Shelby County News

Gene Johnston of Shelbyville will celebrate his 80th birthday on November 7. Gene was born in Shelby County on November 7, 1929 to Paul and Ruby Johnston.

The Health Fair held at the Shelby County Senior Center had a great turnout on Wednesday, October 28.

Twice in Twenty-four hours the Shelby County Dive has been called out to rescue stranded motorists who made the foolish decision to drive through standing water.

A Findlay mother pled guilty but mentally ill to aggravated battery of a child Friday in Shelby County court.

Shelbyville School District Superintendent Robert Verdun said that on Monday the Shelby County Health Department began immunizing the staff of the district with the H1N1 vaccine.

Shelby County Highway Engineer Alan Spesard is certainly on a roll. For the second month in a row Spesard has hustled area politicians into courtroom B of the courthouse to announce huge road grants for the county.

Agnes Smart of Pana will celebrate her 90th birthday with an open reception from 2-4 p.m. Sunday, September 13, in Tower Hill Lions Club Building.

Ted T. Phillips, 44, Channahon, appeared before Judge Kimberly Koester Monday and pled guilty to felony driving while license revoked, a Class 4 felony.

SPRINGFIELD, IL The Illinois Department of Natural Resources has issued a request for proposals for a new operator for the Eagle Creek Resort and Conference Center, a lodge and golf course complex on the shore of Lake Shelbyville in Eagle Creek State Recreation Area near Findlay in Shelby County.

The Shelby County Board approved a fiscal year budget for 2009-2010 which shows the budget at $9,964,026 and revenues at $9,836,320. That budget reflects a deficit of $127,706. The budget was passed by a vote of 12 yes and 5 no.

Steven Kilcrease, 39, of Herrick, appeared in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections before Judge Michael Kiley and pled guilty to domestic battery with a prior conviction, a Class 4 felony.

Steven Kilcrease, 39, of Herrick, appeared in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections before Judge Michael Kiley and pled guilty to domestic battery with a prior conviction, a Class 4 felony.

Steven Kilcrease, 39, of Herrick, appeared in the custody of the Illinois Department of Corrections before Judge Michael Kiley and pled guilty to domestic battery with a prior conviction, a Class 4 felony.

The stories of Shelby County connections to Abraham Lincoln will soon be popping up in Shelbyville, Strasburg and Moweaqua.

The stories of Shelby County connections to Abraham Lincoln will soon be popping up in Shelbyville, Strasburg and Moweaqua.

Jul. 25--DECATUR -- While the Illinois Department of Natural Resources is eager to find a new lease holder for the shuttered Eagle Creek Resort on Lake Shelbyville, under the best of circumstances, next spring is likely the earliest the facility could reopen, DNR Deputy Director Leslie Sgro said Friday.

Any parent who has had to pay a child's college tuition or is planning on paying tuition can truly appreciate scholarships.

The Shelby County Farm Bureau Young Farmers Committee hosted a Cutest Little Farmer Contest for boys and girls ages one-year-old to three-years old Monday, July 20, 2009 at the Shelby County 4-H & Jr.

A financially troubled eastern Illinois resort has been closed by court order because of mold.

Local attorney E. C. Eberspacher has confirmed that Circuit Court Judge Michael Kiley has accepted the recommendation of the court receiver appointed for Eagle Creek Resort near Findlay and has ordered the resort closed.