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Army veteran returns to family dairy
Veterans are an important part of our population. They train to be deployed to countries around the world in times of peace and times of trouble. And after they have gotten out of the service, some take on another important job in agriculture. Leanne Casner of Rosamond, Illinois, spent three...
Maroa-Forsyth baseball thrashes Litchfield early for 2A state berth
Maroa-Forsyth's Tate Brandenburg and Zayn Giles quickly ushered back-to-back RBI triples in the first inning and the duo combined for nine RBIs en route to a 10-4 victory over Litchfield in the Class 2A Lincoln Land Community College Supersectional on Monday. "It feels amazing," Brandenburg said. "This team chemistry is...
State Senator Advances Healthcare Accessibility
State Senator Robert Peters has advanced the Healthcare Protection Act through the Senate with bipartisan support. The legislation, House Bill 5395, looks to address issues in health insurance, such as "ghost networks," which list providers who are not accepting new patients or do not take certain insurance plans. The bill also extends the ban on unjustified insurance rate hikes to large group plans, ensuring affordable care access.
Taylorville Police Complete Vehicle Weapons Training
Multiple police agencies met on Monday for some vehicle weapons training. Police received a truck from Ford that had been damaged after a recent train derailment, and police practiced shooting out of the front window at targets to learn how bullets handle around glass and to see trajectories. Lieutenant Ben Toberman led the training and said it is important to keep everyone’s awareness up during traffic stops.
4 sentenced for bungled gun store burglaries
A federal judge has sentenced four people for their parts in a gun store burglary ring that tried to grab weapons from five counties in Central Illinois, including McLean. Dezmond Hardy, 23, Shaleik Ward, 20, Terrence Daniels, 23, and Erika Garner, 22, are all from Peoria. They admitted attempting and failing to break into gun stores in Bloomington, LeRoy, Lincoln, Decatur, Spring Valley, and Taylorville in August 2023.
North and Memorial Schools in Taylorville Talk Transition Days
As the academic year for students at Memorial and North Elementary Schools comes to a close, those young learners looking to make a jump to the next building will not be met with any surprises. Principals Karen Kuntzman of North School and Michelle Reiss of Memorial Elementary speak on the planned days they have for students to venture into their new building prior to the upcoming school year to learn the lay of the land, meet some fellow students and ease the nerves of the location change.
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