2024 to 2025: How to bring in the New Year
Unique New Year’s celebrations across the globe: It is time to turn the page on one year and usher in another. Each December 31, people all over the...
December is Seasonal Affective (SAD) Disorder Month
It’s that time of year again. The sun comes up earlier in the day and sets earlier in the afternoon. When the chickens are up before the sun and go to...
Pet of the Week
Sunny was born on April 1, 2023. Sunny came to the humane society with a broken tail and a broken leg because she was hit by a car. She had to have her...
Athletes of the week
Daisy Gil: BHS wrestling - Meet champion at Bob Mansell Memorial JV & Girls tournament. | Drew Marr: PORTA/A-C Central - boys basketball, : 11 points...
Tiger Wrestling recap
With a quadrangular and a triangular in the books so far this season, the Beardstown Junior High School Wrestling Team is off to a two and three start...
Bluejay Boys start with 6-1 record
A couple of home wins last week has moved the PORTA-AC Central boys’ basketball team’s record to a very nifty 6-1. On Tuesday, the Jays smacked around...
Lady Trojans fall twice
It was a tough week for the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia girls’ basketball team as the Lady Trojans lost twice, both WIVC conference games. They have now...
Lady Bluejays blast Raiders and Trojans
The PORTA-AC Central Lady Bluejays moved to 10-3 on the season with two very similar wins last week. At Midwest Central on Tuesday, the Jays crushed the...
Community Calendar
Cass County Courthouse will be closed on the following days in January and February, 2025;• Wednesday, January 1-New Year’s Day• Monday, January...
IDOT, ISP: Don’t let a DUI wreck your holidays
This holiday season, the Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police, and more than 200 police and sheriff’s departments are joining...