•February 1, 2023• Applications are now being accepted for the 2023 Daily Farm Scholarship. The application is available online at www.southeasternillinois.org/students. Applications must be completed by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, March 14, 2023, for consideration. … Read More
Andrew Van Winkle Andrew David Van Winkle, 42, of Edwardsville, passed away on Monday, January 23, 2023. … Read More
Donald Sanders Donald G. Sanders, 90, of Sullivan, passed away at 2:08 a.m., Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at St. Mary’s Hospital in Decatur. … Read More
Janet Scheurich Janet Puyear Scheurich, 85, of Bloomington-Champaign, formerly of Bethany, passed away September 21, 2023 at BroMenn Hospital. Janet was born to Don and Fern Puyear May 21, 1937. A celebration of Life will be held at a later date. … Read More
Wide-ranging law put popular, controversial measures into a single package By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois phancock @ capitolnewsillinois.com A law recently signed by Gov. JB Pritzker will extend the deadline for the state to transfer criminal defendants deemed mentally incompetent to stand trial from jail to a mental hospital. That same bill, House Bill 240, also gives nursing homes in Illinois two more years to comply with minimum staffing levels implemented in 2022 before getting fined by the Department of Public Health. Those are just two parts of a 67-page “omnibus” health care bill that passed the General Assembly … Read More
•February 1, 2023• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer Several questions arose while my wife and I were driving to a place that would surely serve us Italian bread: Does bread raise or does it rise? Does the baker raise the dough or rise it? What the heck is a transitive verb? Questions like these constitute about 85% of our conversations. So today we’ll take a look at “raise” and “rise” and their various usages and homophones. Let’s start with the issue of bread. Although I’ve heard it expressed both ways bread indeed “rises.” I often supplement my research by … Read More
25 Years Ago This Week The Moultrie County Sheriff’s Dept received a $10,362 grant to hire off-duty deputies to enforce laws involving impaired drivers, speeders, non-use of safety belts and child safety seats. The grant from the Illinois Dept. of Transportation was funded by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. … Read More
•February 1, 2023• Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (Illinois EPA) Director John J. Kim today announced Lead Service Line Inventory (LSLI) Grants to 48 communities to assist in meeting the requirements outlined in the Lead Service Line Replacement and Notification Act. The LSLI Grants, ranging from $20,000 – $50,000, will fund the creation of a complete lead service line inventory. The Village of Lovington is the recipient of a $30,000 grant. … Read More