The Benld City Council voted unanimously Monday night to adopt an ordinance governing the operation of short-term rentals, popularly known as Airbnbs, within the city limits,...
Members of the Gillespie City Council on Tuesday night voted 7-1 to approve a zoning change to accommodate a proposed solar field project on the east...
Members of the Benld City Council on Monday night approved upward of $14,000 of work to correct a long-standing problem with wall dampness at the rear...
Gillespie’s Black Diamond Days festival could return to the downtown commercial district if the city council approves a resolution seeking permission from the Illinois Department of...
Members of the Benld City Council on Monday night accepted of bid of $18,480 from Ranger Excavating for preliminary work on developing the former site of...
A divided Gillespie City Council voted 4-3 Monday night to purchase a used boat for patrolling Gillespie Lake. Lake Committee chair Landon Pettit said Lake Superintendent...
With the start of the school year looming next week, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education took action Thursday night to...
Members of the Benld City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to advertise for bids for preliminary work at the former site of Benld Elementary School,...
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to amend the 2022-23 budget, adjusting the budget for the Transportation...
Members of the Benld City Council on Monday night approved an appropriation ordinance of nearly $2.4 million to govern spending for the fiscal year that began...
Members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night approved an appropriation ordinance of about $14.7 million, voted to direct the Zoning Commission to schedule a...
After more than an hour of debate, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted 5-2 Monday night to approve a resolution...
Macoupin County voters will have a new place to early vote in person starting in 2024, County Clerk Pete Duncan announced recently. The County has purchased...
Meeting a day after record rainfall flooded streets and basements in Benld, the Benld City Council on Monday night approved an ordinance amendment to beef up...
Members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to authorize City Attorney Rick Verticchio to send a notice of the city’s intention to...
Community Unit School District 7’s Board of Education on Monday night seated newly elected board members, elected officers for the next two years, took another step...
March 13th kicked off Sunshine Week nationwide, a celebration of open and transparent government. In honor of it, Macoupin County Clerk Pete Duncan announced that the...
During a relatively brief, occasionally contentious, meeting Monday night, members of the Benld City Council agreed to rent city park facilities to a pair of community...
There will be some new faces in local government once results from Tuesday’s Consolidated Election become official. Among the mostly uncontested races were two contested alderperson...
Election day is Tuesday, April 4 and polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The consolidated election will decide mayors, trustees, aldermen, school...
