Papa John's is officially open today!! The Greater Taylorville Chamber of Commerce, Taylorville City officials, and the Papa John's Team participated in the ribbon cutting ceremony this morning before taking tours of the building. Stop by 1514A W Springfield Rd to see the new Papa John's store front!
The acapella group 'Well Seasoned,’ sing classic Christmas carols inside Karma Salon on W Main Cross St. during Small Town Taylorville's Christmas on the Square event. The group will be singing around the square until 4:30 p.m. Later on, there will be a light parade around the square at 5 p.m.
Our favorite Christmas tradition is listening to Ted Campbell sing German Christmas Carols! Seeing him come into our office brightens our day!
We love listening to Ted Campbell sing German carols every year! It's our favorite Christmas tradition, and never fails to make us smile!
Here's a little about Campbell: Campbell learned how to speak German in high school. When he graduated, he kept the German text books to try to keep up on his studies. About ten years ago, Campbell said he took out his textbooks for the first time in 50 years to try to learn how to sing a few Christmas Carols in German.
“They [the textbooks] followed me through my divorce and remarriage. Now, 50 years later, they’re in my drawer. I got them out to start practicing, but the words just weren’t coming to me” Campbell said. “So, I spoke to the Lord. I said: ‘Lord help me with this please.’ Sure enough, after talking with him, he apparently saw me as a good candidate to sing. That’s what I’ve been doing for the last 10 years.”
Terror on the Square!
TAYLORVILLE--Students from St. Mary's school walked around Taylorville's downtown this afternoon during their annual Halloween costume parade. Look for photos on our social media and our online and print editions.
TAYLORVILLE—Christina Chrisman (center) dances with Tom Wilkerson (left) and Ron Cody (right), from the Ron and Tom Oldies Show, during the Medicare Annual Enrollment Kickoff Senior Rock-n-Roll Sock Hop at the Christian County Senior Citizens Center Thursday afternoon. The event was hosted by Kathie Cravens from Medicare Decisions Made Easy and sponsored by Gregory Horta from Devoted Health Plans. Keep a look out for coverage on the event on the Breeze-Courier website, Facebook, Instagram, and paper.
We hate to see you go... but we love to watch 'Big Boy' leave!
Stay tuned to tomorrow's and Thursday's paper for coverage of the steam train 'Big Boy.'
Hundreds of people came to Nokomis this afternoon to see the steam engine 'Big Boy' on the Union Pacific "Heartland of America Tour." Around 25 'Big Boy' locomotives were built in 1941 at 132 feet long, and weighed 1.2 million pounds.
Indian Knoll 2024 Pumpkin Season
Indian Knoll Pumpkins is the place to be this fall! Located at 2850 N 1000 East Rd. in Mechanicsburg, IL, it's just a short drive to a beautifully quaint and charming pumpkin patch with lots to do for the kids and the whole family!
They have barnyard animals, games, barrel train, face painting, pumpkin painting, kettle corn, apple cider slushies, a food truck, caramel apples and lots of local craft vendors!
The 2024 season will be open from Sept. 21-Oct. 20th. Hours are: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. on Friday and Saturday and 12-5 p.m. on Sundays. They will also be open Columbus Day from 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Follow them on their page for more details or their website at www.indianknollpumpkins.com. Feel free to call 217-827-0317 for any questions.
MORRISONVILLE—Competitors had many different strategies to get their frog to jump, from clapping to yelling to whistling. Over 300 people signed up to participate in Morrisonville's 52nd annual Frog Jumping Contest Friday afternoon.
MORRISONVILLE—Charlee Ferrill competes in the 52nd annual Morrisonville Frog Jump Friday afternoon. Ferrill came in first with her frog jumping 16.3 inches.
COMING SOON!
Indian Knoll Pumpkins will open September 21st! Make plans to attend this year's fun fall festivities! More details to come!
Stay Tuned!🙂👀🧡
