Beardstown News

Another bank in Western Illinois gets taken over by the F-D-I-C and will reopen Monday morning under a new name.

Facing a holiday weekend, the FDIC got a jump on its usual Friday bank closures, by shuttering a record seven banks on Thursday.

Three Illinois banks were shuttered today. Regulators shut John Warner Bank of Clinton, Ill.; First State Bank of Winchester in Winchester, Ill.; and Rock River Bank of Oregon, Ill.

Seven banks were shut down by authorities Thursday, pushing the tally of failed banks for 2009 to 52, more than doubling the failures in 2008.

Two Altonians recently reported that they had items missing from their homes - prescription drugs, money, a watch and a gun.

Bishop George Lucas of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois will be appointed the next Archbishop of Omaha, Neb., diocese officials announced Wednesday.

It is requested when transiting on the Illinois River between Beardstown, Ill., and Kingston, Ill., to proceed at the slowest safe speed to minimize wake damage.

The Mississippi and Illinois Rivers have reopened to recreational vessel traffic.

The Illinois River is slowly falling at Beardstown and Meredosia but officials continue to watch for water problems.

Concerns on the rising Illinois River have led officials to slow rail traffic on the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad bridge in Beardstown.

Flooding is causing quite a mess down in Beardstown. 35a 'foot high levees and floodwalls are keeping most of the water out, but seepwater is still managing to find its way in, stopping little leaguers from playing this weekend.

Precautionary measures - including closing the marina and Illinois River at Beardstown to pleasure boats - are being taken in several parts of the region as saturated levees start to seep.

Nineteen Cargill workers in Beardstown soon could be $19,400 richer. Well, not exactly, since the money at issue happens to be their own.

So far we know of two dealers that have received letters from General Motors stating they will no longer be selling new GM vehicles starting late next year.

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Adjusting to a foreign place without knowing the spoken language can be difficult for immigrants.

Woman listed in fair condtion at Springfield hosptial. May 5, 2009 - 4:44 PM A Beardstown woman was injured Friday night when she was struck by a vehicle as she was reportedly crossing U.S. 67 in Beardstown.

Alexander Montoya was among a handful of sniffling young children in line for an exam at the St.

A number of area schools have won awards for academic achievement, some in the face of adversity.

Chad Pregracke is pumped. He's pumped about how much people care about America's lakes, rivers and streams.