SPRINGFIELD — Lincoln Land Community College has announced its full-time President’s and Vice President’s lists for the spring 2021 semester. Full-time students who earned a 4.0...
GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College has released the lists of full- and part-time honors students for the Spring 2021 semester. Students earning a cumulative grade point...
Gillespie High School’s Jack Burns was recently recognized by the Illinois High School Association and Country Financial in part of their spotlight series. Burns recently retired...
With the 2020-21 school year just concluded, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education met briefly in special session Monday to adopt...
Members of the Gillespie City Council voted unanimously Monday night to adopt a new appropriations ordinance to govern spending during the current fiscal year. Though not...
A Mississippi man was stopped in Macoupin County on Monday, June 14 by Illinois State Police and charged later in the day by Macoupin County State’s...
Cases filed during May 23 – May 29, 2021. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. FELONIES Christian Lyerla, 24...
The Macoupin Art Collective has added even more color to their building at 115 E Main Street in Staunton with a facelift. The nonprofit purchased the...
The Little Miss and Mini Miner pageant will kick off Gillespie’s annual Black Diamond Days festival this Friday, June 4. The pageant will be held at...
Former district teacher Steve Joyce made an impassioned plea to the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night urging the board to...
SPRINGFIELD – Macoupin County has been issued a final property assessment equalization factor of 1.0196, according to David Harris, Director of the Illinois Department of Revenue....
For the second consecutive year, Memorial Day observances at Benld City Cemetery have been canceled due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, according to the Cemetery Board and...
The Benld City Council on Monday night saw the swearing-in of recently re-elected aldermen and officers but otherwise dealt with routine business during a relatively brief...
The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) announced vaccination locations across the state are prepared to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to youth ages 12 through 15...
A newly seated Gillespie City Council on Monday night got its first glimpse of a proposed ordinance to govern the use of fireworks within the city...
At the direction of the Macoupin County Board, the county’s website now has a single page for information and applications for any licenses and permits a...
Property tax payments will become more affordable and easier in Macoupin County starting in 2022. Property owners in the county will be able to pay their...
Michelle Smith, President of the local Federation of Teachers union, addressed the Gillespie CUSD 7 school board Monday evening to express the union’s desire that remote...
Gearing up for an expanded program, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night approved hiring teaching staff and non-certificated...
A 31-year-old Gillespie man faces charges of aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol (class 2 felony), reckless homicide (class 3 felony), aggravated driving under the...
