Bits & Pieces
By Sally Lael This year my high school class will be celebrating its 60th year since graduating. Yes, that’s long, long time ago. A friend… Login to continue reading Login…
Opinion
Focus on Faith
By: Pastor Catherine Burnette First Lutheran Church, Beardstown What does it mean for you to say that you are blessed? The word blessed has a… Login to continue reading Login…
May is National Pet Month
How to choose pets based on your lifestyle Getting a pet can seem like a fabulous idea in the heat of the moment when… Login to continue reading Login…
Looking Back
By Leigh Morris “Baseball, it is said, is only a game. True. And the Grand Canyon is only a hole in Arizona. Not all holes,… Login to continue reading Login…
Trivia Too
By Roy Roberts I have had many secretaries who were college students, and one of the boys told me about a story he had heard… Login to continue reading Login…
Bits & Pieces
By Sally Lael The crash on I-55 last week was horrible and tragic. The crash scene blocked north- and southbound traffic for nearly 24 hours.… Login to continue reading Login…
Focus on Faith
By Daryl Vermillion Pastor, Beardstown First Southern Baptist Church I Samuel chapter 1: 1-28 Throughout the pages of the Bible are wonderful stories about the… Login to continue reading Login…
Trivia Too
By Roy Roberts We all know that Illinois has some of the most unusual town names, like Bath, where my wife taught high school, or… Login to continue reading Login…
Looking Back
By Leigh Morris It had been the perfect Indian Summer morning, raising expectations of an even better afternoon. It was 11th day of the 11th… Login to continue reading Login…
Bits & Pieces
By Sally Lael I haven’t done a lot of traveling but I have done some. When my three brothers and I were kids, we used… Login to continue reading Login…