Beardstown News

Shawn D. Callihan to serve 30 months for September assault. October 7, 2008 - 3:53PM Shawn D. Callihan, of Beardstown, has been sentenced to 30 months in prison for a hate crime for a white-on-black assault in ...

IF YOU ENCOUNTER A FLOODED ROADWAY...TURN AROUND AND FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND FORECASTS.

Volunteers are decked out in crisp yellow-and-sky-blue T-shirts. The candidate himself sports a fresh periwinkle polo tucked neatly into dark Levi's. By the time the parade is over, his coterie of campaign ...

Committee of 10 to present plan at Virginia school Wednesday. September 30, 2008 - 11:15AM The Committee of Ten will hold its second public information meeting Wednesday in Virginia.

ILLINOIS RIVER AT HENRY AFFECTING MARSHALL AND PUTNAM COUNTIES ILLINOIS RIVER NEAR PEORIA AFFECTING PEORIA...TAZEWELL AND WOODFORD COUNTIES ILLINOIS RIVER AT HAVANA AFFECTING FULTON AND MASON COUNTIES ILLINOIS ...

Two weeks after a record rainfall soaked the state, a 20-mile stretch of the Illinois River continues to rise and could remain closed to recreational boaters through the weekend.

A 33-year-old Wisconsin woman who's facing charges for enrolling in high school as her 15-year-old daughter is no stranger to authorities in Cass County.

A June death at the Macomb Raceway was ruled accidental Tuesday by a McDonough County coroner's jury who learned the driver's race car had a fuel leak.

A 25-year-old rural Meredosia man was arrested Saturday night in connection with the Sept.

The Schuyler County CrimeStoppers chapter is seeking the public's help in solving an August burglary and criminal damage incident at a cabin near Browning.

Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 1:11 p.m. Here are the flood stages as of 1pm today.

With their open boat skipping like a silvery stone along the Illinois River, the fish experts scan the mocha waters for what they call "incoming." Bodies hunched in anticipation, they look left and right, front ...

This weekend's incessant rain, fortified by the remnants of Hurricane Ike, was something akin to water torture for many west central Illinois residents.

Two Rushville men charged in last week's alleged assault. September 10, 2008 - 3:31PM BY MARIA NAGLE A Beardstown man who was found beaten on a street a week ago has lost the sight in his right eye as a result ...

Q : We have a viable plan for a compressed air motor, but as private citizens we lack the funding to develop a working prototype.

City must make the new tower earthquake proof. September 3, 2008 - 5:30PM BY KATE RAMSAY Journal-Courier An Illinois EPA regulation has engulfed plans for a new, 1 million gallon water tower in Beardstown.

After arrest of owner on drug charges, mayor pulls liquor license. September 3, 2008 - 3:54PM A Beardstown tavern is facing an uncertain future after the owner was arrested last week on multiple preliminary ...

Board would lower property taxes if sales tax passes referendum. August 29, 2008 - 3:46PM BY KATIE ANDERSON The Beardstown School Board pledged that they will abate some property taxes if the proposed 1 cent ...

An SIUE third-year pharmacy student died on Sunday after committing suicide, according to Deborah von Nida, supervising investigator for the Madison County Coroner's office.

Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 11:00 p.m. A Beardstown man pleads guilty to murder.