A year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced local schools to switch to remote learning, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education took...
SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Department of Transportation announces that work on Interstate 55 between the Litchfield and Carlinville interchanges resumes this week. Nighttime lane closures and the installation of a temporary concrete barrier...
The Macoupin County Public Health Department continues to hold weekly COVID-19 vaccination clinics for Macoupin County residents and Macoupin County employees who are 18 years and...
Cases filed during March 14-20, 2021. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. FELONIES Michael Middleton, 29 of Gillespie, is...
SPRINGFIELD – As the weather beings to warm up, the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) is reminding people to beware of potentially rabid bats and other...
The Illinois Governor announced Thursday that the individual income tax filing and payment deadline has been extended from April 15 to May 17. The Illinois Department...
The Easter Bunny will be at the Benld Library for outdoor pictures on Saturday, March 27 from 10:30 to 11 a.m. Please wear a mask and...
An eyesore marring downtown Benld for nearly a decade may be removed in the near future as a result of action taken by the Benld City...
Gillespie CUSD #7 announced they have increased capacity for the football season from 50 visitors to 600 visitors including 400 home spectators and 200 visitor spectators....
Cases filed during March 7- 14, 2021. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. FELONIES Dorothy Metcalf, 39 of Gillespie,...
Members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night accepted the resignation of long-serving City Attorney Kevin Polo, approved an environmentally friendly bee-keeping project at the...
Cases filed during February 28 – March 6, 2021. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. FELONIES Dalton Obermark, 20...
Cases filed during February 21 – February 27, 2021. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. FELONIES David Manley, 49...
Macoupin County Public Health Department has fully implemented the EMTrack self-scheduling system to register eligible persons to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Macoupin County. The implementation...
GODFREY – Pablo Picasso once said, “Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” It’s a mantra not lost on Lewis and Clark Community College alumna...
In an exceedingly brief Monday night meeting, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education unanimously voted to extend the contracts of all...
Macoupin County State’s Attorney Jordan Garrison announced on Thursday that Ruth Allen, 38 of Staunton, was charged with a felony charge of threatening a public official....
The Macoupin County Health Department announced on Tuesday that over 1,100 people received their first COVID-19 vaccine and another 200 received their second dose last week...
A 67-year-old Benld man died in a single-vehicle accident Monday afternoon in Mt. Olive. Police said Frank Wargo, 67 of Benld, was traveling south on U.S....
Benld City Council members voted Monday night to amend the city ordinance requiring inspections of residential rental properties and voted unanimously to purchase a pump to...
