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Beardstown Grand Opera House will present “Little Shop of Horrors” on July 19 through July 21 at the Beardstown High School Auditorium. Times for the show are Friday, 7 p.m.; Saturday, 2 p.m. and 7p.m.; and Sunday, 2 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at the door.

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Bread of Love – July 22 – July 26

Monday - Chicken penne pasta, cauliflower, apricots, dinner roll, milk

Tuesday -  Roast pork sliced in gravy, garlic potatoes, red cabbage, peach crisp, bread, milk

Wednesday - Ham, sweet potatoes, green beans, pineapple, bread, milk

Thursday -  Maid-Rite on bun, pickles, pickled beets, tropical fruit, milk

Friday - Egg salad, potato soup, 3-bean salad, mandarin oranges, milk

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Bits & Pieces – Celebrating many years in the newspaper business

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. 

Chants of "Stop the Genocide" filled the air as members of the Congolese Community were escorted by the Beardstown Police Department and the Cass County Sheriff's Department to Art Zeeck Park.

Day of Peace held in Beardstown

The Congolese Communty held a Day of Peace on Saturday, July 6 in Beardstown. 

Men, women and children walked from JBS, on Arenzville Road, to Art Zeeck Park in downtown Beardstown, holding signs and waving the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) flags.

Cass Board approves several appointments

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

Garage fire in Beardstown

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.

Little Shop of Horrors Musical Poster

‘Little Shop of Horrors’ at Opera House

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 Springfield Campus

LLCC adding three new programs

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.

U of I Springfield Spring Dean’s List

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;