monticello Girls Invite. The meet featured many all state athletes and several large 2A schools. … Read More
•May 3, 2023• SHS Girls Track won a triangular meet on Wednesday, April 26 against Pana and Rochester. Team scores were Sullivan 61.33, Rochester 52.33, and Pana 27. Listed below are individual results. Triple Jump- 1. Hay 9.45, 2. Richardson 9.17m Long Jump- 2. Poe 3.99, 3. Miller 3.98 … Read More
•May 3, 2023• Submitted by Jaime Perrott At a banquet held on April 12th, the following swimmers were recognized for their accomplishments throughout the season: Girls team: Madalyn Booker, Audrey Summers, Zoe Conlin, Emily Crosier, Alivia Tippit Boys team: Ethan Schmohe, Matthew Wesselman, Isaac Chambers, Liam Donovan, Johnathan Iacobazzi The girls team Captain Madalyn Booker earned the High Point Award, and Alivia Tippet was recognized for being Most Improved female swimmer. … Read More
Rosemary Kneller Rosemary Kneller, 81, of Sullivan, formerly of Shelbyville, passed away at 2:29 p.m. Monday, May 1, 2023 in Decatur Memorial Hospital, Decatur, IL. Funeral arrangements are incomplete at Howe and Yockey Funeral Home, Shelbyville … Read More
•May 3, 2023• By Sharon Barricklow Correspondent Not yet 30 year old “Serial Entrepreneur” Dillon Tedrick has owned a car stereo installation business, a lawn and landscaping service and is now hoping to make his mark in retail with “The Smoke Studio”, a new store on North Morgan in Shelbyville. “I looked around and saw that Shelbyville was probably the kind of place a store like mine would work,” said Tedrick, who lives in Effingham but has family in Shelbyville. … Read More
•May 3, 2023• The Booth Collaborative Advisory Committee at Eastern Illinois University recently honored a student from Sullivan as a winner of the 2023 Award for Excellence in Student Research and Creativity. … Read More
•May 3, 2023• A new proposal from Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias and State Representative La Shawn Ford (8th District – Chicago) would no longer make it illegal for motorists to have items hanging from their rearview mirror, which often serve as a pretext for traffic stops. Under House Bill 2389, law enforcement would no longer have the authority to stop a motorist for simply hanging items like air fresheners, rosaries or disability placards from their rearview mirror while driving. This legislative effort – which passed the Illinois House on March 24 and is awaiting an expected floor vote in … Read More
•May 3, 2023• By Cheri Burcham Family Life Educator Sustaining a healthy and supportive relationship can be difficult for many couples. The Strong Couples Project started in Illinois in 2020 as an effort to assist couples by providing them with knowledge and skills related to communication, as well as techniques for changing the tone of escalating conflicts and arguments. Judy Schmidt, 4-H youth development educator serving Fulton, Mason, Peoria, and Tazewell counties serves as a program coach for this state-wide project. Cheri Burcham also serves as a program coach that began in Illinois and is now starting to go national. … Read More
•May 3, 2023• The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is working with local health departments, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to investigate a multistate outbreak of Salmonella Infantis infections linked to Gold Medal brand flour produced by General Mills of Minneapolis, MN. According to the CDC, there have been 13 illnesses reported nationwide, including three hospitalizations linked to the outbreak. Two of the cases are in Illinois. … Read More