The Miners softball team (29-3) is writing history for Gillespie High School, but that isn’t the priority for head coach Michelle Smith as she leads her...
Twenty-two middle school students enjoyed a lunch at Miner’s Restaurant in downtown Gillespie on Wednesday, May 11 after achieving a literacy goal. The lunch was a...
Illinois State Police responded to a single-vehicle accident early Monday morning around 1:10 a.m. after a vehicle left the road while traveling on Illinois Route 127...
Date range: May 11-16, 2016. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. LAWSUITS Macoupin County Housing Authority filed a forcible...
Less than one week after Prairie Farms announced their intentions to move its headquarters to Edwardsville, First to the Finish applied for a building permit in Edwardsville making them...
Megan Hatlee, the daughter of Kelley and Becky Hatlee, represented Gillespie Middle School at the Illinois State Science Fair on Saturday at Millikin University and won...
The Macoupin County Sheriff’s Office and the Macoupin County Coroner’s Office issued a joint press release Monday morning announcing the identity of the skeletal remains found...
Gillespie Middle School announced on Monday three leaders of the week for the past month including Ruby Savant, Tess Rosentreter and Alex Ottersburg. Savant is the...
The Gillespie High School prom was held Saturday, May 7 inside the high school gymnasium and seniors Blake Middleton and Lizzy Nance were named this year’s...
COUNTY CHAMPS!! GHS Girls!!! ?? Boys ended up placing 4th GOOD NIGHT FOR GHS TRACK!! pic.twitter.com/Oh45c0fzq9 — Coal Mine Crazies (@CoalMineCrazies) May 6, 2016 The Gillespie...
In the wake of Saturday’s damaging wind storm, the Gillespie City Council on Monday night directed the city’s Street Department to pick up downed tree limbs...
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville completed 2016 Spring Commencement exercises for the 1,850 eligible graduates Friday and Saturday, May 6-7 in the Vadalabene Center on campus and...
Two people suffered non-life threatening injuries as a result of a natural gas explosion that leveled a house about 10:42 a.m., Wednesday, in the 400 block of...
Date range: May 4-10, 2016. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. LAWSUITS CHS Capital Illinois, LLC, is suing a...
The Gillespie Fire Department posted on their Facebook page Tuesday morning thanking Ameren Illinois and the company’s generosity after the department received an $800 check. The...
Searching Macoupin’s recorded documents is now a whole lot easier. While in the past, a search for a recorded document would have required a trip to...
Gillespie Middle School announced on Monday the leaders of the month for April. Recipients of the award are Iris Page, Morgan Buckner, Drake Winters, Austin McLain,...
The Macoupin/Montgomery County Crime Stoppers will hold their 20th Annual “Pork Chop” Open Golf Tournament on Saturday, June 3, 2016, at Timber Lakes Golf Course in...
It was a fun evening last night at the Gillespie High School promenade. Photos captured during walk-ins are featured below, a timelapse video is published on...
Armbands Friday, Sunday and Monday The Italian Club of Benld would like to invite everyone to their celebration of the 63rd Annual Italian-American Days Festival on...
