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169 Taylorville High School Graduates Receive Diplomas at Commencement Friday Night
It was a packed house Friday night as the community came to the Taylorville High School West Gym and witness the 169 graduates of the Class of 2024 receive diplomas. The event, which lasted just over an hour and was broadcast live on WRAN groovy 97-point-3, began with the traditional processional “Pomp and Circumstance” as those about to graduate entered the gym. Jay Bliler gave the ceremony’s invocation.
Statement describes deadly fight between Hervey City tow owner, accused killer
HERVEY CITY, Ill. (WCIA) — A sworn affidavit released by law enforcement is revealing more information, including a detailed description of events, about the shooting in Hervey City on Monday that left a tow business owner dead. The affidavit says that the shooting at Five Star Auto Sales happened during a physical struggle between Gregory […]
Police searching for missing 44-year-old woman last seen near Farmersville, Illinois
ILLINOIS, USA — Illinois State Police is searching for a missing 44-year-old woman last seen in Montgomery County Tuesday. The East Peoria Police Department and ISP are searching for Julie Williams was last seen near Farmersville, Illinois, on Tuesday. She is described as 5-foot-2 in height, about 125 pounds...
Taylorville Finance Committee Meets; No Decisions Made On Small Town Taylorville
The Taylorville Finance Committee and Ordinance Committee met on Thursday evening for a 90-minute session to discuss budgets, BDD Application Reviews, and more importantly the future of Downtown/Small Town Taylorville and whether or not the budget would include them this fiscal year. Dyanne Skinner with Small Town Taylorville (STT) gave a presentation to start the discussion and informed the public who attended the meeting. She presented the budget ideas for advertising moving forward and said that the community would miss STT if it wasn’t there.
Manners Park Sampling And Testing Shows No Current Danger To Park
New sampling and testing has shown that Manners Park and the area around Manners Park is deemed safe by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency. Testing was done by Universal Engineering Sciences (UES) to perform surface soil and soil vapor sampling and testing at the Park. The sampling and testing were done to assess potential exposures to Park visitors. More than 20 surface soil samples and six soil vapor samples were collected. Polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons or PNA/PAHs, were within IEPA concentration levels or below those levels. Soil vapor results did NOT indicate an exposure risk via Construction Worker or residential scenario.
Taylorville Estates Takes Pride in Their Community
Taylorville Estates Assisted Living remains dedicated to creating a space where individuals can find independence, an active lifestyle, and the comfort and freedom of living at home. Administrator, Toni Clark says only one room is currently available at Taylorville Estates and the cause of this can be found in the social living, daily activities, and relationships that are experienced in the assisted living arrangement.
Baseball Recap: Nokomis has no trouble against Tri-City
Nokomis had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.5 runs), and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They were the clear victor by an 11-1 margin over the Tri-City Tornadoes. That result was just more of the same for these two, as Nokomis also won the last time the pair played on Saturday.
Baseball Recap: Nokomis' loss ends five-game winning streak on the road
It was a good run, but Nokomis unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Pana Panthers by a score of 5-4. Nokomis was given a dose of their own medicine in this game as Pana apparently hadn't forgotten their loss the last time these teams played two weeks ago.
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