A Carrollton woman died Thursday evening around 8:08 p.m. after colliding head-on with another vehicle on U.S. Route 67 in Greene County south of Carrollton. Trooper...
With one dissenting vote and one vote of “present,” the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted on Monday evening to post an opening...
Amanda Schmidt reached a career scoring milestone Wednesday evening in Gillespie’s victory over Bunker Hill scoring her 1,000th varsity point in Gillespie’s sixteenth game of the...
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The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today announced the following type “AA” and “A” violations of the Nursing Home Care Act processed during the fourth...
The Benld Electoral Board voted unanimously Thursday morning to rule Jerry L. Yeager, Jr. 1460 Staunton Road, Gillespie, ineligible to seek election to the office of...
Winter weather will arrive late this evening with snow expected to continue into tomorrow on all roadways in District 18 and Illinois State Police (ISP) District...
Two juvenile passengers suffered minor injuries Tuesday afternoon when the Kia passenger car they were traveling in left the roadway, struck a culvert and went airborne....
Macoupin County Coroner Brad Targhetta has identified the man who died in a fire early Sunday morning in Brighton. The fire was reported to Macoupin County...
UPDATE: The Macoupin County Coroner’s Office confirmed on Saturday morning that Billy Malloy, Larry Secor and Bennie Secor were later transferred from HSHS St. Francis Hospital to...
A burglary in Mt. Olive on Tuesday led police from multiple agencies on a pursuit to Missouri where the suspects were able to elude the police....
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...
A 35-year-old Jerseyville woman died Tuesday evening, November 22, on Illinois Route 16 near Piasa Road in Macoupin County when her vehicle left the road and...
The Macoupin County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 32-year-old man after he was found dead inside a Wilsonville residence Wednesday morning, November 9....
The table turned in a narrow County Board race on Thursday afternoon when Macoupin County Clerk Pete Duncan announced that his office has finished counting all...
With 98 percent of precincts reporting, Republican appointee Avery Bourne, Raymond, has won election to the Illinois House of Representatives seat for the 95th District. As...
William Bolin, 25, of Livingston was sentenced Monday afternoon, November 7, by the Honorable Judge Joshua Meyer to 14 years in Illinois Department of Corrections for...
A Brighton man died early Saturday morning in his camper on Valley View Lane in Brighton after the camper caught on fire. Macoupin County Sheriff Shawn...
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...
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...
