Local resident Dustin Thacker and his podcast “Five Dirty Bikers” are on a mission to raise funds and awareness for the autism community. Together with award-winning...
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...
With new telephone numbers in southern Illinois in high demand, the Illinois Commerce Commission approved the implementation of the new 730 area code to overlay the...
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...
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night approved a resolution that lays the groundwork for issuing up to $1.8...
The Partnership for Educational Excellence has once again invested its supporters’ funds in the school children of Community Unit School District 7. In a first-ever three-year...
Meeting in a relatively brief session Monday night, the Benld City Council briefly discussed the future development of the former Benld Elementary School site as a...
Members of the Gillespie City Council approved a resolution on Monday night declaring 301 E. Maple St. a public nuisance and directed the City Attorney to...
What is Fact and What is Fiction? Like most places, myths abound when it comes to the history of Macoupin County. Many of those legends are...
The Macoupin County Fair announced that multi-platinum country musician Josh Turner will be the headlining entertainer for the 2023 festival with his performance scheduled for 7...
Benld residents will continue to have their trash picked up weekly by Republic Sanitation Services but the price will increase slightly as of April 1 following...
Governor JB Pritzker, along with state and local leaders and the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (DNR), announced on Wednesday that the City of Benld will...
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to approve a resolution authorizing the district to participate in the...
Mayor Jim Kelly formally opened bids from four waste haulers during the regular meeting of the Benld City Council on Monday night but council members referred...
SPRINGFIELD – Hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 158,010 deer during all 2022-2023 archery and firearm seasons that concluded Jan. 15. The total preliminary deer...
COLLINSVILLE – The Illinois State Police (ISP) today unveiled its new Troop 8 Guidon, or flag, in Collinsville. On January 1, 2023, ISP reorganized from 21 patrol...
Shibui Studio Art Gallery will host an exhibition entitled “Peace, Love & Art,” featuring the artwork of Debbie Zillen from Gillespie, IL. The show opens Friday,...