For the first time in several years the Beardstown Tigers played on the fourth and final day of the Williamsville Holiday Tournament. The Tigers rebounded from a tough opening round loss to Delavan to beat Deer Creek Mackinaw and Illini Central and earn a birth in the Consolation Championship game. Beardstown ran completely out of gas in their fourth game in four days in the championship tilt and fell badly to Tremont.
Some rough shooting games combined with the usual tough competition of the Lady Tiger Classic led to the host school going 1-3 in the tourney. The Tigers had already faced all four teams they played, and the results were the same in each contest the second time around.
Beardstown Police Chief Martin Coad is shown with Beardstown’s three new police officers. The officers recently graduated from the Macon County Law Enforcement Training Academy in Decatur. Chief Coad said all three will begin their field training January 2. Out of the three, two of them are Beardstown’s first female officers.
A new billboard at the end of Wall Street Extension has raised concern with a Beardstown alderman.
Chris Baer brought up the new billboard saying he thought it was unsightly. He said he wants Beardstown to create a billboard ordinance to address height, size and placement. Mayor Tim Harris said this billboard could be an asset and would also allow the city to place important information alerts, weather alerts, etc. free of charge. It also has been cleared by both the Illinois Department of Transportation and the Federal Aviation Administration.
After 25 years, it is with mixed emotions that West Central Bank announces the retirement of Assistant Vice President Jennifer Carls, at our Beardstown location, at the end of the year. Jenny has been an integral part of our bank family and her willingness to go the extra mile and help wherever and whenever needed has demonstrated a commitment to excellence that we have come to depend on.
The 2023 Dawson Duals Champions, the Beardstown Middle School Tigers! Beardstown swept to the title, defeating Warrensburg Latham 46-42, Stephen Decatur 71-24, Lincoln 60-45, and Seneca 66-42. The young Tiger grapplers are now 6-2 on the season
The second halves of games last week were very, very good to the Beardstown boys’ basketball team. The first halves, well, not so much.
Beardstown trailed Abingdon-Avon (A-Town) 31 to 25 at the half and came roaring back to win 64 to 45 at home on Tuesday.
In their final game before a long Christmas break, the Beardstown Junior High boys’ basketball teams dropped a pair of games to Camp Point Central.
The Beardstown Lady Tiger basketball team is hoping to use the Christmas Holiday to regroup and then get hot and make a run in the Lady Tiger Classic.
The break comes at just the right time for BHS as they are on a five-game losing streak and have already played seventeen games just thirty-eight days into the season. Road losses to Brown County and Williamsville and a home defeat at the hands of Quincy Notre Dame has dropped the Lady Tigers below .500 on the season with eight wins and nine losses.
A dispute between a tenant and a landlord ended with a man going to jail on Tuesday, December 12.
Cass County Sheriff’s Department, assisted by Beardstown Police Department, responded to the call 4:14 p.m. at Lauderbach Trailer Court, south of Beardstown on Route 100/67.
According to Cass County Sheriff Devron Ohrn, tenant Tyler J. Dambacher was arrested for unlawful use of weapon and possession of firearm ammunition by a felon for pointing gun at the landlord. He was lodged in Schuyler County Jail.