The Benld City Council on Monday night approved the promotion a part-time police officer to full-time status and approved the appointment of Officer Jared Carlen to...
Meeting on Wednesday night due to the Columbus Day holiday, the Gillespie City Council signed onto an expansion of the Macoupin County Enterprise Zone, heard comments...
Wilsonville Board of Trustees members voted unanimously Monday night to allow a trustee to reimburse the village $45 for work done on his property by a...
CARLINVILLE (Sept. 26, 2017) – Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed into law SB 2185, known as Conor’s Law, legislation that increases public safety by requiring law...
The Benld City Council on Monday night referred to the Police and City Property committees the issue of whether or not the city should establish its...
After months of ongoing discussion, members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night approved a measure authorizing the issuance of more than $6 million in...
SPRINGFIELD, IL – Hunters in Illinois may use crossbows during archery hunting seasons, including the Illinois Archery Deer Season and the Illinois Fall Turkey Archery Season...
UPDATE SEPT. 11: Updated the article to remove the paragraph containing the “Village of Wilsonville agreed to acquire the property for the village in February but later...
This story is contributed by a member of the Illinois House Republicans. State Representative Avery Bourne (R-Raymond) has aggressively been pursuing legislation to curb the synthetic...
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois this morning became the 10th state to enact automatic voter registration, a good-government and voting-rights initiative advanced by State Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker...
This story is contributed by a member of the Illinois Senate Democrats. SPRINGFIELD – An unprecedented overhaul of how Illinois funds public schools is on its...
[slideshow_deploy id=’29003′] In one of the first public events at the Illinois Coal Museum at Gillespie, federal and state politicians were invited to an opportunity to...
Gillespie Community Unit School District 7 has accepted a proposed $4 million settlement from Union Pacific in connection to the 2009 mine subsidence loss of the...
During a relatively brief meeting Monday night, the Gillespie City Council promoted Austin Semplowski from a part-time police officer to a full-time officer, filling a vacancy...
After several minutes of debate and discussion, members of the Wilsonville Board of Trustees voted Monday night to approve the purchase of a John Deere 4066...
Meeting in special session Tuesday night, Benld city aldermen voted unanimously to sell a 50-by-80-foot parcel, including a small brick building, to Annette Pamela Allen, Shipman,...
In a relatively brief meeting Monday night, the Benld City Council accepted a bid of $1,294.95 from Carpani Technology Services, Gillespie, to install four digital cameras...
An accountant with Fleming & Tawfall, the accounting firm that conducts the city’s annual audit, told members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night that...
It took the Wilsonville Village Board only three minutes to correct a glitch in the appointment of Gina Frensko, Benld, as Village Treasurer. Meeting in special...
The Macoupin County Courthouse elevator will be closed for upgrades beginning July 17th. The project is expected to take seven to nine weeks to complete and...
