Cass County Board recognized the accomplishments of the Beardstown Area Special Athletes (BASA) Black Attack Softball team for winning the Special Olympics North American National Championship at its October 13 meeting. The games were held in Oklahoma City, OK, on September 18-21.
Ashland Mayor Nancy Kyrouac mentioned at last week’s village board meeting that the village has had to deal with a pair of hornet’s nests recently. The first of these was at West Park and one resident had been stung.
The Triopia-Meredosia-Chambersburg-Virginia and the PORTA-AC Central High School football teams both kept their playoff hopes alive with huge week seven wins to push their records to 4-3, leaving both teams needing one win in their final two games to qualify for the postseason. The Trojans made a second quarter touchdown run from five yards out by Will Burton at the 1:34 mark hold up in beating Mendon Unity 6-0.
Mayor Tim Harris announced at Beardstown City Council meeting Tuesday night he had received notification from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) that there were some violations at the Beardstown Fire Department. At this time, the mayor and the fire department will have to discuss the issues and determine a plan of action to correct the issues that were targeted.
A-C Central Senior Student of the Month for September is Maximilian Kesselring. Max is the son of Brett & Jackie Kesselring.
The Triopia-Meredosia-Chambersburg-Virginia High School Football team reclaimed the coveted Black and Blue Trophy with a homecoming win over Cass County rival Beardstown last Friday night. Just as importantly to the Trojans, they kept alive their very real playoff hopes, improving to 3-3.
Work on the bridge from Beardstown to Schuyler County continues and repairs are on schedule, according to Paul Wappel, Public Information Officer of Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT).
Sometime in 2001, William “Billy” Reynolds, Virginia, started playing trivia. He was asked by some friends if he would be interested in playing a few games for some fundraising. Billy said he didn’t know how good he would be at it, but why not?
Winning in impressive fashion, the Beardstown Area Special Athletes (BASA) Black Attack Softball Team are the Special Olympics North American National Champion. Unsure of what the competition on the grandest of stages would be like, the Black Attack coaches were just hoping to compete and at least win a game.
During the Virginia School Board on Monday evening, the board discussed being approached by A-C Central School District about looking into the possibility of restructuring with the Virginia School District. Again, this is just a very preliminary inquiry.