25 Years Ago This Week

Area radio personality Griz England was mummy-wrapped to raise money for the Moultrie County chapter of Habitat for Humanity following the Sullivan Halloween Parade. Most of the money raised stayed in the county to be used towards the building of a house for a family in Moultrie County.
The Sullivan-Bethany football team shut out Carterville 27-0 in the first round of the Class 2A playoffs.
Moultrie County Sheriff Rieck Kendall was nominated for State Law Officer of the Year by Voiture 287 of La Societe des Quarante Hommes et Huit Chevaux, a group affiliate with the American Legion. Kendall’s nomination was based largely on his successful two-year sturggle to restore two children to their mother while they were being held abroad illegally by their father.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.