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Illinois State Fair

Capital Area Region

State Fair to reopen with new attractions, indoor mask mandate

SPRINGFIELD (Capitol News Illinois) – After a one-year interruption last year due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Illinois State Fair in Springfield is set to reopen Thursday, Aug. 12, with some new attractions and new safety requirements. Among the new requirements, Illinois Department of Agriculture Director Jerry Costello II said during a media briefing Friday, will be a mask mandate at all indoor venues. “It's important for fairgoers to know that we will be following (Centers for Disease Control and […]

todayAugust 7, 2021 54

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 10

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 31

Interstate 55 collision

East Central Illinois Region

Two injured in Interstate 55 collision Saturday

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 49

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 167

East Central Illinois Region

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

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 69

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 295

Coalton

East Central Illinois Region

Coalton receives updates on EJ Water project in June meeting

Prior to the monthly meeting of the Coalton village board on Wednesday, June 9, members of the board stood outside the village hall where the “cake” for Montgomery County’s bicentennial celebration stood. Once the meeting began, there was limited business for the board to discuss. Update on EJ Water Cooperative project Most of the meeting was dedicated to updates related to the EJ Water Cooperative project, which was having some slight procedural hiccups. There are some final business items that […]

todayJune 16, 2021 74

Tony Brown

Illinois

Brown to retire after 31 years

DECATUR -- Following speculation of a potential appeal of a recent court decision, it appears that current Macon County Sheriff Tony Brown has something in mind: retirement from public service in law enforcement. This bombshell came forth during a press conference on Friday, June 4 at the Macon County Law Enforcement Center in Decatur, with legal counsel Chris Sherer present, in which he had also announced that he will not appeal the court decision recently ordered by Champaign County Circuit […]

todayJune 9, 2021 78

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