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5 days ago | 
taylorvilledailynews.com | Leroy Kleimola |Greyson Baumann
The Chautauqua Auditorium in Forest Park in Shelbyville hosted Chet Kingery Memorial Bluegrass Festival this past Friday night and Saturday for the 2nd consecutive year.
A host of top bluegrass bands performed, hosted by the band Mackville. Here’s a little of Mackville’s music that was heard this past weekend.
WMKR Genuine Country 94-point-3 broadcast live interviews with members of several different bands, from the event’s Green Room Saturday morning.
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5 days ago | 
taylorvilledailynews.com | Leroy Kleimola |Greyson Baumann
The Chautauqua Auditorium in Forest Park in Shelbyville hosted Chet Kingery Memorial Bluegrass Festival this past Friday night and Saturday for the 2nd consecutive year.
A host of top bluegrass bands performed, hosted by the band Mackville. Here’s a little of Mackville’s music that was heard this past weekend.
WMKR Genuine Country 94-point-3 broadcast live interviews with members of several different bands, from the event’s Green Room Saturday morning.
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5 days ago | 
taylorvilledailynews.com | Leroy Kleimola |Greyson Baumann
The Taylorville Kiwanis Club this week awarded 2 $1000 scholarships to 2 Taylorville High School seniors at the school’s recent Scholarship Night.
The pair were selected by a committee of Kiwanis members from several entries received.
Awarded $1000 Kiwanis scholarships were T-H-S seniors Alivia Kent and Sophie Robinson. Kent was presented her scholarship by Kiwanis past president Chuck Martin. Robinson was ill and unable to attend.
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6 days ago | 
taylorvilledailynews.com | Leroy Kleimola |Greyson Baumann
People First Bancshares Inc. recently held its annual meeting at Peoples Bank & Trust in Pana, Illinois, where the organization reviewed the past year’s performance and recognized changes in its leadership team.
The Board of Directors honored director emeritus Michael Trexler for his 31 years of service upon his retirement. The board also welcomed Robert Swartz, who joined the company's Board of Directors in the previous year.
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6 days ago | 
taylorvilledailynews.com | Greyson Baumann |Leroy Kleimola
The Greater Taylorville Chamber of Commerce remains committed to the businesses and members they serve. The GTCC has been working to revamp their website features, offer more tools and lines of communication with their members, and more. All this while still working to plan out their 40th Annual Chillifest, come this October. Krystal Baker, Board President of the Greater Taylorville Chamber of Commerce, details the changes made to their website and the information available.
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6 days ago | 
taylorvilledailynews.com | Leroy Kleimola |Greyson Baumann
Children from across the area gathered on April 30 for a colorful evening of creativity at the Mini Masterpieces Workshop, hosted by Illinois 4-H. The event gave young participants the chance to paint, color, and craft their own original pieces of art in a fun and relaxed setting.
Laughter and bright colors filled the room as kids explored their artistic side, producing artwork they were proud to take home.
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6 days ago | 
taylorvilledailynews.com | Leroy Kleimola |Greyson Baumann
Taylorville Junior High School has announced its April Staff Spotlight recipients, recognizing both a certified and non-certified staff member for their outstanding contributions to the school community.
The Red Apple Award for April has been awarded to Mrs. Melissa Febus, who teaches 6th grade English-Language Arts and also serves as the sponsor of the TJHS Drama Club.
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1 week ago | 
taylorvilledailynews.com | Greyson Baumann |Leroy Kleimola |Reid Kamhi
As of 2022, 1 out of 8 children in Christian County, is struggling with food insecurity. This number only gets worse when school is out of session. The Taylorville Food Pantry expects, and welcomes, the surge in numbers that comes around every Summer. Amy Hagen, Co-Coordinator of the Taylorville Food Pantry, is already working to prepare for the increase. Hagen says food insecurity is an issue year-round, that really ramps up when schools close.
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1 week ago | 
taylorvilledailynews.com | Leroy Kleimola |Reid Kamhi |Greyson Baumann
An early morning fire caused significant damage to a home in Taylorville on Thursday. Around 2:30 a.m., the Taylorville Fire Department was dispatched to the 400 block of West 1st Street for a report of a garage on fire.
Upon arrival, crews found the garage fully engulfed, with flames spreading to the home and two vehicles in the driveway. Firefighters quickly knocked down much of the exterior fire before moving inside to battle the flames on the residence's second floor.
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1 week ago | 
taylorvilledailynews.com | Greyson Baumann |Reid Kamhi |Leroy Kleimola
Christian County Emergency Management Agency involves more working pieces behind the scenes, than you might imagine. Joint efforts require all first responders to be on the same page in case of severe weather. The same could be said about your favorite event or festival too. Jeff Stoner, Director of the Christian County Emergency Management Agency, starts by detailing the amount of manpower required to prepare for inclement weather.
