Bluff Springs

The last day for the Bluff Springs Post Office is August 31. Beardstown Postmaster Greg Duncan said they will start moving things out Augsut 24th. Most of Bluff Springs mail will be routed through the Virginia Post Office.

1861 Post Office at Bluff Springs to close

Patrons of the Bluff Springs Post Office have received a notification dated May 31, 2024, with the SUBJECT: Temporary closure of the Bluff Springs Post...

The last day for the Bluff Springs Post Office is August 31. Beardstown Postmaster Greg Duncan said they will start moving things out Augsut 24th. Most of Bluff Springs mail will be routed through the Virginia Post Office.

Final Days of the Bluff Springs Post Office

The last day for the Bluff Springs Post Office is August 31. Beardstown Postmaster Greg Duncan said they will start moving things out Augsut 24th. Most of Bluff Springs mail will be routed through the Virginia Post Office.

Barn outside Bluff Springs.

Cass County Snow Day!

Snow began falling over Cass County in the early morning on Friday, February 16.

All photos sent in by Lauralee Gibson.

Two By Two in concert to celebrate Bluff Springs UMC Harvest Festival

Bluff Springs United Methodist Church will host its annual Harvest Festival Service with a Two By Two Concert at 2:00 p.m. this Sunday,  October 22.

This year, as usual, the front of the church’s sanctuary is decorated with pumpkins, squash, and many other vegetables and fruits, as well as canned goods and flowers.  Other items such as a bench and birdhouse made from old barn siding represent useful objects fashioned by members’ own hands.

Pictured above is the intersection in Virginia right before the road construction zone begins.

Road Resurfacing on IL 125

  The Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) announced that a 13-mile resurfacing project on Illinois 125 in Cass County between U.S. 67 in Beardstown and… Login to continue reading Login…

Lee Alan Booten

Lee Alan Booten

Lee Alan Booten, 74, Bluff Springs, died Thursday, September 6, 2022 at his home. Colwell Memorial Home in Beardstown is in charge of arrangements.

Thomas Keith “Tom” Coatney

Thomas “Tom” Coatney

    Thomas Keith “Tom” Coatney, 56, of Bluff Springs died Friday, Dec. 11, 2020, at Culbertson Memorial Hospital in Rushville.     He was born Feb. 15, 1964, in Portland, ME,…

Looking to the Past

It was a train ride unlike any other

    Kids and trains held a special place in Frank Trussell’s heart, and he brought the two together on Saturday, March 24, 1951.     Trussell… Login to continue reading Login…

Looking to the Past

The Little Town on the Prairie

    Perhaps it started with visits to Anderson’s Grocery or watching the Baltimore & Ohio switch freight cars at the elevator. For whatever reason, since… Login to continue reading Login…