The Illinois River Cities and Towns Initiative, a group that advocates politically for cities and towns on the Illinois River, is in talks with American Cruise Lines to set up a c ...

State Softball Team FIRST TEAM Name School Position(s) Kansas Craig (Anna-Jonesboro) Infielder, Junior Meena Taylor (Auburn High School) Pitcher, Senior Ava Lorenzatti (Beecher High School) Pitcher, ...

As for the Illinois River, it is expected to rise in Beardstown, Illinois and come up to 12 feet Saturday, just two feet shy of the minor flood stage and one foot before the action level flood stage.

BEARDSTOWN, lll. — The downtown square in Beardstown has been converted into a Christmas village for the holidays. The Christkindlmarkt is set to open on Friday, Nov. 29 with 20 custom-built cedar ...

When Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, were vilified in a campaign of politicized fabrications about eating pets, Faranak Miraftab's mind went to a place she knew well. A professor of urban ...

Founded in the 1820s on the eastern bank of the Illinois River, Beardstown was always a little rougher around the edges than the more prosperous farming communities that sprang up from the black ...

Ameren Illinois will replace more than 200 company-owned streetlights this year in Ashland, Beardstown, Mason City, Meredosia, Mount Sterling and Petersburg. Ameren contractor partners BRK Electrical ...

BEARDSTOWN, Ill. (WAND) -- Three people were hurt after a multi-vehicle crash in Beardstown. It happened around 3 p.m. Saturday on U.S. Route 67 Bridge over the Illinois River.