Macoupin County News

It gives me great pleasure to see that the issue of questionable debt collection is finally being addressed, having been subjected to the atrocities of a credit bureau in Macoupin County and a judge.

Sheriff Arrests, Citations William L. Six, 65, of 310 Marnico Lane was booked into the Morgan County Jail on a charge of failure to register, as convicted sex offender, his new address within 10 days of moving.

A Gillespie, Illinois man faces an involuntary manslaughter charge after police say his three-month-old died with a baby wipe in her mouth.

A Macoupin County, IL man has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in the death of his daughter.

LITCHFIELD, IL - The Macoupin County State's Attorney's Office charged a 27-year-old Gillespie, Illinois man in connection with the death of the man's infant daughter.

I see the headlines in the paper is, "Three more heroin deaths suspected." That should be minor news.

A man who wielded a torn-up beer can during a bizarre domestic clash with two women has pleaded guilty and faces sentencing next week.

Sheriff Accident A 52-year-old rural Jacksonville man was injured Sunday when he caught a foot in a grain auger on Strawn's Crossing Road northeast of Jacksonville.

BUNKER HILL, IL Macoupin County Board Chairman and candidate for State Senate in the 48th District Andy Manar today said that he believes that the public is tired of the continued abuse of the General Assembly Scholarship program and that the time has come for the legislative perk to be abolished.

The Alton American Legion Post 126 will host National Vice Commander Milton G. Heifner at a breakfast at 7:30 a.m. Saturday.

Evidenced by the expansion of the Freedom of Information Act, it is clear that members of the general public are gaining more and more access to all public records, much to the call for more "open government" processes.

Many governement agencies are looking toward the open market as a place they can save money on electricity.

The loss of 400 postal jobs and the resulting loss of hundreds of thousands of dollars in local sales tax revenue are among the reasons the Macoupin County Board has passed a resolution officially opposing the plan by the United States Postal Service to close the Springfield Postal Facility.