County Board Learns of Property Tax Changes, Prohibits Cannabis Sales

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•December 25, 2019• By Mike Brothers With the quadrennial assessments published and county tax notices in the mail Supervisor of Assessments Lori Barringer pointed out Moultrie County Board members may be questioned about property tax bills. Barringer explained that the Assessments office staff had logged some 237 hours transferring hand completed Real Estate Transfer Declarations into an electronic format. She emphasized transferring documents into electronic data would improve accuracy as well as save office time in the future. The Supervisor of Assessments reported the Equalized Assessed Valuation of property in the county is $282,990,701 before the Board of Review accepts … Read More

SHS Post Prom Seeks Donations

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•December 25, 2019• Sullivan High School Post Prom is Sat. April 25, 2020 and parents are in the process of organizing activities. Open to all eligible prom-goers whether they attend prom or not the event at Building 1225 is from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. Post prom committee is asking for monitory donations or gift certificates or products from local businesses that can be used as prizes during the event. Donations can be mailed to Post Prom treasurer Lis White at 23 Bradford Hills, Sullivan, 61951. … Read More

ALAH Knights Put Away Shelbyville Rams

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•December 25, 2019• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond split a pair of games against Central Illinois Conferences teams last week. The Knights hosted Shelbyville for a win Friday night but lost to Monticello last Tuesday. Against the Rams at home, ALAH outscored Shelbyville 34-21 in the middle quarters to pull away for the eventual 67-53 win. Freshman Kaden Feagin finished a team-high 16 points, and junior Jamison Rocke hit double digits with 13 points. Feagin also collected seven rebounds and three blocks, and Rocke added two rebounds and a team-high four steals. … Read More

OV Girls Pick Up Two Tourney Wins

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•December 25, 2019• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor The Okaw Valley girls’ basketball team lost to Sullivan Thursday, but picked up two wins in pool play to kick off the Meridian Holiday Tournament Saturday. The Timberwolves defeated Martinsville and Meridian in the tournament to improve their overall record to 4-11. Against Meridian, OV fell behind four points at halftime, 16-12, but outscored the Hawks 20-9 in the third quarter to pull away. The Timberwolves held on the fourth quarter for the 44-37 win. … Read More

Obituaries 12-25-2019: Gail Wolfe

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Gail Wolfe Gail E. Wolfe, 76, of Lovington, passed away at 5:47 p.m. Tuesday December 17, 2019 in St. Mary’s Hospital, Decatur. Celebration of Life services were 11:00 a.m. Saturday December 21, 2019 in the Archie L. Sanders Chapel in Thomason Cemetery in Wayne City with Pastor Rodney Houser officiating. Visitation will be 5-7 p.m. Friday in the Reed Funeral Home, Sullivan and from 10:00 a.m. Saturday until service time in the Archie L. Sanders Chapel in Wayne City. Burial will be in the Thomason Cemetery in Wayne City. Memorials are suggested to the Lovington Community Ambulance Service. … Read More

Secret Sleigh Project Brings Santa To Homebound Arthur Child

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•December 25, 2019• By Ellen Ferrera for The News Progress Three years ago Sarah Portillo in Loveland, Colo. realized she was unable to take her homebound daughter, Lilly, to see Santa. Lilly is a wheelchair bound child who communicates by blinking her eyes. Sarah was thinking how wonderful it would be for Santa to walk through their front door. She talked with other parents in her situation, and they began to solicit volunteer Santas to visit homebound children. On December 15 Alicen Wooley, a homebound child in Arthur received a visit from the most wonderous Santa who was dressed in … Read More

Bethany Legion Post Delivers

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•December 25, 2019• Bethany American Legion Post 307 and Auxiliary recently completed their annual Christmas drive for residents at the Danville Veterans Administration Hospital. Legion members Jack Scott, Paul Snyder and Mike Brewer delivered an assortment of tennis shoes, sweat suits, and a variety of other hits to those veterans at the Danville facility. Bethany American Legion Post 307 would like to thank all those who contributed,helping making the season merrier for those at Danville VA. … Read More

iCash Day is at Titus Library

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•December 25, 2019• Moultrie County Treasurer Stephanie Helmuth announced there is an iCash day scheduled January 7, 2020 at the Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library from 10:30 – 1:30pm. The State Treasurer will be sending down a team to help process claims of those who attend. In a quick search over half the county board members themselves or a family member were on the list. There are county agencies and local businesses listed as well. Many citizens of our county and surrounding are on there too PLEASE check iCash using this link here: https:/icash.illinoistreasurer.gov/app/claim-search If you have property on there you … Read More