Sue Weaver-Three Decades at The Sullivan Civic Center

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•January 8, 2020• By Ellen Ferrera for The News Progress December 23 was the final day of a successful 32-year career as Director of the Sullivan Civic Center for Sue Weaver. Her retirement leaves only Bill White as the last member of her original 1987 staff. “I can’t think of a better job than here in this community where my kids could go to school where I worked” Sue said in reflection. “I will truly miss the staff and all the kids.” Weaver grew up in Princeton, IL and majored in recreational administration at Eastern Illinois University where she met … Read More

LLC Offers a Painting with Oils or Acrylics Class

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•January 8, 2020• Lake Land College is offering a Painting with Oils or Acrylics class at the Kluthe Center in Effingham. The eight-session class is available to register and will be on Wednesdays beginning Feb. 12 through April 1 and will meet from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The class will be taught by Vera Keplar, who has a master’s degree in art from Eastern Illinois University and has taught art at K-12 and adult level for many years. In addition, Vera has been a judge for several art competitions. … Read More

Little Redskins Activity Group

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•January 8, 2020• The Little Redskins Activity Program is a playgroup full of learning activities created and organized by students at Sullivan High School. Children ages 3-5 are welcome to register for this opportunity to come have fun at the high school for free. Services will be provided every Tuesday and Thursday from 8:15 to 9:30 a.m. in the high school commons starting January 14, and ending March 26. Please park on the south of the commons in unpainted spots. For more information, contact advisor Heather Hinton hintonh@sullivan.k12.il.us … Read More

Hilltoppers Take OVHS Girls’ Team in Overtime

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•January 8, 2020• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor The Okaw Valley girls’ basketball team wrapped up it fall break with a tough 60-52 overtime road loss to Mt. Pulaski Friday. OV had the lead most of the game, including a 41-31 heading into the fourth quarter. The Hilltoppers outscored the Timberwolves 18-8 in the fourth quarter to tie the game. … Read More

Obituaries 1-8-2020: Eugene Rowe

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Eugene Rowe Eugene C. Rowe, 99, of Sullivan, passed away at 9:46 a.m. Thursday, January 2, 2020, in Decatur Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Monday, January 6, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Sullivan with Pastor Marge Overlot officiating. Masonic Rites were performed by George A. Sentel Lodge #764. Burial was in Marrowbone Township Cemetery in Bethany. … Read More

Jupiter Quartet Performs Schubert’s Death and the Maiden at U of I

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•January 8, 2020• On Tuesday, February 4, 2020 at 7:30pm, the Jupiter String Quartet, quartet-in-residence at the University of Illinois, presents its winter recital in Foellinger Great Hall (500 S. Goodwin Ave). This season, the Jupiter Quartet celebrates of Beethoven’s 250th birthday year by pairing one of his quartets with some of the great composers who surrounded him over the last 250 years. For this program, the Jupiter Quartet joins Beethoven with works by Mendelssohn and Shostakovich. Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 122 is a profound and somber work, written in memory of a close colleague, … Read More

“Desserts with Dove”

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•January 8, 2020• “Desserts with Dove” will be hosted on Tuesday, January 14, noon to 2:00 p.m. at the First United Methodist Church, 216 W. Jefferson, Sullivan, Illinois. Come learn more about the programs and services offered and how you can become involved. • Mary Hughes, Moultrie County Coordinator for the Domestic Violence Program, is retiring – come and wish her well. • Becky Freese has been training with Mary and is beginning as the newest Moultrie County Coordinator, January 15, 2020. • Dove Financial Assistance Program began in Moultrie County in December with Coordinator Rev. Shane Hartman. Dove Domestic … Read More

Attorney General Seeks Accelerated Ratepayer Refund from Electric Utilities

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•January 8, 2020• By Peter Hancock Capitol News Illinois Two of the state’s largest electric utilities owe their customers a combined $543 million in refunds, according to state regulators, but there is sharp disagreement over how much time the companies should have to pay it back. At issue for Ameren Illinois and Commonwealth Edison, also known as ComEd, is money they collected to pay future tax bills before federal tax cuts which took effect in 2018 lowered those anticipated rates. When the corporate tax rate was slashed from 35 percent to 21 percent, both companies found themselves holding onto large … Read More