Journalists are invited to join us Saturday, Feb. 10, as the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum (ALPLM) marks Lincoln’s birthday, shares his love of reading and celebrates the ALPLM earning national accreditation. The day will include:
The man who struck six vehicles in the JBS parking lot two weeks ago has been identified and arrested.
Louime Saint Gilles, 32, Meredosia, was arrested for having no insurance, driving without a driver’s license and leaving the scene of an accident.
Stan Fulton of Ashland, was elected to the Petefish, Skiles & Co. Bank Board of Directors on February 16, 2011. At the time of his election, the Board of Directors consisted of Herbert C. Snow, Chairman, Nancy Bley Cowen, Thomas J. Prather, Donald D. Gillmore, Eldon K. Leinberger, and Steve Bitner.
Lincoln Land Community College has partnered with AT&T to offer free digital literacy training classes throughout 2024 to help bridge the technological divide for older adults. A series of seven initial courses is available this spring.
The 2024 Cass-Morgan Farm Bureau Foundation (CMFBF) scholarship application is available online at jotform.com/cmfb1/scholarship or can be picked up at the office at 1152 Tendick St, Jacksonville.
CMFBF is seeking student applicants in Cass and Morgan counties who are pursuing a career in agriculture (undergrads only) and are members or dependents of CMFB members. Past applicants may re-apply. Please reach out to manager, Lindsay Ryan for questions at cmfb1@frontier.com or 217-245-6833.
PACT for West Central Illinois now accepting applications for the 2023/25 program year forpregnant women and children ages birth to four who live in Adams, Brown, Cass, Hancock, McDonough, Pike, Schuyler, and Scott Counties.
Through Head Start and Early Head Start, PACT provides education, health, social services, and parent involvement. The parent engagement component emphasizes parents as the primary educator of their children. The health services include parent education, child health examinations, and where necessary, follow-up treatment in medical, dental, nutrition, and mental health for each Head Start and Early Head Start child. Services are provided either through weekly home visits with regular group experiences for the children and parents or by daily classes.
Monday: Holiday. Tuesday: Meatloaf with beef gravy, mashed potatoes, peas, pineapple tidbits, bread, milk. Wednesday: Baked ham, scalloped potatoes, asparagus, apricots, bread, milk.
Beardstown Emblem Club will hold its annual Chicken & Noodle Dinner from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Sunday, February 18 at the Beardstown Elks Lodge, 205 East 2nd Street. The menu includes chicken and homemade noodles, mashed potatoes, green beans, corn, roll and butter, dessert and a drink (tea or coffee). Prices will be for adults and children 4 to 12. Children 3 and under are free. Carry-outs will be available by calling 217-323-1000. The dinner is opened to the public.
Quincy University named Raven Sweeney, Beardstown, to its Dean’s List for the Fall 2023 semester. Honorees must earn a semester grade point average of at least 3.5 (on a 4.0 scale) to be included in the biannual Dean’s List. In total, 407 students received the honor during the Fall 2023 semester.
A total of 1,183 undergraduate students enrolled at Western Illinois University were named to the Fall 2023 Dean’s List. The total includes 107 students at the WIU-Quad Cities Campus.
To receive this award, an undergraduate student must earn at least a 3.6 grade point average on a scale of 4.0, which equals an A in a minimum of 12 credit hours of graded courses; pass-fail hours are not counted (e.g., student teaching, internships).