Macoupin County News

John Gillette, the Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy alleged to have manhandled a motorist who was having a kidney-stone attack, has apparently been the subject of at least 27 complaints and has been previously ...

Brandon Bouck's head dropped, his shoulders slumped, then he began to cry. Madison County Circuit Judge Charles Romani had just sentenced him on Tuesday to seven years in prison for second-degree murder of a ...

William Tavernor told The Associated Press on Sunday he resigned last week in the town of about 700 to work on other things, and that there aren't enough hours in the day to still handle the part-time ...

The beetles were trapped last week in an industrial area of Bloomington 's southwest side.

William Tavernor has resigned as Palmyra's police chief amid an investigation by the Illinois State Police.

Turn 'em over. That's what a judge has told the Sangamon County sheriff's office in a fight over whether internal-affairs reports must be released under the state Freedom of Information Act.

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the third of a three-part series on the push to integrate more innovative technology into educational systems despite decreasing school district budgets.

Macoupin 4-H members will have activities daily at the Macoupin County Fair starting Monday.

Macoupin County will use a grant from the attorney general's office to initiate the "Not Even Once" program to fight meth use and production.

People of all ages came to town to watch the 14th Annual Bunker Hill Fourth of July Parade Friday morning.

Labor relations attorney Jack Knuppel was in the process Thursday of filing a motion to dismiss an unfair labor practice charge against Macoupin County Sheriff Don Albrecht.

In-fighting has entangled another area law enforcement agency. The Policemen's Benevolent Labor Committee on Tuesday filed an unfair labor practice charge against Macoupin County Sheriff Don Albrecht.

The Policemen's Benevolent Labor Committee filed an unfair labor practice charge Wednesday against Macoupin County Sheriff Don Albrecht.

A Virden police officer shot a pit bull to death Saturday morning after the dog charged a bicycle rider and then the officer.

The weekend shooting of a pit bull by a city police officer was justified, Police Chief Scott Mayeda said Tuesday.

Cool, wet weather followed by heavy rains has put many Illinois farmers behind either in planting corn or soybeans or replanting their crops.

A petition drive aimed at cutting the 29-member Sangamon County Board nearly in half is expected to be announced this week.

Five men are facing charges of robbery and mob action for allegedly taking a cell phone from a victim after kicking and punching him.

Cavallo Bus Lines, based in Gillespie, has operated a shuttle service for state employees who work in Springfield and live in Macoupin County for 40 years.

The teenage State Journal-Register newspaper carrier injured in a dramatic crash near Rochester early Wednesday is improving at Memorial Medical Center.