•November 16, 2022• Shoot for a Turkey will be held on Saturday, November 19 at 10 a.m. This event will involve games of knock out. Age brackets are Grades 5-8 (Middle School), Grades 9-12 (High School) and Adults. One frozen turkey will be awarded to the winner of each bracket. A special thanks to Coach Craig Black and the SHS Basketball team. … Read More
•November 16, 2022• The Illinois Volleyball Coaches Association has announced the 2022 Academic Girls All-State. High School volleyball players who received this recognition are Avery Bruns – Honorable Mention, Bailey Bennett – Honorable Mention and Academic All-State, Danielle Simpson – Academic All-State, Reese Nichols – Academic All-State and Lindsey Ozier – Academic All-State, all of Okaw Valley High School. Criteria for the recognition are players must have played in more than 50% of the teams total sets and they must have at least a 3.75/4 or 4.68/5 unweighted gpa. … Read More
•November 16, 2022• Glen Gobel will be in concert on November 19 at 6 pm at Allenville Christian Church, 201 Allen St. in Allenville. He comes from a family rich in traditional Southern Gospel music heritage and has become one of the most versatile artists in that genre. Glen is a licensed and ordained Southern Baptist minister, former pastor, preacher and Bible teacher available for revivals, crusades, camp meetings, couples retreats, workshops are all venues Glen has worked with. Admission to the concert is a love offering. … Read More
•November 16, 2022• The W.H.A.T. Community Group is hosting Windsor Wonderland on Saturday, December 3 on Maine Street in Windsor. The evening will begin with visits with Santa at the Storm Memorial Library from 3:30-5:00 pm. Following, there will be free Christmas Carnival games and activities from 5:00 pm-7:00 pm on Maine Street near the Post Office. At 7:00, the large Christmas tree will be lit. … Read More
•November 16, 2022• There will be early deadlines for the Wednesday, November 23 issue of the NewsProgress. Deadline for all advertising, legal, display and classified, will be Friday, November 18 at Noon. … Read More
Clarence Eugene “Pickle” Standerfer Clarence Eugene “Pickle” Standerfer, 84, of Sullivan, passed away 4:10 p.m. Wednesday, November 9, 2022, at Sullivan Rehabilitation and Health Care Center. Visitation will be held from 12:00 p.m. –2:00 p.m. Sunday, November 13, 2022, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Sullivan. Funeral services will be held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Findlay Cemetery, Findlay. Memorials may be made to the Sullivan Fire Department or to the Sullivan Rehabilitation and Health Care Center Activity Fund. Pickle was born November 19, 1937, in Allenville; the son of Samuel Clarence and Mabel Marie … Read More
•November 9, 2022• Recovery Oriented Systems of Care (ROSC) is holding a Community Training Event on November 16 at 5 p.m. This meeting will take place at the First Assembly of God Church in Shelbyville. ROSC is a new program in Moultrie and Shelby County that works to increase recovery resources in the community and address the needs specific to substance use in the county. The purpose of the Community Training Event is to bring education to community members surrounding the topics of Human Trafficking and Drug and Endangered Children. The training will be conducted by Liesl Wingert from the … Read More
•November 9, 2022• Submitted by Jason Drury Sullivan Swimming Co-op of Sullivan, Okaw Valley and Shelbyville competed at the IHSA Sectionals in Champaign. Overall the girls finished as a team in 5th place out of 25 teams. Madalyn Booker took 1st place in the 100 butterfly with a time of 59.94. This advances her to the State meet at the FMC Natatorium in Westmont this weekend. … Read More
•November 9, 2022• 2022 Volleyball All-Conference Teams 1st Team Katie Czajkowski (Junior) Warrensburg-Latham (Unanimous) Landry Hall (Senior) Sullivan (Unanimous) Julia Corzine (Senior) Central A&M Mia Wade (Senior) Shelbyville Layo Oladipupo (Senior) St. Teresa Alayna Earle (Senior) Clinton Sydney Moss (Junior) Tuscola … Read More