•May 26, 2021• The 7th Annual St. Jude Dash & Bash is Friday, June 4 and Saturday, June 5 at the Sullivan American Legion. The event kicks off Friday night with a softball tournament. Saturday starts off with a raffle auction, bake sale, the continuation of the softball tournament, 5K at 8 a.m., 1 mile fun run at 9 a.m. and a tot trot following the one mile. … Read More
Shirley Chaney Shirley Jeanean Chaney, 85, of Mattoon, formerly of Allenville, passed away at 12:30 p.m. Saturday, May 22, 2021, in Palm Terrace in Mattoon. … Read More
•May 26, 2021• The Village of Strasburg will hold their annual town wide rummage sales and flea market on Saturday, May 29, beginning at 7 a.m. In addition to town wide rummage sales is a Flea Market at the Crib along North R. 32. The Flea Market will feature crafts, antiques, furniture, fishing tackle, plants and more. Anyone having a rummage sale can sign up at the post office to be added to the list. Maps will be available at Short Stop the day of the sale. … Read More
•May 26, 2021• by Crystal Reed NP Writer Gary and Kathy Crowe retired last week from the Sullivan School District. Gary retired after 35 years with the district and Kathy after 25 years. Gary was the custodian at the high school, and his wife Kathy worked as custodian at the Sullivan Elementary School. Sullivan High School principal Daniel Allen said that Gary is pretty close to being a perfectionist. “He has a routine, and he does everything he can to make things clean,” he said. One of the things Allen has observed about Gary is that he could always be … Read More
Dale McKinney Dale McKinney, 79, of Bethany, passed away at 1:15 a.m., Sunday, May 16, 2021. … Read More
James Harshman James Bruce Harshman, 70, of Sullivan went home to his Lord and Savior on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, after a courageous nine-year battle with Wegener’s disease. Through it all, Bruce remained ever gracious and selfless, never once complaining or putting himself above others. … Read More
•May 26, 2021• by Jason Brown NP Sports The Sullivan girls’ and boys’ track and field teams hosted senior night before a meet against several other schools Friday. Seniors from both teams were winners at their last regular-season home meet. The girls’ team defeated Arcola, Cerro-Gordo, Cumberland and St. Teresa with a score of 96, which was 21 points better than Cerro Gordo. Arcola placed third with 36 points. Several Redskins placed first in their events, and all four relay teams took first. Cassidy Short won three events, including the long jump, triple jump, and the 100-meter dash.nShe long jumped … Read More
Arnold Mitchell Arnold Dean ‘Mitch’ Mitchell, 82, of Sullivan passed away at 7:21 p.m. Saturday May 22, 2021, in Decatur Memorial Hospital. … Read More
•May 26, 2021• The Robert and Leila Lorenson scholarship is still accepting applications from graduates of ALAH High School until June 1, 2021. The application can be obtained by googling the name of the scholarship. … Read More