Lincoln Land Community College (LLCC) hosted a free, five-day Career Quest Camp, “RoboQuest,” June 23-27 at Beardstown Junior High School. Thirteen incoming eighth grade students participated in the camp, which focused on robotics.
Summer is marked by hot and humid conditions. After all, the band The Lovin' Spoonful didn't sing, "Hot town, summer in the city.
After a colder than average winter that brought deep freezes to much of Illinois, local gardeners might be in for a surprisingly productive summer. While residents may have dealt with an unusually brisk winter, those frosty days were quietly working behind the scenes, especially for fruit trees, leafy greens, and hardy herbs.
Buddy is a 56-pound, English pointer who spent his life hunting and is now retired. He is 13 and still has a lot of energy.
A tough 1 to 0 loss to Rushville eliminated the Tri-County Little League 11/12 year old baseball team from District play. They won their first game of the tourney 10 to 7 over Brown County, then fell to Beardstown 12 to 2 before the Rockets ended their postseason run.
The local Pony League has made their All-Star selections for the 2025 season with players from Beardstown, Triopia and Rushville representing the area. This year’s squad will be composed of DeWade Gaffney, Jack Dewitt, Tucker Sorrells, Liam Skinner, Ashten Guzman, Jonah Behymer and Landon Yost of Beardstown; Lane Fricke, Tate York, and Ben Meyer of Triopia; and Jenson Demoss and Ashten Gomez of Rushville.
There were just two games on the local docket for Pony League last week with two Beardstown teams, Fischer Mowing and Prestige World Travel playing a doubleheader last Wednesday. Prestige got the sweep to move to 10-2 on the year while Fischer’s fell to 4-7.
Two losses to arch-rival Rushville ended the Beardstown 11/12 year old Little League Softball All-Star team’s tournament in district play in Rushville. The Tigers opened with an 11 to 10 win over Pike County before falling to Rushville 6 to 5.
July 1 Results
Beardstown Area Special Athletes (BASA) competed this past weekend in Bloomington/Normal at the Special Olympics Illinois Summer Games 2025 with four competitors bringing home gold medals. Winning gold for BASA in the 400-meter walk (division 4) was Matthew Bradbury and Christopher Evans (division 5).