News Progress

25 Years Ago This Week Veteran Moultrie County State’s Attorney Paul Lee Stone is seeking to return to the office he held for 13 years. Stone announced that he will seek the Democratic nomination for State’s Attorney. Public defender Tim J. Willis has filed for the GOP nomination as Moultrie County state’s attorney. Gale Coil, a first term Democrat has not yet announced whether he will seek re-election. The Lovington school board approved a $1,033,925 tax levy, representing a 6.4 percent revenue increase. The levy for taxes payable in 1996 includes revenue generated by increased assessed valuation and new construction. … Read More

•December 16, 2020• The importance of shopping locally has been emphasized with increasing urgency in recent years. Events like Small Business Saturday and Plaid Friday have brought some much-needed attention to the importance of shopping local, which is even more crucial now as so many small businesses try to survive the pandemic. A poll from the trade group the National Federation of Independent Business reported that about half of all the businesses in the survey reported a 25 percent drop in sales since the outbreak of the COVID-19 virus, and roughly one in five businesses have seen sales decline by … Read More

•December 16, 2020• by Jim Baumann Do you have an Advent calendar at home with a door or window revealing a Bible verse or a puzzle or a tiny picture each day until Christmas? We had them when I was a kid, though I don’t remember if there was a theme. I recall being envious of a friend whose Advent calendar wasn’t a sheet of cardboard but rather a heavy box that sat on a table. Behind every door was a nook, and in every nook was a chocolate or a caramel or something, well, caloric and desirable. He was … Read More