It was a light load for both the Beardstown Lady Tiger and the Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia Lady Trojan basketball teams with just one game each last week. Beardstown hosted North Fulton on Monday. Triopia, who went on the road to Carrollton on Monday, was scheduled to play Calhoun on Thursday but the contest was postponed.
The Beardstown Tigers took to the road last week to play a couple of West Central Conference games and picked up two victories over Liberty and Brown County. The wins give the hometown hoopsters a conference record of 2-1 and an overall mark of 8-2.
Two more dominating wins by the PORTA-AC Central Lady Bluejays has pushed their season record to 11-0 and landed them a # 3 ranking in the latest IHSA Class 2A poll. The Jays held both Midwest Central-Delavan and Auburn to less than 20 points and shut them out for an entire quarter in run-away wins last week.
They were two starkly different contests last week but they both resulted in victory for the Triopia Trojan basketball team. On Tuesday, the Trojans turned on their afterburners and raced to a 72 to 41 win over the Payson-Seymour Indians on the road. At home on Friday, the Trojans ground out a low scoring 41 to 30 victory over the Carrollton Hawks.
The First Congregational Church of Beardstown, 119 W. Third Street, will have its Christmas Eve Service beginning at 11 am in the Sanctuary on Sunday, December 24. This is a daylight service, designed for those who have other plans later. It especially works well for families with small children.
Certain sights and sounds are ingrained in the holiday season, from twinkling lights to carols piping over retailers' sound systems. Amid the shelves of holiday wares and delicacies, fruitcake makes its annual appearance.
Information as recorded at the Cass County Courthouse, Virginia. Marriages: None. Divorces: None. Property Transfers: Ewdi Rafael Santana Rosado, Warranty Deed to John M. Chamba, and Karen Garcia for Block 6 in March & Beard Addn, Beardstown.
While the Christmas season is a joyous time for many, it’s also a stressful and sad time for those who have had a life changing event or have lost a loved one.
In our wildest imagination, a mass shooting in our small county of 12,657 would be the last thing to cross our minds, but here we are. Four people died of gunshot wounds and one remains hospitalized. One of those four was the suspected shooter.
In the 2nd chapter of Luke we find what is commonly referred to as the Christmas story.
Luke records there the fantastic details of Christ’s birth in a manger in Bethlehem. As we ponder those details, I want us to see that what seems like the humble birth of just another baby, is in reality the hinge point of human history and part of a plan that was in the making from before the beginning of the world. A plan that moved empires to accomplish it’s purpose.
Living in a small town can be difficult having access to limited stores and items. But how much more difficult does that living become when access to your local store is cut due to lack of employees and openings. This is what residents of Virginia and the surrounding area are facing with the hit and miss closure of the local Dollar General.