•November 5, 2025• by DM Williamee With the holidays fast approaching, the protracted government shutdown (including SNAP benefits holds beginning November 1st as a result, unless Congress passes a budget by then), increased utility costs, and many already living on the precipice of a paycheck-to-paycheck existence, the Illinois Department of Human Services has published a page of helpful websites to direct those in need to their area Foodbanks. … Read More
•November 5, 2025• by DM Williamee On Saturday, November 1st, the First Christian Church of Sullivan’s parking lot was packed (as were its hallways and other spaces) with Christmas shoppers and Christmas cheer. From authors, bakers, craft-makers, and coordinators, the scent and spirit of the holiday season filled the air. Delectable delights of all types, arts and crafts from creatively pragmatic to beautiful, left all in attendance hovering over tables and shelves, checking their lists, and anticipating Christmas the day after Halloween. … Read More
•November 5, 2025• On Sunday, November 16th, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. at the Arthur United Methodist Church, the Moultrie-Douglas 4-H will be holding a free Sewing Skills workshop. This workshop is a guided sewing session, making a pillow case with local seamstress, Pam Simpson. It is open to youth ages 8-18. Youth do not have to be a 4-H member to attend, and you will leave with a 4-H project that you can enter in Sewing Level 1 / Sewn Non-Clothing. … Read More
•November 5, 2025• New additions to the Marrowbone Public Library, 216 W Main St, Bethany, as of November: Fiction: Antiques Round-Up (Trash ‘n’ Treasures series #19) by Barbara Allan; Behind Enemy Bylines by Kathleen Fuller; Blind Date with a Werewolf (Alpha & Omega series stories) by Patricia Briggs; Canyon of Deceit by DiAnn Mills; C is for Courting (Amish ABC’s series #3) by Shelley Shepard Gray; Capture the Moment (National Parks Summers series #1) by Suzanne Woods Fisher; Christmas in Wisconsin : an Amish Romance by Linda Byler; A Christmas Witness (Inspector Ian Rutledge series #24 ½) by Charles Todd; … Read More
•November 5, 2025• Sullivan CUSD #300 is collecting new and gently used towels and blankets to be given to the local homeless individuals and animal shelters between November 10th and 14th. These items can be dropped off at the Sullivan High School and Middle School offices or given to Mrs. Badman, Mrs. Stinebring, or Mrs. Bates. This event is sponsored by the NEHS and ELA Honor Societies. … Read More
Traveling on the Springfield Road (Part 1) •November 5, 2025• by Janet Roney “It was four weeks yesterday since we started. I fear we shall all be sick before we get there, it is so very hot. I shant complain as long as I can stand up. I have dragged one foot after the other so long and hope for the best.” These were the words of a young Ohio woman, Mary Parkinson, in letters to her sister from a few miles west of Paris, Illinois on the Springfield Road in July of 1837. Her letters, printed in 1909 in … Read More
by Sharon Barricklow Attendees at Sullivan City Council meetings will have new rules to follow for the public comment period after the council passed a new ordinance on October 27. The new ordinance will limit individual comments to three minutes each and the total public comment period will be limited to 30 minutes. The rule came after several of the last city council meetings had public comment periods that lasted more than an hour and involved multiple people speaking at multiple times. Mayor Mike Mossman, who has been frustrated by the lengthy period of public comment, said he hoped the … Read More
Dorothy White Dorothy Mae Kirkwood White, 73, of Decatur, passed away 5:57 p.m. on Monday, October 27, 2025, at Springfield Memorial Hospital. … Read More
Kenneth ‘Catfish’ Morrison Kenneth L. ‘Catfish’ Morrison, 68, of Sullivan, passed away at 4:50 p.m. Saturday November 1, 2025 in Memorial Medical Center, Springfield. … Read More
Nathan Harshman Nathan Jerome Harshman, age 88, of Sullivan, Illinois, passed away on Wednesday, October 22, 2025, after a brief illness, with his wife Linda at his side. … Read More