First EVER State Baseball Tourney and Virginia Redbirds won it!
Wednesday, October 22, 2025 marks the 70th anniversary of this magnificent feat…
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Quick Wit, big smiles: Virginia man finds his happy place in trivia
Sometime in 2001, William “Billy” Reynolds, Virginia, started playing trivia. He was asked by some friends if he would be interested in playing a few games for some fundraising. Billy said he didn’t know how good he would be at it, but why not?
Discount Liquor, Smoke and Gambling
On Saturday, September 27th, Cara and Vickie Bell from the Cass County Economic Development welcomed Darpan Amin, manager, of the Discount Liquor, Smoke and Gambling store located at 350 W. Main St., Virginia, Illinois.
Ribbon Cutting held for Maryflor Mexican Restaurant
The Maryflor Mexican Restaurant opened Tuesday, September 2nd offering authentic Mexican cuisine to the people of Virginia on the corner of E. Beardstown and Main St.
Virginia Board to discuss AC Central District request
During the Virginia School Board on Monday evening, the board discussed being approached by A-C Central School District about looking into the possibility of restructuring with the Virginia School District. Again, this is just a very preliminary inquiry.
High school golf results across the area
The short high school golf season is quickly drawing to a close with the area teams gearing up for conference and postseason play.
Cass County government/school meetings
A-C Central School Board will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 15 at the Board Conference Room, Unit Office, 501 W. Buchanan Street, Ashland.
Local high school golf roundup
The PORTA-AC Central Bluejay boys’ golf team was in action at their home digs, Shambolee Golf Course, for a quadrangular meet with the North Mac Panthers, West Central Cougars, and the Delavan Panthers last Tuesday.
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...
Vipers slither past Trojans
The Triopia-Meredosia-Virginia boys’ basketball team lost their final two games of the regular season last week to finish the year with a 15-15 record, including 2-7 in the Western Illinois Valley Conference. Two close games saw the Trojans fall in a low scoring affair 40 to 33 to Griggsville-Perry and a dogfight with South County 58 to 55.