The Gillespie Public Library is expanding its newspaper digitization project with the addition of the Area News, covering 1963 through 1982, to its online collection. This...
Consumers fueling up with designated pump at their local Shell stations will support Macoupin Center for the Developmentally Disabled, at no extra cost Carlinville-based J.F. Boente &...
A month after approving an austere budget for fiscal 2026, the focus remained on government finances during the Macoupin County Board’s regular monthly meeting Tuesday night....
The Gillespie Methodist Church announces its annual fall pumpkin patch, a family-friendly destination for decorations, carving, and seasonal treats. The patch is located at 900 West...
Gillespie aldermen voted unanimously Monday night to make a first payment of $362,817.33 to Stutz Excavating, Alton, for the recently started Steetscape project. Stutz is the...
The City of Gillespie, in partnership with local communities and Best Business Assistance, LLC, is proud to announce the launch of the BizBuzz Bootcamp, a dynamic...
Once infamous for bootlegging during Prohibition, the City of Benld will soon have a legal whisky distilling operation. City Council members voted unanimously last Monday night...
Chicago – Attorney General Kwame Raoul charged a Macoupin County man with dissemination of child sexual abuse material. The case is part of Raoul’s ongoing work, in collaboration...
Three Macoupin County law enforcement officers have been charged with aggravated battery in a public place after allegedly beating a Staunton resident over the weekend at...
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education approved on second reading a policy to govern parent-funded sports protocols. In other action Monday...
Members of the Macoupin County Board on Tuesday night voted unanimously to approve a county budget for fiscal 2025-26 authorizing expenditures of $28.2 million. The budget...
A farm-implement accident on Virden Road in Virden on Tuesday, August 12, 2025, resulted in the death of a Virden teenager, according to Macoupin County Coroner...
With school resuming this week, the Gillespie City Council on Monday night narrowly approved an ordinance to restrict parking on the west side of LJ Avenue,...
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to collaborate with the City of Gillespie in filing an application...
The Benld City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to approve an appropriations ordinance governing municipal spending for the current fiscal year, approved the sale of...
The Gillespie City Council voted Monday night to approve a new ordinance to govern the burning of yard waste, and inked a long-awaited agreement to continue...
A public comment from the CEO of the Gillespie-Benld Area Ambulance Service led to a larger discussion during Tuesday night’s meeting of the Macoupin County Board...
The Public Access of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office has determined the Macoupin County Board technically violated the state’s Open Meetings Act on March 26 when...
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night voted to adopt an amended budget for the fiscal year that ended...
GILLESPIE, IL — For 28 years, the Gillespie community has demonstrated its unwavering dedication to supporting local students through the longstanding Project Kid Kare initiative. This...
