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CrimeStoppers 1st quarter stats

Loren Hamilton, coordinator for Crime Stoppers of Morgan, Scott & Cass Counties has announced the program statistics for the first quarter of 2025. All the arrests were failure to appear warrants.

Behrends elected to bank board of directors

Alliance Community Bank is pleased to announce the recent election of Missy Behrends to the Alliance Community Bank board of directors, as well as to the board of AC Bancorp, Inc., the holding company of Alliance Community Bank.

Omni Energy presents to School Board

Omni Energy Partners talked with Beardstown School Board members during on March 19 regarding the proposals offered to the board regrading upgrades needed to the facilities on 15th Street. Construction costs are not going down.

How to avoid overdoing it with youth sports participation

Youth sports are wildly popular. According to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association, approximately 61 percent of children between the ages of six and 17 participated in a total team sport at least once per week in 2023.

Pet of the Week

Charlotte was born in 2021 and came to SCHS on August 25, 2023. On September 13, 2023, she gave birth to five babies and she took in a kitten that didn't have a mom, as her own.

AFPD makes rescue equipment purchase

At last week’s Ashland Fire Protection District board meeting, the board voted to purchase a new spreader for $17,668. A spreader is a piece of rescue equipment used to spread metal apart, particularly in the case of wrecked vehicles, to free victims trapped within.