O’Hare Airport: For Many, The Place To Reunite With The Ones You Love Best

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•May 30, 2018• By Marni Pyke Of the Daily Herald It took just seven years for O’Hare International Airport to rise from an unassuming, former aircraft factory to the world’s busiest airport in 1962. Since then, the Midwest aviation hub has witnessed history and sparked an economic boom in the region; but for many across Illinois, it’s the place to reunite with the ones you love best. “Creating O’Hare was a marvelously foresighted decision by the city of Chicago,” aviation expert Joseph Schwieterman said. Chicago leaders chose Orchard Field, where the Douglas Aircraft Co. was building fighter planes, as the … Read More

Albert Beveridge: Sullivan’s Most Successful Public Figure

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•May 30, 2018• The most successful public figure ever to grow up in Sullivan and graduate from its schools was Albert J. Beveridge. He served two terms in the United States Senate and became a leading national figure in the Republican Party and in the American “progressive” movement in the early 20th century. After his career in politics came to an end, he wrote highly-regarded biographies of two of the great men in American history: Chief Justice John Marshall, and Abraham Lincoln. Beveridge achieved this success only after overcoming youthful poverty and years of unremitting physical labor comparable to the … Read More

Airplane Rides Offered At Benefit Cookout

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•May 30, 2018• Anyone donating $25 or more at the June 2 Cookout Benefit for Pastor Brandon Zoll will be offered an airplane ride by John William Durbin. The ride will be over Mason Point and the lake. The cookout is 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, June 2 in the Sullivan IGA parking lot. Pastor Zoll is recovering from an aggressive form of brain cancer, and all proceeds will be given to the Zoll family to help defray mounting medical expenses. The event is sponsored by the Sullivan Ministerial Association. The rides will be available after June 2, and … Read More

Understanding Illinois: Voter Dilemma Haunts Illinois Christian Conservatives

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•May 30, 2018• By Jim Nowlan NP Guest Columnist Christian conservative voters in Illinois must be haunted by their dilemma: Hold their noses and vote for incumbent governor Bruce Rauner in November, or stay at home and let even-more-distasteful (to them) challenger J. B. Pritzker win. Based on an informal poll of my insider political friends, these Christian conservatives will not only have to vote for Rauner, but do so “enthusiastically,” that is, in big numbers, or his bid for re-election is almost assuredly doomed. To review: A little known challenger to Rauner in the March GOP primary captured almost … Read More

Lovington Ready for Junefest

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•May 30, 2018• The Lovington Junefest Fish Fry is from 4:30 p.m. – 7 p.m. Saturday, June 16 in Tom Conn Park. Sponsored by the Lovington Community Club with support from the village of Lovington and fireworks committee, events run from 4-8 p.m. including Collage of Faith, Steve Fleming, Dennis Garmon, Angie Krapf, Keith Wood’s group and Young at Heart. Bounce houses are provided by Okaw Farmer’s Coop. Shopping is available in the park including cotton candy, Kim’s Craftiness, Lularoe, Lipsense, Saving Grace Signs, Shawnee Communications, Three French Hens and Tupperware. Fireworks begin at dusk at the old football field. … Read More

Remember When? 5-30-2018

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25 Years Ago This Week Members of Sullivan High School’s Project Graduation program washed cars Saturday at Gasland. They raised $220 towards the graduation party that will be held at the Sullivan County Club. Car washers included Rhonda Schlernitzauer, Jennifer Young, Melissa Wheeler, Stephanie Moran and Krystal Horsman. Harold White of Lovington was elected president of the newly formed Tri-County EMT Association. Other officers elected by the 23 members are Curt Vulgamott of Cerro Gordo vice president, and Karen Good of Arthur will be secretary. The purpose of the association is to organize volunteer ambulance services in Moultrie, Douglas and Piatt … Read More

A Time to Honor and Remember Those Who Gave All

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•May 30, 2018• By Ellen Ferrera for The News Progress We watched them approach in the distance with flags unfurled taking measured steps as they marched down Water Street towards Greenhill Cemetery. The American Legion Honor Guard and a Boy Scout troop entered the cemetery to the intermittent command of “hut, hut” and took their positions for the solemn memorial services. After a prayer, Marine Corps Major Lynn Lowder addressed the crowd of some 100 people. A graduate of Sullivan High School and a frequent speaker there, he noted that both his parents and grandparents are buried in Greenhill. Major … Read More

Mobile SS Unit Comes to Library

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•May 30, 2018• Secretary of State Jesse White, in cooperation with Sullivan Library, is offering drivers a chance to renew their driver’s license or vehicle registration renewal sticker, obtain a duplicate or corrected license, or obtain an Illinois identification card. White’s mobile unit will be available at the Sullivan Library, located at 2 West Water in Sullivan, on June 21 from 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. … Read More

Obituaries 5-30-2018: Hilda Mercer 

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Hilda Mercer  Hilda May Mercer, 94, of Decatur, formerly of Lovington, passed away at 9:50 p.m. Thursday, May 24, 2018 in her daughter’s home in Decatur. Funeral services were held at 1:30 p.m. today (Wednesday, May 30) at McMullin-Young Funeral Home in Lovington. Burial was in Keller Cemetery in Lovington. … Read More