Two weeks after accepting the resignation of Vice President Jenni Alepra from the board, the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night...
Contributed content by the Illinois Senate Democrats SPRINGFIELD – A measure State Senator Doris Turner (D-Springfield) championed to allow school districts to hire substitute teachers with a...
Community Unit School District 7’s Board of Education on Monday night accepted the resignation of a long-serving member and approved a new class schedule for the...
Members of the Benld City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to accept Derek Tiburzi’s high bid of $30,000 for six lots formerly occupied by First...
Macoupin County’s most famous citizen has plenty of places named in his honor. John M. Palmer, who served as governor of Illinois, U.S. Senator, and Civil...
Members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to approve ordinances creating the city’s second Tax Increment Financing District, approved a five percent...
Contributed article by the Illinois Senate Democrats SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Senate Democratic Caucus unveiled a $1.8 billion tax relief plan to put money back in people’s...
Macoupin County Clerk Pete Duncan recently announced that the state had approved giving voters the choice of receiving a mail ballot each election without applying each...
Members of the Benld City Council on Monday night approved a three-year contract with the Laborers Union covering the city’s three maintenance workers and voted to...
Contributed content by the Illinois House Republicans SPRINGFIELD – State Representative Avery Bourne (R-Morrisonville) is co-sponsoring legislation to provide relief for families being hit by skyrocketing...
The Gillespie City Council took another significant step toward establishing a new Tax Increment Financing district, conducting a public hearing on the issue prior to Monday...
With expected increases in the cost of materials, members of the Benld City Council voted unanimously to seek bids for an extensive sewer improvement project on...
After months of sometimes acrimonious debate, the Gillespie City Council on Monday night voted 4-3 to reject the Assembly of God Church’s offer to transfer ownership...
Meeting in special session Monday night, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to rescind its long-standing policy...
Administrators updated school board members on the impact of an online academic improvement platform during a meeting of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of...
In a relatively brief meeting Monday night, members of the Benld City Council agreed to pay for a recently completed structural engineer’s assessment of a former...
Macoupin County Clerk Pete Duncan announced that new voter cards are being mailed to every registered voter in the county in the next few weeks. Duncan...
Gillespie City Council members on Monday set a public hearing on a new proposed Tax Increment Financing district for 5:30 p.m., Monday, March 14, at Gillespie...
The Illinois State Police (ISP) Firearms Services Bureau (FSB) is announcing several changes to the Firearm Owner Identification (FOID) Card program based on statutory changes to...
Administrators from each of Community Unit School District 7’s three schools analyzed data from the Illinois State Board of Education’s annual report card during the regular...