A pair of Carlinville men have created a ground-breaking study of the connections of Abraham Lincoln to Illinois State University in Normal, a work that one...
At the request of the U.S. Department of Defense, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has activated approximately 500 Illinois National Guard members in support of the continued...
Members of the Benld City Council on Monday night voted to start the process of gathering information with an eye toward applying for a Housing and...
The Illinois Sheriffs’ Association announced that it will be awarding over $58,000 in college scholarships throughout the State of Illinois to students wishing to pursue higher...
The Gillespie Caring Center and Shepherd’s Closet has re-opened between the hours of 9:00 AM until 11:45 AM on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays with food being...
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker has ordered the activation of approximately 200 Illinois National Guard members in support of the 59th Presidential Inauguration. The District of Columbia...
Vaccination distribution for Phase 1A continues throughout the State of Illinois while Macoupin County recently completed their 1,000 vaccination. Procedures are in place to provide the...
Carlinville – Macoupin County voters may now apply for a vote by mail ballot for the April 6, 2021 Election, Macoupin County Clerk Pete Duncan announced on...
Community Unit School District 7 students will have the option of attending in-person classes when the winter break ends on Monday, Jan. 11 as a result...
A 28-year-old Peace Corps Fellow from Western Illinois University has moved to Gillespie to begin an 11-month internship to bolster community and economic development efforts undertaken...
State Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill), who catapulted from local politics to became a prominent voice in the Illinois Senate, will step down from his 48th...
The Moderna manufactured COVID-19 vaccine was received in Macoupin County last week and nearly 600 frontline healthcare workers received the vaccine on Saturday, December 26. The...
In a relatively brief meeting, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night gave final approval for the district’s 2020...
Taverns suffering financially from state-imposed closures due to COVID-19 in Benld will have a reprieve from paying for liquor licenses for the coming year as a...
HSHS St. Francis Hospital announced today that the hospital administered the first COVID-19 vaccine doses to hospital colleagues on Wednesday who are serving on the front lines...
The first COVID vaccine doses arrived in Illinois on Monday, December 14 and were processed to go to hospitals throughout the state. Local public health department...
Members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night approved a property tax levy for 2020 taxes to be collected in 2021 amounting to more than...
Positive COVID 19 cases continue to be confirmed in Macoupin County. While many people with COVID-19 have only a mild illness, others have a severe illness,...
Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White is announced on Friday that Driver Services facilities statewide will remain closed for in-person transactions until Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021,...
With half of its members participating remotely via the Zoom remote conferencing platform, the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night set...
