Looking back on 2020
Star-Gazette headlines from July – December 2020 JULY 2nd: COVID-19 outbreak…
Wade & Dowland observing its 60th year in business
When Steve Quigg started to work in 1975 at Wade and…
Many area students in the classroom
Beardstown School District 15 is in the Hybrid Learning mode, according…
Your life has purpose
By Brian Kenney Beardstown Fire and Police Chaplain For if…
Chip’s Corner
Potpourri—Region 3 test positivity averages for COVID-19 has ranged from a…
TV features several cooking shows
I watched the baking shows on Saturday. One is from British…
A tale of a troop train, of waving boys and tears
I have another war time story about a little 10-year-old girl.…
Myths busted: electric lights, Eve’s apple and false teeth
Everyone knows that Thomas A. Edison invented the electric light. Everyone…
From home phones to cell phones, from lies to dog-slobber, it’s all that Bell guy’s fault
When Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, he probably had no…
Chandlerville firefighter earns certification
One of Chandlerville’s village firefighters, Cory Simpson, has taken National Fire…