Looking Back
Popular history holds that it was Sir Walter Raleigh brought tobacco to Europe. Popular history is wrong!. Native to the Americas, various tribes cultivated tobacco… Login to continue reading Login…
Opinion
Trivia Too
By Roy Roberts I’m 101 and heading for 104 and God doesn’t seem to want me yet. One of my favorite “funeral stories” was the… Login to continue reading Login…
Bits & Pieces
By Sally Lael I missed last week’s column due to complete exhaustion. I had made a weekend trip to Buffalo, NY, to see my baby… Login to continue reading Login…
Focus on Faith
By Pastor Jarrett Wells Beardstown 1st United Methodist Church “Most, if not all of you, know that my time as pastor of First UMC is… Login to continue reading Login…
Crisis or chaos? Or both?
By Sally Lael As the nation continues to wrestle with the influx of immigrants along the southern border, problems continue to increase in many ways.… Login to continue reading Login…
Trivia Too
By Roy Roberts Mail Call during the war was certainly something that I looked forward to happening. There would be times when I would receive… Login to continue reading Login…
Looking Back
By Leigh Morris Until automobile ownership became widespread in the 1920s, people depended on railroads, steamboat lines and the horse to reach Beardstown for the… Login to continue reading Login…
Focus on Faith
By Rev. Keith Keltner St. John’s Lutheran Church, Beardstown Among the many things Christians confess together in the Apostles’ Creed handed down throughout the centuries,… Login to continue reading Login…
Looking Back
By Leigh Morris Ah, the inevitable passage of time brings change for the better, the worse and what is debated. You be the judge on… Login to continue reading Login…
Trivia Too
By Roy Roberts During the best of my last ten years, I always did our grocery shopping. It was always at Kroger’s, and I knew… Login to continue reading Login…