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An Update From Small Town Taylorville
After the Taylorville Finance Committee voted to defund the organization Small Town Taylorville, there has been a lot of drama that has come to the surface as people have taken sides. Regional Radio News spoke with Steve Craggs, Chairman of Small Town Taylorville, who says that a lot of the issues started with a letter that was circulated among City Council that he says is full of lies. Craggs also wants to know where the letter came from.
Taylorville Ace Hardware Sold
Ace Hardware in Taylorville will have new ownership. Ace Retail Holdings will be acquiring Bishop Ace Hardware, which owns 13 stores, including the one in Taylorville. George Preckwinkle and Lucy Stafford own Bishop Ace Hardware and say that it’s a Grade A store with an excellent community and a great team on hand. The store, which is located at 1713 Spresser Street in Taylorville, will see a seamless transition of ownership and store management, personnel, and product offerings.
Baseball Game Preview: Taylorville Hits the Road
The Taylorville Tornadoes will head out on the road to take on the Normal West Wildcats at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. Taylorville is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak. Taylorville lost 17-8 to Charleston on Saturday. That's two games in a row now that Taylorville has lost...
Champley Wins Music Scholarship Award
Taylorville High School band senior Justin Champley was presented with the Jim H. Smith Music Scholarship Award at the THS Senior Awards Night ceremony on Wednesday. This scholarship was started in 2022 by former Taylorville Director of Music Jim Smith, and comes with a $1000 monetary award for a band or choir student who plans to pursue music as a career. Champley will be attending the University of Missouri next year majoring in music education. We here at Regional Radio News salute you Justin Champley!!!
Nancy Lee Winn
Nancy Lee Winn, 89 of Stonington passed away on Thursday, April 11, 2024, at 6:48 a.m. at Taylorville Estates in Taylorville, IL. She was born on January 6, 1935, in Staunton, Virginia, the daughter of Jesse Colen Campbell and Alice Josephine (McCormick) Campbell. She married Byron Winn on April 9, 1954, in the parsonage of the First Baptist Church in Taylorville.
TMH Auxiliary To Host Golf Outing
The Taylorville Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will host the 16th annual golf outing on Friday, June 21st, at the Lakeshore Golf Course. Costs for the event is $90 per golfer and include 18 holes of golf, a gift, a box lunch, and light refreshments. Becky Murrow, TMH Director of Hospitality, says that they are offering a chance to win a $10,000 hole-in-one sponsored by Keri Austwick with Edward Jones. All proceeds go to support and promote the mission of Taylorville Memorial Hospital and other community and healthcare-related projects and scholarships.
Memorial Health Celebrates National Hospital Week
This week is National Hospital Week, an opportunity to recognize the healthcare workers and their techniques to care and connect to individuals who need their help daily. Kim Bourne, President of Memorial Health is happy to be celebrating these important individuals and also highlights the numerous employment opportunities that are available in the healthcare industry that are other than doctors and nurses.
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.
Christian County Genealogical Society To Hold Cemetery Walk This Sunday
The Christian County Genealogical Society is hosting their 18th Cemetery Walk this Sunday, May 19th, beginning at 1: p.m. at Harper's Ferry Cemetery in Palmer Il. Preparation and restoration of the cemetery have been taking place to not only uncover the history of the late 1800s but also to provide proper grounds to learn the history of the cemetery with informed, time-period actors leading the walk.
Nokomis CUSD#22 Public meeting
On Wednesday May 29, 2024 at 8:30 AM, a meeting conducted by Nokomis Community Unit School District #22 will take place at Nokomis Unit Office, 511 Oberle Street, Nokomis, Illinois. The purpose of the meeting will be to discuss the district’s plans for providing special education services to students with disabilities who attend private schools and home schools within the district for the 2024-2025 school year. If you are a parent of a homeschooled student who has been or may be identified with a disability and you reside within the boundaries of Nokomis Community School District #22, you are urged to attend. If you have further questions pertaining to this meeting, please contact Mrs. Kelly Suey at (217) 562-9346.
Village Of Moweaqua Receives Funding For Replacing Lead Pipes
The Village of Moweaqua is receiving funding from Illinois to replace Lead Service Lines. Illinois EPA Director John J. Kim says Moweaqua is receiving $1,917,810 in funding to replace those lines as well as water meters that contain lead in the community. The funding is provided through the IEPA’s State Revolving Fund. This provides low-interest loan funding for drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater projects. The funding is in the form of principal forgiveness, so the Village of Moweaqua will not have to repay any of the money.
Prep Spotlght: Runkel leads Rochester baseball past Mt. Zion with homer
Here are high school results from The State Journal-Register's coverage area for May 15-16: More: How Litchfield baseball went from 9-23 to a chance at school record for wins More: SHG's Jake Kepler wreaks just as much havoc in baseball as does in football More: Sturdy, Patterson say pros outweigh cons of having fathers as coaches ...
Blood Drive Coming To Assumption
There will be a blood drive in Assumption at the end of the month. Assumption Community will host a Community Blood Drive with ImpactLife. The blood drive will be from 3:30 PM to 6 PM on Thursday, May 30th, at 225 North Chestnut, inside the donor bus. To donate, you may contact ImpactLife Springfield at 800-747-5401 or visit www.bloodcenter.org and use the code 60003 to locate the drive. Appointments are requested.
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