
First EVER State Baseball Tourney and Virginia Redbirds won it!
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of this magnificent feat…
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of this magnificent feat…
As a great regular season draws to a close, the Beardstown High School soccer team has received their postseason assignment, earning the number two-seed in their sub-sectional of the Chillicothe Sectional. They will play the winner of number ten seeded Port Byron and number seven seed Monmouth-Roseville at Quincy Notre Dame at 4:00 p.m.
The high school golf season ended in sectional play for all the area golfers as several local players made it past regional, but none were able to qualify for State Tournament play.
The Savvy Caregiver, a community education program is being offered in Beardstown. Classes will be held at the Golden Age Center, 111 West 3rd Street, Beardstown.
Rich Eckert, president and chief executive officer of the Beardstown Savings, s.b., was elected as an at-large director of the Community Bankers Association of Illinois (CBAI) at the associate’s annal convention held recently in Kansas City, MO. As an at-large director, he serves on the CBAI Board of Directors and its Strategic Planning Committee.
National Newspaper Week is celebrated this year October 5-11. This year marks the 85th celebration of National Newspaper Week. Theme is “Embracing Local Jounalism for a Better Future.
The Triopia-Meredosia-Chambersburg-Virginia High School volleyball team won two of three games last week to improve to 14-6 on the year. The junior varsity won all three contests in three sets and are 11-3-2 on the season.
The Maryflor Mexican Restaurant opened Tuesday, September 2nd offering authentic Mexican cuisine to the people of Virginia on the corner of E. Beardstown and Main St.
For the fourth consecutive week, only one of the area football teams was victorious last Friday night. The Triopia-Merdosia-Chambersburg-Virginia Trojans picked up a huge win, knocking off arch- rival Jacksonville Routt to move to 2-2 on the season.
Several overnight/out of state trips were approved at the September 17th Beardstown School Board meeting.