Protz Memorial Service at Faith Lutheran

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•November 27, 2019• There will be a Memorial Service for Bill and Jackie Protz on Saturday, November 30 at 1:00p.m. at Faith Lutheran Church. Bill and Jackie Protz of Sullivan died in an Montgomery County automobile accident Nov. 16 while returning from the Vandalia High School play off game with their granddaughter Jenna and her friend Holly Lidy who both perished in the crash. Services were held Nov. 22 at the First United Methodist Church in Vandalia … Read More

Sullivan Moves Closer to New Metering Systems

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Street Dept. Gets Bucket Truck •November 27, 2019• By Mike Brothers Sullivan City Council approved the purchase of $273,500 in ultrasonic water meters from Mueller Systems at the Nov. 12 meeting. In Public Health and Safety commissioner Chuck Woodworth’s recommendation for bid waiving he explained the Mueller meters provided functions required for the Nextgrid meter conversion of the city’s utility metering systems. The bid was approved unanimously. Competitive bids for a Small Wheel Loader for the department were opened with Commissioner Woodworth reserving a vote until a review of the bids which ranged from $59,650 to $99,700. Street and Public … Read More

Sullivan Show Choirs Preview For Food

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•November 27, 2019• Sullivan Show Choirs preview night is coming at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18. It is held in conjunction with a community food drive for the Moultrie County Food Pantry. Two nonperishable food items are the price of admission. For that you receive season preview performances by Sullivan’s show choirs at Sullivan High School. Proceeds benefit the Sullivan Food Bank. The Show Choir Preview/Community Food Drive is hosted by the Sullivan Singers Booster Club and Sullivan CUSD #300. … Read More

OVHS Boy’s Basketball Team Returns with Experience

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•November 27, 2019• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor For the Okaw Valley boys’ basketball team to be successful this season, the Timberwolves will have to take advantage of its energy and game plans to over its lack of height. OV returns five letter winners and quite a bit of experience. “We don’t have much height, but we make up for that with effort and execution,” said coach Brooks Inman. “We will have to be fundamentally sound on defense and on the glass.” … Read More

ALAH Girls Basketball Wins Opener

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•November 27, 2019• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor The Arthur-Lovington-Atwood-Hammond girls’ basketball team won its season opener at home last Monday. The Knights dismantled Meridian 52-18 with help from a defense that held the Hawks to six points or less in each quarter. … Read More

Lovington Church Live Nativity

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•November 27, 2019• The Lovington First Church of God will be presenting their annual live nativity event, “O Come Let Us Adore Him” on Saturday, December 7th ,2019 from 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 pm at the Family Life Center located at 305 West State Street in Lovington, IL. Everyone is invited to come share the nativity experience featuring character portrayals, angels, and a stable full of live animals. Hot chocolate and cookies will be served and kids can make a Christmas keepsake stocking to take home. New this year will be a closing candlelight service at 7:00 p.m. which will … Read More

Recent Obituaries: Theresa Davis

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Theresa Davis Theresa Ann Davis, 62, of Lovington, passed away at 8:55 p.m. Tuesday, November 19, 2019, at Eastview Terrace, Sullivan. Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, November 23, 2019, at McMullin-Young Funeral Home, Lovington. Visitation will be held an hour prior to the services Saturday at the funeral home. Burial will be in Keller Cemetery, Lovington. Memorials may be made to the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America: 322 Eighth Avenue, 16th Floor, New York, NY 10001 Theresa was born September 20, 1957, in Decatur; the daughter of Joe and Joan (Wood) Davis. She loved music, singing and … Read More