Beardstown Police News

Charles L. Frank ,Jr., 37, Beardstown, was given two City Ordinance citations…

Good Grades

College News

Savanah Schwartz, Petersburg, has been named to the  Millikin University is Dean’s…

Community  Calendar

Community Calendar

Beardstown Regional Flood District will meet at 8:30 a.m. Thursday, March 9…

Bread of Love

March 6- 10 Monday- Fried chicken, mashed potatoes and gravy, peas, pears,…

Suzanne Marie Hartung

Suzanne Marie Hartung

Suzanne Marie Hartung, 76, a longtime educator, administrator and activist in Davenport,…

Beardstown’s CB&Q passenger station was last served by passenger trains in 1961, two years before this photo was taken. The building still stands and is used by BNSF Railway Maintenance of Way crews. (Leigh Morris photo)

Looking Back

By Leigh Morris Thanks to the steam locomotive’s insatiable appetite for coal…