Monday - Chicken breast in herb sauce, fluffy potatoes & gravy, green beans, apricots, bread, milk
Tuesday - BBQ pork chop on bun, baked beans, lettuce salad, pineapple, milk
Wednesday - Chicken, broccoli & rice casserole, mixed vegetables, banana, dinner roll, milk
Thursday - Vegetable beef soup, cheese stick, pickled beets, melon, crackers, milk
Friday- Tuna & noodles, lima beans, pears, dinner roll, milk
Help Central Illinois BEAT THE HEAT this summer with Food Pantry Network – Heart of Illinois (HOI)’s BEAT THE HEAT campaign! The goal of BEAT THE HEAT is to collect donations of needed summer supplies to provide food pantry guests with the items they need to keep themselves safe and healthy throughout the summer.
Meteorologists across the board are warning of extreme weather in the summer of 2024 across most of the continental USA. While natural events such as heatwaves, storms, floods, and tornadoes are some of the more devastating impacts of extreme weather, an often-overlooked consequence is the increase in bug activity. Although bugs generally don’t cause the same devastating impacts as extreme weather events, they can become a severe annoyance, and getting rid of them can become quite costly for homeowners.
You’ll pay more for stamps this month when the U.S. Postal Service increases prices across its services.
The price of first-class Forever stamps will increase from 68 cents to 73 cents on July 14, an increase of more than 7%. Prices for all services will rise more than 7.5%.
A challenging planting season apparently didn’t stop U.S. farmers from seeding a hefty amount of corn and soybeans, according to USDA’s much-anticipated June acreage report released Friday.
Despite wild weather fluctuations in recent months, USDA pegged planted acreage at 91.5 million acres of corn and 86.1 million acres of soybeans. The corn estimate is down 3% from last year but more than a million acres above the average trade guess while the soybeans estimate is up 3% from a year ago.
At the July 2 Beardstown City Council meeting, an agreement was reached between the City of Beardstown and the United Food & Commercial Workers Local 431 representing the Public Works and City Hall employees.
avion, LLC (Savion) announced today the closed agreement to sell the 150 megawatt (MW) Cass County Solar Project to Ameren Missouri. The project, located in Cass County near Beardstown, Illinois, is expected to utilize up to 330,000 solar modules across approximately 1,700 acres, with approximately 600 acres outside the project fence to be vegetated and returned to farming use.
Washington, D.C. – The House Ways and Means Committee voted unanimously this week to advance a bipartisan bill to improve early assessment and diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementia. The Concentrating on High Value Alzheimer’s Needs to Get to an End (CHANGE) Act sponsored by Representatives Darin LaHood (R-IL), Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA), Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Doris Matsui (D-CA), was included as part of the broader American Medical Innovation and Investment Act.
The Illinois Department of Transportation is reminding the public that roadside mowing is underway, requiring drivers to slow down, avoid all distractions and proceed with caution when encountering equipment and personnel. The heaviest mowing operations will continue until Aug. 15.
“Ride for the Blue” will be held July 13 through western Illinois to honor the memory of slain officers, Troy Chisum and Nick WeistEveryone is invited to participate in the “Ride for the Blue” through several western Illinois