Leroy Kleimola

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.