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10/16/2026

Make a little room in your Saturday for Cass County. 🍂 From an afternoon honoring a community legacy to Halloween fun after dark, here’s what’s happening tomorrow, October 17!

💛 Bob Fair Legacy Day | 2–5 PM
📍 Cass County Courthouse Lawn, Virginia
Honor former Sheriff Bob Fair’s life and service with a memorial dedication, family activities, first responders, and a wiener roast with the Virginia Fire Department. This free community event includes inflatables, kids’ crafts, games, and giveaways.

👻 Boo Bash | 3–5 PM
📍 Roy Roberts Park, 6 Armory Lane, Beardstown
The Beardstown Park District has games, candy, and prizes planned for the kids! Costumes encouraged, admission is free, and food will be available for purchase.

🎃 Jack-O-Lantern Spooktacular | 7 PM
📍 Throughout Virginia, including Rexroat Prairie Cabins, Jennie Marr Dunaway Memorial Park, the Cass County Fairgrounds, and vendors at the bus barn, plus the food hall. The parade begins at 6:30 PM, followed by an evening of carnival rides, games, crafts, food, photo opportunities, witches at the cabins, a spookwalk, and the Haunted Barn! Follow the Jack-O-Lantern Spooktacular page for more event details!

Share this post to help spread the word, and follow along for more of what’s happening in Cass County. What else is going on this weekend? Let us know in the comments! 🍁

10/14/2026

Give those costumes a practice run 👉 and those candy bags a head start! 👻🍬

Merchant Trunk or Treat is happening in downtown Beardstown on October 30 from 3–5 PM! Bring your little ghosts, witches, and superheroes for treats, then let them show off their Halloween best in the costume contest.

🎃 Costume contest registration: 4:30 PM
🏆 Contest begins: 5 PM

Know of any other Halloween events happening in Cass County? Let us know in the comments! 🎃

10/12/2026

Virginia is making a whole night of Halloween this Saturday! 🎃👻

The Jack-O-Lantern Spooktacular is October 17, with a parade at 6:30 PM and the fun beginning at 7 PM. Think carnival rides, a spookwalk, witches at the cabins, photo ops, games, crafts, vendors, and food—with the Haunted Barn waiting for those feeling brave!

Explore the festivities at Rexroat Prairie Cabins, Jennie Marr Dunaway Memorial Park, and the Cass County Fairgrounds, with vendors at the bus barn and a food hall to visit along the way.

🎟️ Choose your night:
• $10 wristband: park after dark, photo ops, witches at the cabins, spookwalk, carnival rides, games, crafts, and access to vendors and the food hall.
• $30 wristband: everything above, plus TWO rounds through the Haunted Barn.
• Haunted Barn only: $20 at check-in.

Wristbands can be purchased at Petefish Skiles Bank in Virginia.

Make plans for an October night full of lights, frights, and family fun—and follow the Jack-O-Lantern Spooktacular page for more event updates!

10/09/2026

Cass County will honor the life and legacy of former Sheriff Bob Fair on Saturday, October 17. 💛

Fair spent four decades in law enforcement, serving with the Virginia Police Department and Cass County Sheriff’s Office. He served two terms as sheriff before retiring in 2018.

Bob Fair Legacy Day will take place from 2–5 PM on the Cass County Courthouse lawn in Virginia. The free community event will include a memorial dedication and a proclamation declaring October 17 Bob Fair Day.

Families can enjoy inflatables, kids’ crafts, games, and giveaways, meet first responders, explore service equipment, and enjoy a wiener roast hosted by the Virginia Fire Department.

Save the date for an afternoon celebrating his service to our communities.

10/08/2026

Halloween plans in Ashland! 🎃

The Ashland Community Committee is hosting its Halloween Party on October 31 from 3–5 PM at the Ashland Fire Department. Come dressed for the occasion for a Halloween parade, costume contest, trunk or treat, snacks, and spooky games.

They’re also collecting non-perishable donations for the Ashland Food Pantry, so bring one along if you can. 🧡

Then keep the costumes on—townwide trick-or-treating follows from 5–8 PM!

📍 Ashland Fire Department | 101 E. Mechanic St.
📅 October 31 | 3–5 PM

For more of what’s happening around Cass County, follow along here—and if we missed something, tell us in the comments!

Ashland Community Events

10/05/2026

There’s a lot happening around Cass County this week, and the weekend is looking especially good for getting out and enjoying October. 🍂

🎃 Hocus Pocus Family Friday
Friday, October 9 | 6–8 PM
Art Zeeck Park • Beardstown
Beardstown Connect wraps up its 2026 Family Friday season with pulled pork, juice, sweet treats, Halloween crafts and bingo.

🌾 Log Cabin Days at Rexroat Prairie
Saturday, October 10 | 10 AM–4 PM
Rexroat Prairie • Virginia
Spend the day at the historic cabins with demonstrations by local artists, food, music, prairie tours and more. Admission is free!

🍁 12th Annual Autumn Celebration
Sunday, October 11 | 2–8:15 PM
Chandlerville
This one is a full afternoon and evening: kids’ games, free face painting, s’mores, chicken bingo, a bouncy house, hay rack rides and a cake walk, followed by live music from The Original Meanstreak Band from 5–6 PM and Toy Story 5 from 6:30–8:15 PM. Food will be served from 4–8 PM, too.

Most Autumn Celebration activities take place at J.P. Flywheel Memorial Park, with the Scarecrow Contest at Elmwood Park from 2–4 PM and winners announced at 6:30 PM.

Three days, three Cass County communities, and plenty of reasons to make some October plans. 🍁

What else is going on around Cass County this week? Drop it in the comments so everyone can find it!

Chandlerville Improvement Council

10/02/2026

Starting TODAY: consider this your sign to clear out the trunk. 😂

The Virginia City Wide Yard Sale is happening October 2 & 3, which means two days of bargain hunting, porch-to-porch treasure finding, and asking yourself, “Do I need this?” while already carrying it to the car.

📍 Virginia, Illinois
📅 October 2 & 3

Follow City of Virginia, IL on Facebook for the full list of participating sales and all the details.

What are you always hoping to find at a yard sale? 👀

09/30/2026

October gets a little spooky in Cass County. 👻

The Haunted Barn is coming to the Cass County Fairgrounds as part of Virginia’s Jack-O-Lantern Spooktacular on Saturday, October 17 — and this one isn’t just about what you can see in the dark.

The barn is being transformed into a maze of haunted corners and rooms designed to play on all five senses — creepy sights, unsettling sounds, unexpected textures, smells and even tastes along the way. 😳

The Haunted Barn begins at 7 PM and is just one part of a full night happening throughout Virginia, with the parade at 6:30 PM followed by the Spooktacular featuring games, food, vendors, carnival rides, the Spookwalk and more.

🎃 Saturday, October 17
📍 Cass County Fairgrounds | Virginia, IL
👻 Haunted Barn: $20 at check-in
🎟️ Wristband options are also available for the full Spooktacular experience + Haunted Barn.

Be sure to follow the Jack-O-Lantern Spooktacular page to stay up to date as more details are shared!

09/28/2026

The scarecrows are coming to Chandlerville! 🍂

The 12th Annual Chandlerville Autumn Celebration is happening Sunday, October 11, with an afternoon and evening full of fall fun — kid games, free face painting, chicken bingo, a bouncy house, hay rack rides, a cake walk, s’mores, live music, food and a movie in the park!

And this year, you can be part of the celebration, too. 🎃 The Scarecrow Contest is open to all ages! Bring your best handmade scarecrow to Elmwood Park between 2–4 PM to be displayed, with winners announced at 6:30 PM. Cash prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place.

📅 Sunday, October 11
🍁 Autumn Celebration begins at 2 PM
📍 J.P. Flywheel Memorial Park, Chandlerville
🎃 Scarecrow Contest entries: Elmwood Park, 2–4 PM
🎶 Live music: 5–6 PM
🎬 Toy Story 5: 6:30–8:15 PM
🍔 Food line: 4–8 PM

Make a scarecrow, bring the family, or just come spend a fall Sunday in Chandlerville. 🍁

What else is going on around Cass County? Comment below!

Chandlerville Improvement Council

09/24/2026

📸 One week left to enter!

The 2026 Rexroat Prairie Photography Contest is accepting entries through September 30, so there’s still time to grab your camera and spend an afternoon capturing one of Cass County’s most peaceful places. 🌾🌻

Contest details:
📷 Submit up to 2 photos
📅 Deadline: September 30, 2026 by midnight
🧒 Age groups: 3–7, 8–17, and 18+
🌾 Photos must be taken at Rexroat Prairie and feature the prairie or cabin site
🚫 No people, pets, or props. Seasonal decorations at the cabins are permitted.
📆 Include the date each photo was taken with your entry
📧 Email entries to [email protected]

📍Rexroat Prairie
Corner of IL Rt. 78 and Virginia Rd.
Virginia, IL

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100 East Springfield Street
Virginia, IL
62691

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+12174522277

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http://co.cass.il.us/

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