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Macon Speedway

East Central Illinois Region

Macon Speedway racing canceled due to rain

MACON -- Macon Speedway officials as well as those from the Morrow Brothers Ford MOWA Sprint Cars and POWRi series have announced the cancellation of the Saturday, July 31 event at the track. Steady rainfall hit the area around 7:00 a.m. and isn’t expected to stop until the afternoon hours. Macon Speedway will next be in action on Saturday, August 7 for the Diane Bennett Memorial, featuring thousands of dollars of extra prize money for all six divisions on hand. The […]

todayJuly 31, 2021 4

Macon Speedway

East Central Illinois Region

MOWA Sprint Cars & POWRi Midgets set to race at Macon

MACON -- This coming Saturday, July 31, Macon Speedway is scheduled to host one of its biggest shows of the year, featuring the Morrow Brothers Ford MOWA Sprint Cars and POWRi Lucas Oil National Midgets. The rare doubleheader show was first held in 2019 at the track. Three other classes will also race. A look at the two feature events at Macon MOWA’s 410-Winged Sprint Cars will be making their 11th appearance at Macon Speedway’s 1/5-mile dirt oval. Three drivers have found […]

todayJuly 30, 2021 19

Macon Speedway

East Central Illinois Region

Macon Speedway races ready to win but didn’t

MACON -- For the drivers of the six racing divisions at Macon Speedway Saturday night, many of those who led laps in the feature looked like locks for the victory lane. And then something happened to where that didn't happen. Either a broken racecar or a late-race pass kept traditional and known winners away from the checkered flag. Braden Johnson certainly looked unstoppable in the Decatur Building Trades Pro Late Model class as the first half of the race was […]

todayJuly 18, 2021 15

Illinois State Redbirds

East Central Illinois Region

Redbirds’ Cancun Challenge schedule released

Men's basketball squad to return to event for a third year

FORT COLLINS, Colo. -- The Redbirds men's basketball squad will be returning to Mexico for the Cancun Challenge for the third time. This is according to a media release from Illinois State University's athletic department on July 8. The schedule for Illinois State at the Cancun Challenge will begin on Tuesday, Nov. 23 against local foe St. Louis University. Tip-off for the Redbirds against the Billikens from the Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya will be at 7:30 p.m. Central. The […]

todayJuly 17, 2021 27

Redbird baseball

East Central Illinois Region

Redbird baseball announces dates for July and August summer camps

NORMAL -- Illinois State's baseball program is set to host a trio of summer camps in July and August at Duffy Bass Field, according to officials from the Redbird Athletics office Thursday. An All-Skills Youth Camp will be held July 12-14 for kids kindergarten through eighth grade. All camp sessions will be from 9 a.m. to noon each day. The cost for the camp is $150. Two separate Redbird Prospect Camps will be held on July 20 and August 10 […]

todayJuly 8, 2021 27

Interstate 55 collision

East Central Illinois Region

Two injured in Interstate 55 collision Saturday

ISP: Springfield man drove wrong way in head-on collision

LITCHFIELD -- A Springfield man drove the wrong way on Interstate 55, colliding with another vehicle early Saturday morning. This is according to a police report from the Illinois State Police. Remington Montgomery, 37, of Springfield was driving southbound onto the northbound lanes of I-55 north of Litchfield in Montgomery County. At around 2:05 a.m., Montgomery's 2020 Nissan pickup collided with a 2019 Kenworth semi-trailer driving in the correct direction. The driver of the semi-trailer, Roger Rosser, 56, of Rockford […]

todayJuly 3, 2021 3

Dennis Werth Jayson Werth Werths

East Central Illinois Region

Werths to be inducted into BRS Class of 2021

NOKOMIS -- Several former major leaguers with connections to the area will be among an upcoming honoree induction this fall. In the June 2021 issue of the Bottomley-Ruffing-Schalk Baseball Museum newsletter “The Bullpen,” an Induction Day ceremony is being scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 13 as part of an ongoing celebration of the museum’s 40th anniversary of operations. Tentatively, University of Illinois play-by-play announcer Brian Barnhart is set to emcee the event, as long as his basketball schedule permits. Previously revealed […]

todayJune 30, 2021 85

East Central Illinois Region

Local man in Montgomery County jail on attempted murder, other pending charges

Man drove concrete mixing truck into police cruiser

NOKOMIS -- An area man is currently in jail as a response to a domestic disturbance incident that occurred during the evening hours of Thursday, June 24. Deputies from the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department responded to the incident report at 22204 East 20th Road in rural Nokomis. An unspecified 40-year-old female reported that she had been battered by her 57-year-old boyfriend Barry E. Spears. The victim also reported that Spears had damaged her vehicle with a baseball bat. When deputies […]

todayJune 26, 2021 16

Great Western

Business & Lifestyle

New ownership looks to expand Great Western

“The more things change, the more they stay the same.” That quote is more than valid for Great Western Products in rural Assumption, who has built a 25-plus year tradition in Christian County. “A lot of folks do not realize that we are there,” stated Rocky Franklin, the company’s vice president, from their corporate office in Hollywood, AL. “It just looks like we’re an extension of the property in front of us.” A quick rundown of what Great Western does […]

todayJune 16, 2021 130

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