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It was a train ride unlike any other

Looking to the Past

    Kids and trains held a special place in Frank Trussell’s heart, and he brought the two together on Saturday, March 24, 1951.     Trussell… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

Courthouse News

Courthouse News

    From the Cass County courthouse: Marriage Licenses:     Phillip Matthew Scaff, Bath and Megan Louise Pratt, Bath.     Kent Jeffrey Bigley, Virginia and Mikayla… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

A-C board deals with COVID-related issues

A-C Central students return with smiling faces

    At the A-C Central School Board meeting Wednesday, Aug. 19, A-C Central Superintendent Tim Page reluctantly announced the district would begin the year with… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

Chandlerville board hears audit report

Chandlerville Village Board

    A report from the Certified Public Accounting firm of Zumbahlen, Eyth, Surratt, Foote and Flynn was presented at the Aug. 12 meeting of the… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

A-C switches to remote learning

A-C Central

    A-C Central students were making plans to return to the classroom last Friday but those plans changed when it was learned the Wednesday before… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

B’town students back in the classroom

The new normal — Beardstown students returning to school Monday stood in line for temperature checks before being admitted to the building.  Temperature scanning kiosks scan each student and record their temperature along with a photograph.  All persons entering the district’s buildings must have a temperature scan before being admitted. (Photo by Brian DeLoche.)

District administrators told the Beardstown School Board last Wednesday night, Aug. 19, the schools were as ready as they could be for students to return… Login to continue reading Login Sign up for complimentary access Sign Up Now Close

Cynthia Denise Hager

Cindy Hager

    After a battle with a glioblastoma, Cynthia Denise Hager was in the presence of loving family when she passed away at her rural Charleston, Illinois home on Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, at the age of 61.     She leaves…