Tigers are only local football winner

Beardstown was the only local school to pick up a win in week one of the high school football season, rolling past North Greene on the road 41 to 6 last Friday night.

Robeson retires after thirty plus years of service

At the Beardstown City Council meeting Tuesday nighy, Mayor Tim Harris announced the retirement of Randy Robeson from the Beardstown Fire/Ambulance Service. Robeson has been with the department for over thirty years.

It takes a giant to end Lady Tiger's streak

The Beardstown Junior High School Softball team’s unbeaten streak ended at fourteen games last week, but it did not end easily. In fact, it took a giant to end the streak.

Healing the dent in my heart

It’s amazing how life can change in such a short time. Last week I wrote about getting a dent in my car fixed and this week I’m writing about a dent in my heart.

Beardstown Cross Country

Both the middle school and high school cross country teams for Beardstown started their seasons last week with each competing on the road in one meet.

Knights Softball has winning record

Two wins against one loss last week has lifted the A-C Central Lady Knight softball team to a winning record as they improved to 7-6 for the season. The Lady Knights fell to Athens 19 to 3, then came back to beat Illini Central 14 to 0 and North Greene 10 to 6.

A timeline of the morning of September 11, 2001

On the morning of September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airplanes bound for California. The planes departed from airports in Boston; Newark, NJ; and Washington, D.C.

Knights Baseball racks up wins

The A-C Central/PORTA Knights Junior High baseball team was racking up wins last week. The AC Central Yellow team went 3-0 to move to 4-4 for the season. The AC Black team got a win, a tie and a loss and are 4-3-2 for the year.