Hunters harvested a preliminary total of 79,429 deer during the seven-day Illinois Firearm Deer Season that closed on Sunday, Dec. 4. That figure compares to the...
The Gillespie Middle School girls’ basketball team (23-2) is heading back to the IESA State Tournament for the second consecutive time after beating Staunton 36-20 Wednesday...
Members of the Wilsonville Village Board of Trustees were told Monday night that the installation of a new master meter to measure water coming into the...
FRIENDS of the Gillespie Library are sponsoring a “Tree of Remembrance” at the Gillespie Library for community members wishing to honor, remember, or acknowledge a person...
Date range: November 29-December 6, 2016. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. LAWSUITS A Carlinville woman is suing a Staunton...
Gillespie High School senior Zach Carr joined Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill) at the Illinois Capitol in Springfield on Wednesday as a page for the day....
The Mt. Olive and Gillespie wrestling Wildcats lost to Waterloo, 22-60, and defeated Carlyle, 59-24, on Tuesday and lost to Carlinville and Rochester on Thursday. On...
Gillespie senior Nick Price reached a career scoring milestone Friday in the Edwardsville’s Metro East Lutheran’s Turkey Tip-Off Tournament scoring his 1,000th varsity point in the...
Gillespie Middle School has released their student of the month award members for the month of November. These students were chosen for practicing the “7 Habits”...
Girl Scouts of Southern Illinois’ (GSSI) 2016 Nut, Candy & Magazine (NCM) Program was a great success as 3,892 girls sold nearly $603,000 of the delicious...
Date range: November 22-28, 2016. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. LAWSUITS Robert R. Ernst has filed a forcible...
With holiday open houses hosted by local merchants, an exotic animal petting zoo featuring a live Alaskan white reindeer, and the 18th annual Snack with Santa,...
“Alarming” was a resounding word voiced by Superintendent Joe Tieman, building principals and school board members Monday evening when the board was presented school report cards...
Officers from multiple police agencies stopped a fleeing vehicle that reportedly fired shots at other vehicles. The incident passed through Macoupin County on Interstate-55 northbound after...
After exploring working cash bonds in October 2015, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education listened to another extensive presentation Monday evening...
Keith Grench is suing BCarter Enterprises, Inc., doing business as The Bunkhouse in Bunker Hill, owner Kenneth Herrin of Glen Carbon, and Mark Swarringin of Bunker...
The Mt. Olive/Gillespie wrestling Wildcats opened their season on Tuesday, November 22, and lost to both Mascoutah, 45-12, and Triad, 53-24, but won some individual battles...
The Benld City Council on Monday night approved a tax levy for the current fiscal year in the amount of $105,722 and approved a $42,000 motor...
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Department of Natural Resources reports hunters in Illinois harvested a preliminary total of 54,452 deer during the first weekend of the Illinois Firearm...
Gillespie High School’s Kennedy Clark was the first place winner of the Macoupin County Anti-Meth & Other Drugs Coalition ninth annual poster contest entitled “The Drug...
