Let Daylight Savings Time begin
Daylight Savings Time begins this Sunday, March 9, 2025, by turning or “springing” our clocks forward one hour. But has it always been this way? Have we...
Virginia High School competes in Academic Challenge
Approximately 173 students from 11 area high schools competed in the regional Academic Challenge on Tuesday, Feb. 4, at Lincoln Land Community...
Senior Night victory for Tigers
The Beardstown Tigers closed the regular season with a very busy week, playing four games. Beardstown added a game to the final week when they joined the West Central Conference last year and this year a makeup game added another contest to the mix.
February, acts of kindness month
February is known for Valentines Day, the day for flowers, chocolate, love and all the gush and mush between people who love each other. But what about the other twenty-seven days of the month? What can people do to show that they matter to them? Well, how’s about being kind.
Reader responds to Pastor Burnette's Focus on Faith "Is certainty a sin?"
Dear Editor,I am writing in response to the ELCA pastor’s Focus on faith article in last week’s edition of your paper. She spoke of the sinfulness of...
Focus on Faith – When you fast…..
There are a lot of misunderstandings about fasting. Everyone knows about the classic Roman Catholic Friday fish fry, a delicious affair.
Dailey’s quest ends short of state medal
In just three years of wrestling, Beardstown High School’s Garrett “Chunk” Dailey has come a long way on the mat. All the way to back-to-back...
Omni Energy presents proposal to Virginia school
The Omni Energy Partners presented their findings and proposal to the Virginia School Board regarding their current HVAC systems at its meeting held...
Hennings sentenced to seven years in IDOC
On February 20, John J. Hennings, 42, Beardstown, was sentenced to seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections, followed by twelve months of...
Beardstown council holds special meeting
Due to the lack of a quorum of the February 18 th meeting, a special meeting was held Monday, February 24th by the Beardstown City Council. All council...