Happy Birthday to Beardstown’s one and only newspaper! This week’s edition is number 180! That’s 180 years. However, after doing a Google search, it said the newspaper was established as the Beardstown Gazette and the first issue appeared on August 15, 1845. That comes out to 179 years. I’m not going to argue over one year, but the conclusion is this newspaper is old. And it’s still going strong.
New Life Christian Camp will hold its Camp Fusion July 15 through July 20 at the church, 11257 Old Macomb Road in Rushville.
Everyone is welcomed to enjoy all day-time activities and return home for the evening or stay for the 7:00 p.m. service featuring Evanglist Mike Royer and Worship Team Curtis & Company.
Guest speaker, Ronnie Paul, Heneghan and Associates, spoke at the Virginia City Council meeting July 8th regarding the water and sewer infrastructure in the city of Virginia.
Cass County Board approved several appointments to the Cass County Health Board at its July 8th meeting. Board member Eric Snellgrove brought up that he has asked several times for an itemized budget from the health
Beardstown Fire Department responded to a call at 2:12 p.m. Wednesday, July 3 at 1000 East 4th Street to an unattached garage. There were no valuable contents in the garage which had moderate damage.
The Illinois State Police (ISP) and the American Legion hosted the American Legion Youth Police Camp (ALYPC) at the Illinois National Guard Academy at Camp Lincoln in Springfield June 23-28, 2024. Twenty-five 15–17-year-old teens, called Cadets, successfully completed the week-long residency camp.
The Beardstown Grand Opera House will present Little Shop of Horrors, a comedy rock musical with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and a book by Howard Ashman.
Lincoln Land Community College is expanding to offer two new degree programs and one new certificate this fall — creative writing associate in arts, cardiovascular sonography associate in applied science and a workplace dynamics certificate.
The University of Illinois Springfield has released the names of the 698 students who made the Dean’s List for Spring Semester 2024. A total of 104 students in the College of Business and Management;
Nova was born on April 24, 2023. She is a beautiful white dog with a little brown. She is a sweet girl who loves to interact and has the biggest smile. She knows some basic commands and is house broken.