🌱 Do you need to object to this Taylorville drainage district report?

Morning Taylorville! We've got the scoop on the latest happenings in town. Read on to get looped in. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• Do you need to object to this Taylorville drainage district report?
• Why Taylorville police delayed announcing this serious felony arrest
• Taylorville-born educator Norma Eileen Jenkins Devlin remembered by family and friends

Today's riddle: What did one tuna say to the other after getting caught stealing files from work? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: A bit of afternoon snow; cold, with a high of 31 and low of 28 degrees.
• Friday: Cold; breezy in the afternoon, temps: high: 31, low: 10. ⛄️ Brr!
• Saturday: Frigid with snow and flurries, with a high of 13 and low of -8 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Clear Creek Special Drainage District, Towns of Buckhart, Stonington, May & Taylorville, No. 98MC1 (breezecourier.com) — Landowners in the Taylorville-area Clear Creek Special Drainage District are being notified that commissioners have filed their annual financial report in Christian County Circuit Court. Anyone wishing to object must do so at the Taylorville courthouse within ten days of this notice’s publication, or their objections will be barred and the report approved without a hearing.
   

• Taylorville man charged with aggravated criminal sexual assault (newschannel20.com) — Taylorville police report that a 53-year-old local man has been arrested and denied pretrial release on a charge of aggravated criminal sexual assault, a Class X felony. Investigators say the case remains active and emphasize both their ongoing work with the State’s Attorney and the presumption of innocence while the victim begins a long healing process.
   

• Norma Eileen Jenkins Devlin - Petersburg Observer & Menard County Review (thepetersburgobserver.com) — Taylorville natives may remember Norma Eileen Jenkins Devlin, who was born here in 1948 and went on to a long teaching career in Petersburg. She is remembered as a devoted sister, educator, dancer, traveler, and crafter, active in her church communities and education associations, and is survived by her husband Bernard and a large extended family.
   

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🗓 Events Nearby

Friday December 12

• Staunton Boys JV Basketball @ Pana
  Pana High School , 201 W 8th St , Pana
  7:00 pm
• Staunton Boys Varsity Basketball @ Pana
  Pana High School , 201 W 8th St , Pana
  7:00 pm

Saturday December 13

• Herbs Class 4 -Medicinal herbs -Teas and dried herbs (Tower Hill IL)
  Hardy's House of Herbs , 302 Dayton St , Tower Hill
  1:30 pm

Monday December 15

• Carlinville Girls Varsity Basketball @ Pana
  Pana High School , 201 W 8th St , Pana
  7:00 pm

Tuesday December 16

• Lincolnwood Lancers vs Gillespie Miners
  Lincolnwood Jr./Sr. High School , 507 N Prairie St , Raymond
  6:00 pm

Friday December 19

• Early Dismissal – Semester Exams
  St. Mary School , 422 S Washington St , Taylorville
  2:30 pm

Tuesday December 23

• Lincolnwood Lancers vs Bunker Hill Minutemen
  Lincolnwood Jr./Sr. High School , 507 N Prairie St , Raymond
  6:00 pm

Wednesday December 24

• Taylorville Eagles Bingo Night @ 217 East Main Cross – Taylorville, IL
  Fraternal Order of Eagles , 217 E Main Cross St , Taylorville
  7:00 pm

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Wendy's posted a job opening for Crew Member in Taylorville. Apply here.
• Kroger posted a job opening for Cashier in Taylorville. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Taylorville here.

🗞 Nearby News

Pana

• Pana High School boys basketball team snag a pair of weekend wins (breezecourier.com)
• Pana City Council has wide array of topics Monday night (breezecourier.com)
• Drainage District No. 1, Town of South Fork, 7066 (breezecourier.com)

Nokomis

• Tigers take down Warriors in regionals (rivercountynews.com)

Rochester

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-- The Patch AM Team

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