Janet England retires from Sullivan VFW
New COVID-19 Treatment
•March 2, 2022• As a new COVID-19 treatment rolls out across the country, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) continues to distribute these life-saving therapeutics equitably across the state. On February 11, 2022, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an emergency use authorization for a new monoclonal antibody, bebtelovimab, for the treatment of COVID-19. Bebtelovimab will now join another monoclonal antibody treatment, sotrovimab, two oral antivirals, Paxlovid and molnupiravir, and a preventive drug, Evusheld, in the list of COVID-19 treatments available across Illinois. … Read More
Gov. Pritzker Issues Updated Executive Order
•March 2, 2022• With COVID-19 positivity rates continuing to decline and the majority of eligible Illinoisans vaccinated, on Monday Governor Pritzker released an updated executive order lifting the mask requirement in most indoor settings. In accordance with CDC guidance, the executive order also lifts the mask requirement in K-12 schools and daycares. School districts and private businesses can continue to require masks at their discretion. … Read More
Windsor FFA celebrates FFA week 2022
GriefShare held March 15 through May 31
•March 2, 2022• GriefShare sponsored by First Christian Church, Sullivan, will be held at the church Tuesday from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, March 15 through May 31. Each session includes a time to share thoughts about the previous week’s learning, new material delivered via an approximately 40-minute video, and a discussion of the main ideas in the video. … Read More
Obituaries 3-2-2022
Marshel Proffitt Marshel D. Proffitt, 74, of Sullivan, passed away at 11:26 p.m., Wednesday, February 23, 2022, in Decatur Memorial Hospital. … Read More
Lake Land College New Financial Aid Program
•March 2, 2022• The new Lake Land College Laker+ program maximizes qualifying students’ financial aid opportunities to cover tuition and fees plus provides support for living expenses. This program will go into effect immediately and will be available to students enrolling in Summer and Fall 2022. Because Lake Land College is such a great value and can offer numerous financial assistance options, students often receive refunds of their assistance that can be used to cover housing, gas, food and other college expenses. With Laker+, financial aid is applied in a stackable format. After the cost of tuition and fees are … Read More
Moultrie Moment of the Week
On Geopolitics and Catholic Converters
•March 2, 2022• By Jim Baumann NP Guest Writer “This is the police. We have you surrounded!” You’ve likely heard this line in a variety of movies right before the antihero does something foolhardy and gets himself shot. You know there is no way out. He knows there is no way out. Why? Because the police have told him he is surrounded. He can’t go forward, backward, to the left or the right — because he is surrounded. … Read More