Beardstown High School Athletic Director Elliot Craig and the Board of Education are in the market for a new varsity boys’ basketball coach for the 2024-2025 season.
Due to family concerns, head coach Eric Anderson recently made the tough but necessary decision to step down from the position. Anderson spent the past nine years as the top cat for the Tigers posting a 123-133 record including a very fine 22-10 season last year.
An exciting opening round win by the Beardstown 11/12-Year-Old All Star Softball team over Pike County on Monday, June 24, sent them to the winner’s bracket. They were set to face off against host Rushville at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25.
Summer Hoops. Lucie Dion pursues a tipped ball near the sideline. | Letting fly with a three pointer! | Addison Rohn just gets the jumper off for Triopia. | “Throw it to me!”
Leah is about three years old. She loves to find a cozy spot in her room and would make a great addition to your couch! She is a very sweet girl who loves attention but most likely won’t beg for it. She has beautiful eyes that are light brown with dark brown spots in them. This beautiful girl, along with all other animals at SCHS will be spayed/neutered, microchipped, and vaccinated before adoption. You can meet Leah and all pets at Schuyler County Humane Society, 17000 County Farm Road in Rushville. Visitor hours are Tuesdays from 4-7 p.m., Saturdays from 9 a.m.-noon, and Sundays from 11 a.m.- 2 p.m. You can also make an appointment by calling (217) 322-2220. Applications are available online at https://schuylerhs.com/adopt/application/.
Emily Lin, a university student from the University of Mississippi, is helping families this summer with their at-home learning. Her hometown being in Mississippi, she’s participating in a long-standing sales and leadership program that finds her talking to thousands of families and learning the ins and outs of running a business in Cass County. She is living in Springfield with a local family who is hosting her for the summer.
June 25th would have been my 58th wedding anniversary. It’s not really a sad day for me because the 25 years I had Chuck were wonderful with lots of laughs and precious memories.
On June 25, 1966, it was every bit as hot then as it was this year. The heat and humidity were horrendous and the worse part; there was no air-conditioning. We were married at my home as I was still living with my parents.
The Book of Judges is a Christian favorite. From Ehud slaying the fat man Eglon to Gideon selecting the 300 weirdos who lap water like dogs as his army to Samson slinging jawbones, Judges provides a host of wild and fantastical stories. From laughter to fascination to frustration, this book offers so many unique details that stick in our minds from a young age. Who doesn’t love Jael pounding a tent peg through Sisera’s skull?
The Cass County Courthouse will be closed on Thursday, July 4, 2024 for Independence Day
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Courthouse and Jail Committee scheduled for July 4 has been changed to 5 p.m. Monday, July 1 at the Courthouse in Virginia.
New Illinois, Inc. held an informational event at Godfather’s Pizza, in Springfield on June 18. Speakers included New Illinois Sangamon County Chair Lynn Wilson and New Illinois Board Chair G.H. Merritt.
New Illinois is one of the leading organizations in the movement to create a new state separate from the current State of Illinois, Chicago, and Urban Cook County.
The Village of Chapin is accepting applications for water superintendent as the current superintendent has resigned for personal reasons.
Elsewhere in the utilities/streets report from a recent meeting: Illinois DOC inmates have been in the village on a mowing detail.