Mo. Co. Ag In The Classroom Visits Local Schools With Giant Pumpkin

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•November 18, 2020• By Steph Naylor Moultrie County Ag in the Classroom continues to find a way to interact with the students in the county. After such great feedback teaming up with the Okaw Valley Orchard in September they decided to team up with Buxton’s for October. Moultrie County Ag in the Classroom and Moultrie County Soil and Water district purchased 685 coupons from Buxton’s for a small free pumpkin. These coupons were handed out in a packet along with a pumpkin pencil, pumpkin eraser, and a pumpkin sticker in a small bag to each elementary student in our county … Read More

Sullivan Fire Dept. Adds New Ambulance To Its Fleet

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•November 18, 2020• By Crystal Reed NP Writer The Sullivan Fire Department recently added a new ambulance to their fleet. The ambulance is a 2020 Dodge Ram 4500 and the cost to the department was $230,000. In 2019, the department approached the City of Sullivan asking for money to purchase the new ambulance and four powerload cots. The City granted part of the monetary request through TIF funds so that they could purchase the ambulance and one powerload cot. Just recently the department approached the city again requesting the remaining amount of the monetary request so that they may purchase … Read More

Cost Sharing Agreement For Route 32 Intersection Voted Down

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•November 18, 2020• By Crystal Reed NP Writer A motion to approve an agreement with the Illinois Department of Transportation regarding cost sharing responsibilities for the improvement of the Illinois Route 32 intersection with Moultrie County Highway 4, Section 1,2 N unanimously failed Thursday evening. The Moultrie County Board, in a letter drafted and signed by county engineer Jeff Birch and board chair Dave McCabe, opted to record their opposition to the current IDOT plans for the intersection. The county is responsible for one leg of the intersection while the remainder of the intersection is the responsibility of the Illinois … Read More

Forecasters project long-term deficits, growing bill backlog

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Pritzker to seek federal aid, possible business tax increases •November 18, 2020• By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois phancock @ capitolnewsillinois.com A new report from the Governor’s Office of Management and Budget shows that without significant new revenue, spending cuts or a combination of both, the state will face a budget deficit of $3.9 billion in the current fiscal year and continuing deficits of $4 billion or more in each of the next five fiscal years. It also projects that the state’s backlog of unpaid bills could grow to as much as $33 billion by fiscal year 2026, up from … Read More

Did the whole country go red or am I seeing things?

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•November 11, 2020• by Jim Baumann Guest Writer For those of you who dream of the entire country going red, check out the photo I’ve attached to this column. I grabbed a red onion from the cupboard Thursday morning for breakfast and, as is usually the case, was unable to transport it to the cutting board without losing a piece of onion skin detritus on the floor. “What’s this?” my eagle-eyed wife asked a couple of hours later. It was not so much a question as an admonition. I swear, red onions instinctively shed their skin just to annoy housemates. … Read More

U of I Reducing The Risk

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•November 11, 2020• In accordance with Illinois COVID-19 Mitigation Measures and at the request of the U of I administration, staff in the Unit #19 U of I Extension Offices serving Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Moultrie, and Shelby Counties, will be doing our part in reducing risk in our communities. … Read More

Where is Brandon Stone going? 

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ALAH Principals Present School Improvement Plans Superintendent Cheek shares COVID19 update •November 11, 2020• by Ariana Cherry NP Writer Superintendent Shannon Cheek opened the ALAH school board meeting Oct. 21 with the treasurer’s report, noting that all funds are on track. Cheek mentioned that the district received four very generous donations in the past month. The one of which he is most proud came from Jack Martin, a senior, who donated his time and materials to power wash the front of the school building.  A total of $3,400 was collected in donations from Edward Jones for the FFA and Ag … Read More

Holiday Bazaar

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•November 11, 2020• Windsor United Methodist Church will be hosting a holiday bazaar on Nov 14 from 8 am to 2 pm. Lunch will be served from 11 am to 2 pm. Food being served will be chili, oyster soup, veggie soup, ham sandwiches and desserts. There will be crafts, baked goods and a country store all day. … Read More