Community Calendar
The Cass County Animal Control Commission will meet at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, October 23 at the Cass County Highway Department in Virginia...
Kaitlyn Copley
Mustangs outlast Tigers
Playing on Thursday night for the second straight week, the Beardstown football team played much better and seemed to have momentum in their favor but...
Athletes of the week
Favio Flores: Beardstown soccer - He was named Player of the Game in a 1-0 road win over Carlinville. | Laetitia Kanda: Beardstown volleyball...
Good Growing – How to overwinter geraniums for next year’s garden
Annual geraniums (Pelargonium) are among the most popular flowering plants grown in gardens. These easy-to-grow, low-maintenance plants provide color to...
Bread of Love – October 21-25
Monday - Roast chicken with gravy, garlic potatoes, peas and carrots, apple crisp, bread, milkTuesday - Angel hair pasta with meatsauce, parmesan...
Harvest Service at Bluff Springs UMC Oct. 20
Bluff Springs United Methodist Church will host its Annual Harvest Service at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, October 20 with Two by Two in concert with the harvest...
National Dental Hygiene Month
Dental health is an important component of daily life. Although clean teeth and gums make for a healthy mouth, oral health also is tied to general...
Cade Ross punches State Tourney ticket
Beardstown senior golfer Cade Ross is ending his high school links career in style, punching his ticket to the IHSA State Tournament with a nine over...
Three-vehicle crash injures two
People often wonder what the device is for that hangs from the back of a DOT (Department of Transportation) truck. And why that truck drives slowly...
Bits and Pieces – From one career to another
This is National Newspaper Week, October 6-12. That may not mean much to a lot of people, but to anyone in this business, it brings attention to what we...