The Macoupin County Coroner’s Office announced four victims perished in a small plane crash about three miles south of Carlinville on Sunday, May 31. The single-engine...
Gillespie CUSD #7 Administration would like to congratulate and thank our students, parents and staff for completing an exceptional school year. The past few months have been...
A Gillespie business donated $800 to the Gillespie Caring Center last week saying the community is lucky to have such good people volunteering their time to...
Macoupin County Public Health announced Monday the county’s Maple Street Clinic in Gillespie is offering antibody tests to determine if a person has a current or...
The Shelter Insurance Foundation and its local agent, John Blank of Gillespie, who has his insurance office at 300 South State Street in Litchfield, recently awarded...
Gillespie High School graduated 75 students on Sunday, May 17 in the class of 2020 in a non-traditional fashion after rain forced the district to move...
Contributed content by the Illinois Senate Democrats. SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois General Assembly today approved legislation to help rank-and-file teachers and school districts address the unique...
The Benld City Council is poised to increase sewer rates but the amount of the increase and how it will impact consumers’ total water/sewer bills have...
Though this year’s Commencement was altered by the COVID-19 crisis, the ceremony is usually a visual spectacle on the Blackburn campus. The first Commencement, though, was...
A record 26 percent of Gillespie High School (GHS) graduating seniors were awarded $1,000 tuition scholarships by The Partnership for Educational Excellence. Since 1992 the educational...
Contributed content by the Illinois Senate Democrats. SPRINGFIELD – Marking the first step of its reopening plan, the Illinois secretary of state’s office will reopen seven...
A 72-year-old Girard woman died in a structure fire in rural Girard in Macoupin County, according to the Macoupin County Coroner’s Office. Kristine Elmore, 72, lived...
Due to the need for social distancing during the Coronavirus threat, the Genl George Rogers Clark Chapter of the Illinois Society Sons of the American Revolution...
After a lengthy and sometimes terse discussion, Gillespie Mayor John Hicks told Rick Verticchio, attorney for the Village of Lake KaHo, that the city would produce...
Contributed content by the Illinois House Republicans. SPRINGFIELD—State Representative Avery Bourne (R-Morrisonville) joined House Republicans from Central Illinois on Thursday for an online press conference where...
Macoupin County Public Health Department announced on Tuesday they are using contact tracing for COVID-19, a tool the health department has previously used to minimize outbreaks...
Macoupin County Clerk Pete Duncan announced Sunday evening that the County Clerk and Recorder’s Office will be closed until further notice but the closure is temporary....
A Staunton man suffered life-threatening injuries Saturday night after he wrecked a Buell motorcycle around 8 o’clock in the evening on East Olive Street in Staunton,...
A Virden teenager was killed in a two-vehicle accident on Wednesday, May 6 on Illinois Route 4 in Macoupin County, according to the Macoupin County Coroner’s...
Three county employees working at the Macoupin County Courthouse in Carlinville were exposed to COVID-19 after coming in close contact with a person who has since...
