ALAH Schools Look at Multiple School Opening Plans for Fall

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Vanausdoll Goes to Tuscola By Ariana Cherry, for the News Progress •July 1, 2020• Superintendent Shannon Cheek and members of the Arthur Lovington Atwood Hammond school board discussed what the upcoming school year could possibly look like this fall. “It is a whole new way of thinking and a whole new way of creating,” Supt. Creek began. The school district was still waiting for guidance from the state. Creek stated that more teachers had been added to the committee for remote learning. The district might be looking at a hybrid model, but there are a couple of different plans that … Read More

SES Kindergarten Registration in July

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•July 1, 2020• Kindergarten registration begins July 21 from 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. in the Sullivan Elementary School Cafeteria. If you have a child who will start Kindergarten this fall, it is time to register. Enroll your student, find out about Sullivan Elementary, meet some SES staff, and get answers to questions you may have. … Read More

Jeepin for Jesse is July 11

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•July 1, 2020• Jeepin for Jesse is Saturday, July 11 with registration from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Toy Bar in Sullivan. This year’s theme is Halloween. Prizes will be awarded best costume and best decorated Jeep. Kirby’s Food Truck starts serving at 4:00 p.m. at the Toy Bar. … Read More

Mid-States Tank Quarantined

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•July 1, 2020• Mid-States Tank Co. in Sullivan started a two week quarantine this week after an employee from Coles County tested positive for COVID-19. Emails and phone calls were made informing all employees on Friday, June 26. … Read More

Pools, Water Parks and Beaches Open

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•July 1, 2020• Under Phase 4 of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) Restore Illinois plan, swimming facilities licensed by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) can open at a maximum of 50% of capacity. This includes swimming pools, water parks, splash pads, and beaches. “There is currently no evidence that COVID-19 can spread to people through the water in pools and water playgrounds,” said IDPH Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike. “However, the virus can still spread between people while in the pool, playing at a water park, or in a spa. Make sure to keep your distance from other people, especially … Read More

Vendors Wanted

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•July 1, 2020• The Sullivan American Legion Post 68 parking lot is open for food vendors on Saturday, July 4th. Anyone with a food truck or trailer interested in setting up in Sullivan should call the Post at 217/728-4612 and leave a message. Some vendors have reserved locations in the lot east of the Post where the carnival is usually located. Spaces are available. … Read More

Life for Booths

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•July 1, 2020• Moultrie County State’s Attorney Tracy Weaver announced that after a sentencing hearing a Mattoon man was sentenced on two counts of attempted murder and one count of home invasion, stemming from an incident on February 4, 2019 in Sullivan, Illinois. State’s Attorney Weaver identified the defendant as Alvan Booths of Mattoon, Illinois. At the conclusion of the sentencing hearing Judge Hugh Finson adopted the State’s Attorney’s recommendation of the following sentence in Moultrie County case 19-CF-7: … Read More

Recycled Benches Donated by Girls Scout Cadettes

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•July 1, 2020• Zoe Conlin and Elise Fleming, Cadettes in Girl Scout Troop 3070, turned their recycling project into a memorial for the community. The Girl Scout Silver Award is the highest achievement a Cadette can achieve. It requires identifying an issue we care about in our community, building our team, developing and completing a project related to the identified issue. Conlin and Fleming wanted their community service project to be on recycling. At first they tried to set up a recycling program at Mid-State Tank, where their fathers work. However, we had a hard time coming up with a … Read More