•May 18, 2022• by Crystal Reed NP Writer Two students from Illini Prairie CEO had a pop-up shop event in Sullivan last week at Metro. All of the CEO students participated in the trade show that was held on April 26 in Tuscola. … Read More
•May 18, 2022• The Sullivan Singers Boosters are teaming up with the Sullivan American Legion to bring back bingo. Bingo play will be every Thursday beginning June 2. Bar doors open at 5 pm, bingo doors open at 5:30 pm. Food and drinks will be available. … Read More
•May 18, 2022• The Illinois Department on Aging (IDoA) is reminding residents about the upcoming deadline to submit nominations for the Senior Illinoisan Hall of Fame, open to adults aged 65 and older who excel in the categories of community service, education, performance and/or graphic arts, and the labor force. … Read More
•May 18, 2022• by Sara Cremeens NP Guest Writer Sullivan Blue Dolphins were back in the pool recently. April 30 through May 1, 2022, swimmers participated in the Saluki International at Carbondale, IL. Third place high point winners 13-14 girls, Emily Crosier, boys Liam Donovan. Deanna Clark took home the third place high point winner for the open girls. In the 10 and under, Claire Standifer took second place girls, while Eli Crosier took the third place boys. … Read More
•May 18, 2022• By Capital News Illinois Two former state senators who sponsored and voted for bills to reduce lawmakers’ pay and forgo annual cost-of-living adjustments are now asking the Illinois Supreme Court to declare those measures unconstitutional and award them their back pay. Former Sens. Michael Noland, D-Elgin, and James Clayborne, D-Belleville, have been successful so far in their legal efforts, prevailing in 2019 in Cook County Circuit Court before Judge Franklin Valderrama. But Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, the defendant in the case, filed a direct appeal to the state’s highest court arguing that Valderrama got the decision wrong. … Read More
Ilene Bryant Ilene J. Bryant, 78, of Sullivan, passed away at 1:50 p.m., Sunday, May 8, 2022. in Mason Point in Sullivan with her family by her side. … Read More
Jody Benedict Jody Lyn Benedict, 53 of College Station, TX, formerly of Lovington, passed away at 5:13 a.m., May 12, 2022, at Ascension Medical Center in Austin, Tex., with her Mom by her side. … Read More
WAKE UP SULLIVAN The outrageous increases in Sullivan utility rates were not necessary nor were they warranted. Much to my consternation, I could not have predicted that the sale of the Titus Farm would haunt the very same Councilpersons that initiated the sale of the Titus Farm. In 2019 (the only year Sullivan received proceeds from the sale of grain on the Titus Farm), Sullivan recorded $500,000 in profits from the sale of grain. Yes, the residents would have gained at least $500,000 each year for eternity. That money could have gone for parks, roads, bond payments on the new … Read More