The City of Benld held a special city council meeting Monday evening, July 23, to take immediate action after Vicki Ferratto resigned from her position as...
SPRINGFIELD – A new license plate aimed at raising money for cancer research will soon be made available after the governor signed into law a measure...
Benld tentatively plans to oil streets August 15 Jim Kelly explained to the Benld City Council during the regular July meeting on Monday, July 8, the...
Manar appointed to Workforce Investment Board SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Andy Manar (D–Bunker Hill) has been appointed to serve on Illinois’ Workforce Investment Board. Through this...
Board creates commission to preserve Coal Mining Heritage The decision to approve or deny new alert sirens for the City of Gillespie was finally brought before...
SPRINGFIELD – Earlier today, Governor Quinn used his constitutional authority to veto and recommend changes to House Bill 183, the Firearm Concealed Carry Act, which allows...
SPRINGFIELD – In an effort to foster cooperation across regional, political and ethnic lines to better address challenges facing the state, the Institute of Government and...
Post Office work in progress The newly elected Mayor of Benld Gloria Sidar brought a big decision to table during the council’s regular June meeting on...
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois is changing its approach to economic development to better focus on creating and retaining jobs, tackling pockets of stagnant unemployment, and recruiting new...
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Andy Manar (D–Bunker Hill) was one of 45 senators who supported a bipartisan-backed measure that would allow licensed residents to carry a...
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Andy Manar’s (D – Bunker Hill) push to reform public education funding in Illinois gained the unopposed, bipartisan backing of the Illinois...
SPRINGFIELD – May 24, 2013 – On this Memorial Day weekend, Illinois State Treasurer Dan Rutherford is asking Illinois residents to take a moment to check...
Despite the recent idea to raise the dispatching fee to $5,000, the Gillespie council decided to keep the service at $3,000 for the time being due...
Gillespie council swears in incumbents and new member Larry Norville and Jean Holesko addressed the council during a regular board meeting on Monday, May 13 on...
Not Pictured: Teresa Tucker
Council hears from citizens unhappy with sewer system A new era in the City of Benld began Monday, May 13 as the city’s first woman to...
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Andy Manar (D–Bunker Hill) is calling for the creation of a task force to address the growing problem of heroin use among...
SPRINGFIELD – State Senator Andy Manar (D–Bunker Hill) secured nearly $21 million in construction projects in Macoupin County that will bring much-needed jobs to the area...
EAST ALTON – Community leaders, business officials and economic experts from across downstate Illinois testified during a Senate hearing Monday regarding historic pockets of unemployment plaguing...