•July 25, 2018• Lovington Village Board met June 11 deciding to include a “no knock” paragraph in the existing Village Solicitation Ordinance and increase the solicitation fee to $100. Trustees Brenda Wood, Pam Anklam, Gary Clem and April Daily voted to refer the changes to the village attorney. The attorney is also in the process of rewriting the Ordinance on Dangerous and Vicious Dogs. … Read More
The action by the Moultrie County Board to place an Advisory Question of Public Policy on the November 6, 2018 General Election ballot concerning individual rights of citizens currently guaranteed to all U.S. citizens by the Constitution seems to be only political in nature. Every Illinois citizen has the right and responsibility to discuss his or her individual opinion about any legislative actions desired with any state and federally elected representative. … Read More
Senior Peace Meal For additional information or for reservations, please call 1-800-543-1770 Monday, July 30 – Chicken and noodles, mashed potatoes, broccoli, whole grain wheat, tropical fruit Tuesday, July 31 – Settlers beef and beans, carrots, biscuits, melon chunks Wednesday, August 1 – Brat, pea and cauliflower salad, tomatoes and zucchini bun, warm blueberry-apple crisp Thursday, August 2 – Fried chicken, mashed potatoes w/gravy, seasoned green beans w/wheat dinner roll, pears Friday, August 3 – White chili, sunshine salad, cottage cheese, crackers, peaches … Read More
•July 25, 2018• Sarah Bush Lincoln’s Mobile Mammography Services will be at SBL Sullivan Clinic on August 7. The Mobile Mammography van helps provide mammograms to women who may not otherwise have access to, or be able to afford these life-saving preventive screens. Women who qualify will receive their mammogram free. … Read More
•July 25, 2018• By Mike Brothers Why do people shop out of Sullivan? The answer was being sought by Rob Young and a group of about 35 people gathered at Cathrine’s 5 West Thursday, July 19. The immediate answer was not quite clear, but plans for future growth were presented. Sullivan Economic Development and Chamber Director Laurrie Minor explained how MAPPING the Future program through the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity can help determine the best course for the area’s future growth. Arthur, Bethany, Findlay and Shelbyville have participated in MAPPING which is multi-year community effort to map … Read More
25 Years Ago This Week Sullivan resident Wilbur Donnell matched five of six numbers in the Illinois Lottery’s $24 million Lotto drawing and won $2,411. Donnell said he purchased five quick pick tickets at Kerr McGee gas station at the coaxing of friend Jibby Florini. He had a cool response when learning of his fortune and said had it been the $24 million, it would have been a different story. At least three Moultrie County National Guardsman who serve with Company A out of Mattoon are helping with the Mississippi River flood relief, while the 634th Forward Support Batallion from … Read More
•July 25, 2018• By Jason Brown NP Sports Editor For five decades, one staple of Sullivan track and field meets has been Jud Cameron. Jud has been a high school track and field official for 36 years and had been a volunteer at Sullivan home meets for almost 15 years before that. When Jud started teaching at Sullivan, he was asked to help out at the track meets as a volunteer. “I enjoy doing it,” said Jud. “So it just grew and grew from there.” Jud, who retired from teaching social studies at SHS in 1994, did not stop officiating … Read More
•July 25, 2018• Editor’s Note: The logo for this column started with Bob Best’s column and continued with Marion’s version. BB’s reflected the hopes and ambitions of Moultrie County as we hope to continue. I was sitting in a meeting last week where some concerned business owners were wondering what it would take to get more people to shop in Sullivan. The Moultrie County News Progress has been in business in Sullivan for the past 160 years and in the process has been a part of every Chamber that has been organized and every group that wanted to improve things … Read More
•July 25, 2018• The second annual Steam Threshing Show will be held August 3-4 at the new Illinois Amish Heritage Center three miles east of Arthur. Times will be 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. The 2018 show will be centered around harvesting and threshing oats rather than wheat. The oats will be cut and bound into sheaves by a horse-drawn mechanical binder two weeks before the event after which the sheaves will be stacked into shocks for drying in the field. On the day of the event, they will be … Read More
•July 25, 2018• First Mid Bank & Trust was named 2017 Central/Southern Illinois Community Bank of the Year Award by the U.S. Small Business Administration. This award is presented to the community bank with the best overall performance record for lending to small businesses in Illinois. The Small Business Administration (SBA) is a United States government agency that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses. … Read More