Improve your health – Starting today!

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Prioritize your well-being with resolutions for a healthier and more fulfilling new year •January 15, 2025• by Angela Hogan  A new year is an excellent time to start improving your health. Small changes can yield significant long-term benefits. Here are eight resolutions worth considering: 1. Eat more whole foods Fresh fruits, vegetables, whole grains, nuts, and lean proteins are “nutrient-dense.” This means they are high in nutrients for the recommended serving size. Consuming whole foods can help keep you full and sustain energy. Start today: … Read More

City Council holds Monday night meeting

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•January 15, 2025• by Sharon Barricklow The Sullivan City Council started the new year with a new meeting date after moving their regular meetings to the second and fourth Mondays of the month.  The council worked quickly through an agenda largely with modifications to the Tax Increment Financing District resolutions, and held a closed to the public session to discuss employee negotiations. … Read More

Mo. Co. Senior Center January happenings

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•January 15, 2025• Thursday, January 16th: 10am exercise class   Friday, January 17th: 1pm Pool tourney   Monday, January 20th: Closed for MLK day   Tuesday, January 21st: 10am exercise class   Wednesday, January 22nd: 1pm hand and foot cards, 1pm cornhole tourney   Thursday, January 23rd: 10am exercise class   Friday, January 24th: 1pm pool tourney   Monday, January 27th: 1pm WitFit presented by Cheri Burcham of U of I Extension Office   Tuesday, January 28th: 10am exercise class   Wednesday, January 29th: 1pm hand and foot cards, 1pm cornhole tourney   Thursday, January 30th: 10am exercise class   Friday, January 31st: 1pm pool tourney Peace Meal … Read More

Free laundry day

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•January 15, 2025• Another free laundry will be provided by the collaboration of The Moultrie Shelby County ROSC, ACE Hardware and DOVE inc. The groups once again has pulled together to offer a free laundry day on January 30th, at the Sullivan Wash and Fold, previously known as the Rainbow Wash House, at 809 W Jackson St. in Sullivan. The free event will run from 9-12pm.   For further questions or donations to a future laundry day, contact Skylar Miller at Skylark@hourhouserecovery.org. Naloxone and Naloxone trainings will be readily available to community members during this event. … Read More

Strengthened rules on childhood lead testing, requirements for long-term care facilities among changes in the New Year

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•January 8, 2025• The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced that a number of new laws and rules designed to strengthen the public health system went into effect on New Year’s Day, January 1, 2025. “The Illinois Department of Public Health is excited to see new laws and rules go into effect this New Year to improve the health of Illinois’s public,” said IDPH Director Dr. Sameer Vohra. “We appreciate the leadership of Governor JB Pritzker, the Illinois General Assembly and the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules (JCAR) in advancing solutions that protect our residents and make our Illinois … Read More

Champaign Park District Frozen 5K

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•January 8, 2025• Champaign Park District’s annual winter race, Frozen 5K, has made its mark as a fun and creative way to stay active during the cold Illinois winter. As Champaign Park District continues to innovate programming to ensure it best meets residents’ needs, the organization has decided to mark the final chapter of the event in 2025 to make way for new fitness events. … Read More

Tips to make baking more healthy

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•January 8, 2025• Baking sessions are a beloved family tradition in many households. But such sessions may not be as revered by family physicians, as baked goods are often prepared with ingredients, like sugar and butter, that aren’t necessarily sound additions to a person’s diet. Though baked goods may never rival vegetables in nutritional value, there are ways for amateur bakers to make these beloved foods a little more healthy. · Replace sugar with a fig puree. Figs are nutrition-rich fruits that serve as significant sources of calcium, potassium and iron. WebMD notes that figs also are excellent sources of … Read More

Remembering Who We Are…..41

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Jefferson’s Clock •January 8, 2025• By Janet Roney In 1808, the last year of Thomas Jefferson’s presidency, he authorized Isaac Hill to explore the interior of Illinois along the third principal meridian to survey the land, find natural resources and mill seats, and locate trails. He was also to spy on activities of the British who were still hanging around in frontier Illinois 25 years after our independence.   Hill left a map and a report about his 1809-1811 expedition into Illinois, but his will written in Warren County, Kentucky in 1846 sheds more light on the story and provides … Read More

2024 in review continued from last week (1-1-2025)

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•January 8, 2025• October The Sullivan Blue Dolphins swim team, in collaboration with the Sullivan American Legion, had yet another successful annual Swimmers Supporting Soldiers event. The two groups teamed together with the Danville VA Hospital to get supplies and goods to local veterans who need it. This year the swim team collected over 1,200 items for the soldiers. Mid-Illinois Senior Services and local sponsors Agri-fab and Hydro-Gear of Sullivan assisted in the return of the senior expo, a day long program which offers discounted prices or free options for services and goods to help the Moultrie County seniors and … Read More