Illinois College has again earned reaffirmation of accreditation from the Higher Learning Commission (HLC), a distinction the College has proudly maintained for over 100 years. The College was granted a 10-year reaffirmation of accreditation with no follow-up reports required.
The Illinois State Police (ISP) is reminding motorists about school zone speed laws and sharing the road safely with buses as schools around the state prepare to open their doors for the new academic year.
DeSollar Agency, Inc and Wessler Bros Agency of Arenzville merged in 2007 and the DeSollar & Wessler Bros Agency, LLC was created. Ryan and Abigail Miller have continued the standard of excellence in insurance and real estate that William H DeSollar and later William R.
The Beardstown Area Special Athletes Black Attack softball team will be headed to the State Tournament in Springfield on September 6 and 7. The Black Attack qualified with a 13 to 5 victory in the Region H Title game, also in Springfield, last weekend.
Menard Electric Cooperative (MEC) and CoBank have joined forces to provide donations to three community service entities as part of CoBank’s Sharing Success Program. As a member of CoBank the cooperative can nominate organizations for a matching donation from CoBank.
Beardstown is lucky to have a very energetic, people-oriented Executive Director of the Chamber of Commerce and C.O.N.N.E.C.T. named Crystal Bell at the helm.
August is National Wellness Month, a time dedicated to taking care of yourself in all dimensions of well-being. Employers can offer unique opportunities to inspire small, daily changes to lead to long-term health benefits for employees.
The Beardstown Junior Football League will be holding a free Youth Football Camp for fourth through sixth graders Tuesday August 5th through Thursday August 7th from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
The A-C Central and PORTA school boards met last week in the A-C Central district office to discuss reorganization between the two school districts and a feasibility study on this topic. No decisions were made at the meeting but each of the boards will consider the issue at their next respective meetings.
The Beardstown 9/10-year-old softball all-star team won twice in district play but it was not enough to advance as losses to Tri-County and Rushville eliminated them from postseason play. Tri-County knocked off the Lady Tigers 10 to 3 in the opening round, then Beardstown bounced back to beat Brown County 16 to 1 and Pike County 12 to 3 before falling to Rushville 7 to 2.