•March 29, 2023• The Robert and Leila Lorenson Scholarship is available to graduates of Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond High School. The application can be obtained from the school website. High school students should apply by April 15 and postsecondary students by June 1. … Read More
•March 29, 2023• There will be live music on Friday, March 31 from 7mto 9 pm at the Allenville Community Building across from the white church. Music will be provided by Rob and The Rebels. … Read More
•March 29, 2023• Keegan Rhodes, from Mattoon, was named to the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s Dean’s List for the 2023 Winter Quarter. Rhodes is pursuing a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science. Undergraduate students who have earned at least 30 credits and have a cumulative GPA of 3.20 or higher (out of 4.0) are on the Dean’s List. Students who have maintained a 3.70 or higher receive “high honors.” … Read More
•March 29, 2023• The University of Illinois Extension, in cooperating partnership with Decatur Catholic Charities and Sullivan United Methodist Church, will host a mobile food pantry on Wednesday, April 19 from 4 to 5 pm at Windsor Grade School. A mobile food pantry delivers a two week supply of food per family in rural communities. Any individual or family that does not have a steady food supply qualifies to receive food. No financial information is required to qualify. This distribution is open to all, not only residents of Windsor. Sign up by Wednesday, April 12 by 4:30 pm by calling … Read More
Billy Joe Robbins Billy Joe Robbins, 87, of Bethany, passed away 7:41 p.m. Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at his home, surrounded by his family. Funeral services will be held 12:00 p.m. Monday, March 27, 2023, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Bethany. Visitation will be held from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Monday at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Bethany. Burial will be in Marrowbone Township Cemetery, Bethany. Memorials may be made to the Oak Grove Baptist Church, rural Bethany.Billy was born February 10, 1936, in Pine Knot, KY, the son of Jesse and Elsie (Anderson) Robbins. He married Arletta McDaniel on August 10, … Read More
Melissa Lane Melissa Dawn Lane, 51, of Dalton City, passed away at 9:59 p.m., Friday, March 17, 2023, in her home. … Read More
Dorothy McComas Dorothy Ellen McComas passed away Wednesday, March 8, 2023, at the age of 95, while residing at Lakewood Senior Living in Boiling Springs, South Carolina. … Read More
•March 22, 2023• by Crystal Reed Members of the Moultrie County Historical and Genealogical Society and other attendees heard a presentation on Flora and Fauna 1963 to Present at Lake Shelbyville on the evening of Thursday, March 16. The program was presented by Brock Key and Makayla Tinker, both Natural Resources Specialists with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Lake Shelbyville. Key began by sharing a brief history of the lake. Lake Shelbyville was authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1938, and then World War II happened. Authorization was granted then from the Flood Control Act of 1958. … Read More
25 Years Ago This Week Sullivan’s Water Department was notified by the Illinois Dept. of Public Health that it has been recognized for its public water supply’s high degree of compliance with the state’s Illinois Fluoridation Law maintained throughout 1997. The Sullivan Singers captured the second place trophy and won best crew award in competition against eight other high school show choirs in the Westosha Show Choir Invitational in Salem, Wis. … Read More
•March 22, 2023• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer Guinness World Records has determined the verb “set” has more definitions than any other word. Some 430 senses of the verb are listed in the Second Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, published in 1989. It has the longest entry in the dictionary at 60,000 words — or the equivalent of a short paperback novel. We’re a little tight on space (and I imagine consciousness) to explore that in this column. But for some reason it got me thinking about a boring little word with a multitude of wonderful and very … Read More