Richard Lee Thomas, 79, of Beardstown died Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, at Rushville Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.

Effective May 1, 2021 the mayor of the City of Beardstown will have the annual compensation of $17,700 up from the current $16,800.

    Marjorie Bierhaus, 78, of Beardstown died while on hospice care with COVID-19 complications on Sunday, Aug. 16, 2020, at Jacksonville Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation.

    Kenneth Oliver “Kenny” Downs, 62, of Beardstown died Friday, Sept. 4, 2020, in Mt. Sterling.

    Gladys Irene Baughman, 67, of Beardstown, died Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, at Graham Hospital in Canton.

    Erma Jean Mahnken, 89, of Pembroke Pines, Fl., formerly of Beardstown, passed away Wednesday Aug. 26, 2020, at her daughter’s home in Pembroke Pines.

    Gary David Greeling, 72, of Jacksonville, died Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2020 at Memorial Medical Center in Springfield.

    After a battle with a glioblastoma, Cynthia Denise Hager was in the presence of loving family when she passed away at her rural Charleston, Illinois home on Friday, Aug.

    Beardstown is known as a “Baseball Town” and it all began back in 1952 when Roy Roberts and Bill Cowen got together to form what is now the Beardstown Little League.