First term Benld Mayor Gloria Sidar resigned her seat at the close of Monday night’s regular meeting of the city council. Sidar distributed copies of her...
The Miners football team suffered their third loss of the season Saturday in a rescheduled matchup in Southwestern. Gillespie is now 1-3 on the season with...
With a display of life-sized museum quality dinosaur models, eight hours of free musical entertainment, a petting zoo and other attractions, the Coal Country Chamber of...
Members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night took under advisement the possibility of replacing a deteriorating water line that supplies water to about eight...
BLOOMINGTON, Ill. — Illinois Farm Bureau (IFB) ACTIVATOR today announced State Senator Andy Manar has been designated a Friend of Agriculture by the local IFB ACTIVATOR...
Date range: September 7-12, 2016. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. LAWSUITS Todd and Diane Anderson have filed a...
The Sleepy Dogs Sessions, a new extended play (EP) by Amy Hailstone, was recorded in Hailstone’s own Sleepy Dogs Studio where her three poodles love to hang...
A 63-year-old Bethalto woman was killed on Illinois Route 16 near Walker Road about five miles west of Gillespie in a single-vehicle accident Tuesday afternoon, September...
Nine new lawsuits alleging negligence on the part of the North Mac Community Unit School District and 10 contractors in connection with a carbon monoxide leak...
Haunted Carlinville returns this Fall for their second year of haunted history tours. Presented by American Hauntings, the Haunted Carlinville walking tour takes guests on a...
Macoupin County Sheriff Shawn Kahl issued a follow up report Monday morning, September 12, following the hit and run accident that happened Sunday morning on Illinois...
A bicyclist was taken to Community Hospital of Staunton Sunday morning, September 11, after being struck by a vehicle while riding in the National Multiple Sclerosis...
Members of the Wilsonville Village Board continued ongoing discussion regarding replacement of a faulty master meter measuring the village’s water usage from the City of Gillespie...
GODFREY – Nearly 3,000 cyclists will descend on Lewis and Clark Community College’s Godfrey Campus this month to once again ride the Riverbend for a world...
Two Macoupin County Sheriff deputies discovered a meth lab in the 2600 block of East Frontage Road in Staunton on Sunday afternoon, September 4. Sheriff Shawn...
Date range: August 30-September 6, 2016. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. LAWSUITS Cook Sales, Inc., has filed a...
JoDanni’s AMORE’ is sponsoring a fundraiser to support Build Benld’s efforts to continue projects benefiting Benld. For four (4) hours on Thursday, September 8, AMORE’ Restaurant...
Balloon Glow, Art Fairs, Car Shows and Music Staunton will feature its first ever Hot Air Balloon Glow on Saturday, September 10, 2016 at Fireman’s park,...
Cancer affects more than one thousand people in Montgomery County and many more in the surrounding communities who must travel to receive the care they need—often...
GILLESPIE – On the heels of at least seven fatal drug overdoses in the Gillespie area in August, State Senator Andy Manar and U.S. Senator Dick...
