25 Years Ago This Week Bethany’s only restaurant closed as well as a service station. Korner Korall owner Tammy Stinson explained that the restaurant closed because of “too many hours, no life.” Stinson owned the downtown restaurant for 5 1/2 years. The Bethany Standard service station on West Main Street also closed. … Read More
•September 29, 2021• Sullivan Dance Studio Competition Team is holding a drive-thru dinner with Griffins BBQ on Wednesday, October 13. Meal includes: pork BBQ, cheesy mashed potatoes, green beans & loaded brownie. Pick-up in the alley behind Sullivan Dance Studio from 4-6:30 p.m. Tickets are pre-sale only and deadline to purchase is Oct. 4. Contact a SDS Competition Team Member or Ginger Voegel at gvoegel@yahoo.com or 217-549-3877. Consider supporting our dancers in this fundraiser. … Read More
The Story Of The Misplaced Cat Dear Editor, If this is your cat please keep it at your house. If you get an animal, you should keep it at home. It could get hit by a car, kicked by mean people, attacked by other cats or dogs. Cats are bad about trying to catch our birds, they also dig in and poop in my flowers. I don’t have a cat and don’t want them crying at night in my yard because a male cat has attacked them. I can call animal control to pick it up if you don’t want … Read More
Marcia Reeter Marcia Jean Reeter, 92, of Waltonville, Illinois, formerly of Bethany and Dalton City, passed away at 6:20 p.m., Monday, December 30, 2019, in SSM Health Good Samaritan Hospital in Mt. Vernon, Illinois. … Read More
•September 29, 2021• Members of One Book One Sullivan read diligently all summer long, reading a book from the Rebecca Caudill book list each week. The group’s goal is to choose a book that would be enjoyable to readers of all ages in Sullivan and the surrounding communities. The students will announce their 2021-2022 community-wide book title on Monday, November 22nd around 8:10 a.m. in the middle school gymnasium. The students hope that the community will share the joy of books as much as they do. The following is a list of the top 4 selections: … Read More
Nicholas Carroll Nicholas Everett Carroll, 23, of Sullivan, passed away at 11:55 p.m., Friday, September 24, 2021, in Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana. … Read More
•September 29, 2021• Millikin University will be hosting a hybrid 2021 Homecoming Celebration during the weekend of Oct. 1-3, that will include both in-person and virtual events. This year’s Homecoming theme, Big Blue Rewind, invites guests to turn back time, reconnect with friends and celebrate their shared history of Millikin. Whether you’re from the vinyl, 8-track, cassette, CD, iPod or streaming generation … Homecoming promises to provide a mixtape of sweet memories, both old and new. Homecoming activities will start on Monday, Sept. 27, with the Homecoming Kickoff on the Miller Quad from 6 – 8 p.m. Millikin’s annual Chalk … Read More
•September 29, 2021• Cross Country Boys The Sullivan boys’ cross county team competed in the St. Joseph-Ogden Spartan Classic Saturday, Sept. 25. The Redskins placed 21st out of 23 teams. For Sullivan, Cody Browne placed 98th with a time of 18:42.62, and Clayton Schmohe finished in 106th place at 19:04.09. Davis Diepholz ran a 19:24.60 for 118th place, and Rhett Lehman ran a 20:24.84 for 140th place. Carter Addison rounded out the Redskins times at 21:19.08 for 151st place. The Sullivan Cross County team competed at Shelbyville Tuesday, Sept. 21. Team scores were not available. Individual times included Dakota Freese … Read More
•September 29, 2021• By Capitol News Illinois Despite opposition from Republicans as well as reform groups, Gov. JB Pritzker on Friday signed into law the revised state legislative district maps that lawmakers passed in August, opening the door to almost certain court challenges. “These legislative maps align with the landmark Voting Rights Act and will help ensure Illinois’ diversity is reflected in the halls of government,” Pritzker said in a statement. But not everyone agrees that the maps do reflect the state’s diversity. The political action arm of the reform group CHANGE Illinois issued a statement arguing that they actually … Read More