Joyce Staggs of Bunker Hill is the winner of The Partnership for Educational Excellence fifth annual Grand Raffle. Joyce’s prize is $5,000. Joyce taught English for...
Facing an ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, Community Unit School District 7 students will begin the 2020-21 school as they ended the past school year—with remote learning in...
Now in the third week of Phase 4, Macoupin County residents continue to return to work, play and church. Remaining vigilant in our efforts to reduce...
“Our focus this fall will be on continuing to deliver quality education to our students, while keeping our campus communities as safe as possible,” said Interim...
Project Kid Kare has started their campaign to help students in CUSD #7 that cannot afford to purchase supplies start the school year off with new...
The Coal Country Chamber of Commerce welcomed Amanda Harshbarger and her business, Knead to Relax Massage Therapy, to the community. Knead to Relax is located at...
Macoupin County State’s Attorney Jennifer Watson announced on Thursday, July 2 first degree murder charges have been filed against a Roodhouse man related to the death...
With the hours clicking down to his official retirement, Community Unit School District 7 Supt. Joe Tieman occasionally struggled with his emotions as he helmed the...
Local students were named to the Blackburn College Dean’s List for the Spring 2020 semester. Students named to the Dean’s list must earn a grade point...
The Build Benld Committee donated $300 to the Benld Adopt a Pet shelter, a not-for-profit no-kill animal shelter located in Benld, in June. This shelter rescues,...
JoDanni’s Amore will sponsor a fundraiser on Thursday, July 16 to benefit the Frank Bertetti Benld Public Library. Amore will donate to the library 15 percent...
GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College has released the lists of full- and part-time honors students for the Spring 2020 semester. Students earning a cumulative grade point...
On a motion by Ald. Tilashalski, seconded by Ald. Fletcher, the Benld City Council voted Monday night to formally “deactivate” the Benld Police Department—a final step...
Members of the Benld City Council on Monday night approved a resolution authorizing the city’s engineering firm, HMG Engineers, to apply to the Illinois Department of...
The Illinois Department of Agriculture (IDOA) issued a public health alert on Friday, June 12 due to an undetermined amount of ground beef product prepared under...
Contributed content by the Illinois Senate Democrats. GILLESPIE – As a show of support for the frontline health care workers serving rural communities in Macoupin and...
Members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night approved the annual appropriations ordinance, got a first look at boundaries proposed for a tentative new Tax...
The Macoupin County Public Health Department released its updated COVID-19 data relating to testing and cases as of Monday, June 8 noting less than 2 percent...
Gillespie Middle School office personnel delivered approximately 80 eighth grade promotion certificates last week on June 2 and 3 after annual promotion ceremonies were cancelled due...
The Macoupin County Health Department announced on Monday that dental services have already been restored to full capacity at the Maple Street Clinic in Gillespie and...
