Two Beardstown Lady Tiger high school tracksters have qualified for the IHSA State Track and Field Championships to be held starting Friday, May 17 at Eastern Illinois University.
The Lady Tigers traveled to Metamora last Wednesday for the Class 2A sectional and finally lucked out with some good weather. Against some very tough competition, the Lady Tigers did a great job of representing Beardstown in their first appearance in Class 2A track.
The Beardstown girls’ soccer team won their final game of the regular season to move to 10-8-2 on the season and guarantee a winning record for the third straight year. After the program started its existence with eight consecutive losing seasons, the Tigers will finish above .500 for the third straight time. New coach Francisco Hernandez will lead the Lady Tigers into post season play at 10:00 a.m. May 11, this Saturday, at Monmouth-Roseville against the Depue Coop.
The Triopia Scholastic Bowl Team narrowly missed making the playoff rounds in a recent national quiz bowl tournament. Triopia was one of twelve Illinois teams competing at the National Academic Quiz Tournaments’ Small School National Championship Tournament in Chicago. There were 142 teams from around the nation in Chicago contending for top honors.
Beardstown Police Chief Martin Coad approached the Beardstown City Council‘s May 7th meeting to discuss the Safety Accountability, Fairness and Equity – Today (SAFE-T) Act.This new law makes changes to the Law Enforcement Officer-Worn Body Camera Act to require all law enforcement agencies to implement the use of body cameras within a prescribed timeline. Chief Coad said Beardstown’s timeline is December 31, 2024. That means, the cameras must be purchased, in place and operational by that time or the department will be out of compliance with this new state law.
Much of Jesus’ New Testament teaching points toward humility. An admirable quality then and now. Of course we know that Jesus came from humble beginnings. Born in a lowly stable in Bethlehem, raised in a backwater town called Nazareth. Jesus was humble and lowly.
The Boy Scouts of America today at its National Annual Meeting announced that it will be changing its name to Scouting America. This change reflects the organization’s ongoing commitment to welcoming every youth in America to experience the benefits of Scouting. The name change will go into effect on February 8, 2025, the organization’s 115th birthday.
Loretta Sandidge, Chandlerville, is a new junior member of the American Angus Association®, reports Mark McCully, CEO of the national organization with headquarters in Saint Joseph, Missouri.
Yep, you read that right!
I get press releases from all over the nation covering everything imaginable. Sometimes I just think people have too much time on their hands.
Last week I got a release about the top best cities and the worse cities for naked gardening.
While there seems to be rumors of several vehicles broken into, only two have been reported to Beardstown Police.
Chief Martin Coad said break-ins of a vehicle in the 200 block of West 9th Street and one in the 1400 block of Bay Street were reported to his department. Change was taken out of one and a purse was taken from the other vehicle with $200 in it. He said they are investigating.
What appeared to be a hit and run ended up not being the case. Beardstown Police received a call 6:20 p.m. Sunday, May 5 of a female juvenile that had been allegedly struck by an unknown person on a motorcycle at 517 West 7th Street. The juvenile, who was 11 years old, gave police a description of the motorcycle.