The JMH Market set to open May 3

A program sponsored by Jacksonville Memorial Hospital will again allow shoppers to use a Link card to purchase food at the Jacksonville Farmers Market, which opens for the season on Saturday, May 3, and runs through Oct. 25.

Curbside recycling halted in Chapin

GFL has discontinued curbside recycling in the Village of Chapin. Instead, two recycling containers will be placed at Village Hall.

Virginia to finalize Portrait of a Graduate

What is Portrait of a Graduate? It is a comprehensive framework outlining the desired knowledge, skills, and attributes a school or district aims for students to achieve by graduation. It is a collective vision often developed with the community input, that goes beyond traditional academic measures and emphasizes future-ready skills like critical thinking, communication, and collaboration.

One for the Books!

For the first time since 2011 a Beardstown High School Track and Field record has been broken. Congratulations go out to Diana Huerta who broke the school record in the triple jump with a leap of 34'7.5"at the Chuck Danner Invite last Saturday.

PORTA-AC Central Track Report

The PORTA-AC Central Track team participated in two meets last week with both the boys’ and girls’ teams placing second out of five teams at Williamsville last Tuesday.

Tough sledding for Lady Tiger Soccer

An inability to put the ball in the goal has led to a tough stretch for the Beardstown High School girls’ soccer team. The Lady Tigers went 0-3-1 last week to fall to 1-7-1 on the season.

Virginia-Triopia Track results

Both the Virginia-Triopia High School and Junior High School track teams had two meets last week with both junior high events getting cut short due to the weather. The high school teams placed seventh out of seven teams at both the girls’ and boys’ meet last Tuesday at Rushville with the girls taking third and the boys placing seventh out of ten teams on Wednesday at Pittsfield.

Tigers unbeaten in conference play

Three West Central Conference wins highlighted a 3-1 week for the Beardstown varsity baseball team as they moved to 6-0 in the conference and 6-3 overall. The Tigers beat West Hancock and Liberty at home, Augusta Southeastern on the road and lost to Pittsfield at home.

440 Custom Meats and Market opens

Andy and Angela Carpenter, along with many family and friends, held a ribbon cutting ceremony on April 12to recognize the opening of their family owned and operated high quality, custom-cut meat products, both fresh and frozen.