🌱 How Shelbyville’s baseball and softball teams fared in Tuesday’s games
Shelbyville, Illinois Patch AM: a 4 min readHi Shelbyville! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- How Shelbyville’s baseball and softball teams fared in Tuesday’s games
- How a Shelbyville lawmaker is fighting a new school history mandate
- Where Shelbyville’s pump park fits in Central Illinois’ skate scene
Also on today's calendar: Chet Kingery Memorial Bluegrass Festival - SATURDAY ONLY and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: How do you measure a fish? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: Pleasantly warm with some sun, with a high of 77 and low of 56 degrees.
- Thursday: Partly sunny and warm, temps: high: 79, low: 62.
- Friday: Cloudy, a shower and t-storm, with a high of 73 and low of 51 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Highlights/scores: Central Illinois sports (04/20/26) (wcia.com) — Shelbyville athletes had a big day on the diamond, with the baseball team routing Meridian 17–0 while the softball squad fell just short in an 11–10 heartbreaker to Meridian. The roundup also highlights many other Central Illinois high school and junior college results from Tuesday’s action. 
• School cellphone ban, pet custody bills among hundreds advancing (myjournalcourier.com) — Shelbyville residents may want to watch a new state proposal that Rep. Brad Halbrook opposed, arguing that adding “Latin Americans” to required history curriculum could raise local property taxes. That bill is one of many advancing in Springfield, alongside a statewide classroom cellphone ban, changes to bereavement leave, pet custody rules, and other measures that could gradually affect schools, workplaces, and services here.
• Evan Mitchell speaks on the process of getting a skateboard park in Taylorville (nprillinois.org) — Shelbyville gets a shout-out here for having at least a pump-style skate park, possibly now with ramps, as part of a broader look at skate spots across Central Illinois. The conversation centers on Taylorville’s Zaden Dudra Memorial Skateboard Park effort, but also maps out free and low-cost parks in nearby towns that local skaters can road-trip to.
📸 Around Shelbyville
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★ Featured events ★
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Life Skills Class
Hardy's House of Herbs, 302 Dayton St, Tower Hill
9:00 am
Saturday May 2
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Other local events
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PROM DANCE
Shelbyville High School Shelbyville, IL 62565
8:00 pm -
5-8 Choir/Band Spring Concert @ HS Auditorium
Shelbyville High School Shelbyville, IL 62565
6:00 pm -
SENIOR AWARDS NIGHT
Shelbyville High School Shelbyville, IL 62565
7:00 pm -
HS Band Choir & Ukulele Spring Concert @ HS Auditorium
Shelbyville High School Shelbyville, IL 62565
6:00 pm -
Chet Kingery Memorial Bluegrass Festival - SATURDAY ONLY
Chautauqua Auditorium , forest Park and North , E North 9th St , Shelbyville
5:00 pm -
Chet Kingery Memorial Bluegrass Festival 2026
Chautauqua Auditorium , forest Park and North , E North 9th St , Shelbyville
5:00 pm -
Lonesome River Band
Forest Park , E North 9th St , Shelbyville
2:00 pm
Saturday April 25
Tuesday April 28
Wednesday April 29
Thursday April 30
Friday May 8
Saturday May 9
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🗓 Events Nearby
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PROM DANCE
Shelbyville High School Shelbyville, IL 62565
8:00 pm -
Memory Café @ Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library – Sullivan, IL
Elizabeth Titus Memorial Library , 2 W Water St , Sullivan
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HS Track Meet @ Cowden-Herrick
Cowden-Herrick Findlay, IL 62534
4:00 pm -
JV Softball vs. Warrensburg-Latham
Okaw Valley Middle School Findlay, IL 62534
4:30 pm
Saturday April 25
Sunday April 26
Tuesday April 28
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Tractor Supply posted a job opening for Team Member in Shelbyville. Apply here.
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🗞 Nearby News
Pana
- Alice DeRight Kern, 93 (thejournal-news.net)
- John Ross Carnahan (komc.com)
Sullivan
- ALAH High School girls' track and field in two meets last week – win 7-team meet at W-L (thecounty-chronicle.com)
- Harold 'Les' Elder ... ran Milton news Facebook page; at 77 (therochestervoice.com)
Mattoon
- Mattoon invests in new equipment and testing after water contamination (wandtv.com)
- Mattoon Baseball Recap vs. Taylorville (myradiolink.com)
Ok Shelbyville! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: By inches because they have no feet. (Thank you Gypsy S. for sending it in!)
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