THE TAYLORVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT HELD THEIR ANNUAL AWARDS BANQUET SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE MOOSE LODGE.

MANY PAST AND PRESENT FIRE DEPARTMENT MEMBERS WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR SERVICE.

CODY ROGERS, NICK HACKNEY, TOM CAMPBELL AND JOSH REID RECEIVED MEDALS FOR SAVING LIVES AT A 2010 STRUCTURE FIRE.

FOUR MEN WERE ALSO RECOGNIZED FOR SAVING A LIFE IN A DECEMBER 2013. THOSE RECOGNIZED WERE MATT PETERS, MATT ADERMANN, MATT PHILLIPS AND KYLE RENTFROW.

SPECIAL HONOR WENT TO STEVE WITT WHO WAS RECOGNIZED FOR RECEIVING HIS TWENTY-FIVE YEAR AWARD WITH THE TAYLORVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

THE STAFF AT WTIM/WMKR/WRAN RADIO WERE RECOGNIZED AND RECEIVED A SPECIAL PLAQUE FOR THE OUTSTANDING MANNER IN WHICH THEY REPRESENT THE TAYLORVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE LOCAL MEDIA.