Date range: September 27-October 3, 2016. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. LAWSUITS Darnell Schmitz, Carlinville, is suing Casey’s General...
The Miners football team (1-5) suffered their biggest loss of the season in Carlinville (5-1) to Jacob Dixon and company by a score of 7-51 while...
After a solid 11-1 win over Beecher in the first round of the IESA 2A State Tournament Friday afternoon, the Gillespie Middle School Indians’ baseball team...
Contributed article by Tom Emery CARLINVILLE – A discovery of long-forgotten articles in the Blackburn College archives has solved a lingering, and surprisingly controversial, mystery of...
Members of the Community Unit School District Board of Education on Monday night approved the expulsion of two high school students, hired two new bus drivers...
With temperatures reaching into the mid-90s, this year was the hottest year for the Coal Country Chamber of Commerce’s Fall Festival in the festival’s 18-year history....
Members of the Community School District 7 Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to adopt a $12 million budget calling for about $241,000 in deficit...
Ward 3 Ald. Jim Kelly will serve as acting mayor in Benld for the next seven months as a result of action taken by the council...
A juvenile has been arrested and charged after several thousands of dollars in copper was stolen from three cell phone tower locations in Girard. Macoupin County...
Date range: September 20-26, 2016. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. LAWSUITS Rex L. Tandy has filed a forcible entry...
The annual fall festival presented by the Coal Country Chamber of Commerce was the main attraction in the BenGil area Saturday, September 24 despite warm temperatures. A...
The Indians baseball team (13-3) won sectionals this afternoon with a 6-0 victory over Pittsfield in Raymond. The Gillespie Middle School team is now among 8...
The Gillespie High School football team (1-4) lost their third straight game Friday night 0-26 to the opposing Hillsboro Hilltoppers who extended their win streak to...
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) ACTIVATOR today announced that it has named Congressman Rodney Davis a “Friend of Agriculture” and is endorsing him for...
Randall Majzel and Nathan Majzel, both originally from south Macoupin County, were successful in winning the consolation bracket in the 2016 Collinsville Italianfest Bocce Tournament on...
Dillon Lewis, an eighth grade student at Gillespie Middle School, was chosen by Ms. Bray as the leader of the week. Lewis is the son of...
Macoupin County State’s Attorney Jennifer A. Watson announced Wednesday afternoon, September 21, that Heather Reid, 38 of Gillespie, pled guilty to delivering cocaine within 1,000 feet...
The Gillespie Middle School baseball team (12-3) is regional champions after Tuesday night’s 8-2 victory over Palmyra-Northwestern on their home turf at Welfare Park in Gillespie. The team...
Date range: September 13-19, 2016. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. LAWSUITS All Steel Products, Inc., Staunton, is suing...
Macoupin Housing Services (MHS), in conjunction with Macoupin County Housing Authority, is pleased to invite you to a ribbon cutting and grand opening for Macoupin Homes...
