Illinois Rural Water Association Designates the City of Staunton as "Water System of the Year"
On Tuesday, Feb. 20, of 2024, Illinois Rural Water Association, the state’s largest rural utility association, selected the City of Staunton as its...
County Gov. signed Public Library Act into effect
Gov. John M. Palmer, who lived in Carlinville from 1838-67, signed the Illinois Public Library Act on March 7, 1872, creating the tax-supported, free-usage public libraries that Illinoisans know...
A highway brush fire causes low visibility, required secured traffic for local fire department
By Charles Browne / Local Resident A brush fire alongside U.S. 66 approximately half of a mile South of IL 138 was reported on the East side of the...
R.P. Lumber acquiring Schrock Lumber, growing its presence in the state of Iowa
Based in Edwardsville, Ill., R.P. Lumber opened its first location in Staunton, Ill. in 1977 and has continued to grow throughout the states of...
Pre-School screenings for ages 3-4
Staunton Elementary School will conduct annual preschool screenings for the 2023-2024 school year on April 2, 3, 4, and 5. This is a free developmental screening for all preschool children who will...
Local Zion Lutheran youth group hosting Trivia Night April 6
On Saturday, April 6, the Zion Lutheran Youth Group will be hosting a trivia night at the Staunton Country Club. Doors open at 6 p.m. and trivia begins at 7 p.m. Tables of 8-10 are welcome for the...
Holy Week Service schedule
Palm Sunday: Service at 8:15 a.m. at Dorchester Methodist Church; Service at 9:30 a.m. at Staunton Methodist church; Maundy Thursday: Service with Communion at Dorchester Methodist Church at 6 p.m....
Nutrition Center
Reservations must be made by 1 p.m. on the day prior to the day you wish to eat. If you have made reservations and cannot attend, please notify the center. To register for or cancel meals, call...
Macoupin County Courthouse News
Marriage Licenses Ethan Powell Eades of Carlinville, Audra Elizabeth Briggs of Smithboro, Ill. Ronnie Lee Keffer of Crowley, Texas, Shana Larea Weitzel of Staunton Terry Anthony Petty of Benld, Mia...
Library Happenings by Julie Jarman
The Shamrock month is already on top of us. There is so much happening at the Staunton Public Library this time of year. Story Time for the younger crowd ages three and up is now set for the second...
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- Mötley Crüe is set to rock the Grandstand at the State Fair
- IEMA-OHS recognizes severe weather Preparedness Month
- Mobile Museum of Tolerance Essay Contest
- Veterans Assistance Commission in Benld
- Dementia Caregivers Support Group to meet at Carlinville Library
- Worden Public Library gears up for the Easter holidays
- Zion Lutheran's Preschool and Kindergarten Open House
- Decorations must be removed from cemetery grounds
- Deans List for Fall 2023 released
- Dementia Caregivers Support Group to meet at Carlinville Library
- Mid-State Tractor Club meeting
- 2024 Illinois 4-H Robotics Challenge
- BHSS FFA Week
- President of Blackburn College speaks to local class
- Free Hunter Safety course taught by Mule's Shooting Source
- A sweet tooth leads to Hillsboro's Sweet Spot for Munchin' Madness in March
- Class of 2024
- Post Prom's grocery raffle
- Broken Crayons still color - Sunday Evening Service
- Gillespie High School Drama chooses musical
- The Macoupin County Historical Society's annual meeting
- Advanced Dental Care of Springfield offering Free Dental Day
- Illinois Dental Exam deadline
- Hamel Church to host Dinner
- Easter Egg Hunt and Basket Raffle
The Lady Bulldogs finished their record-breaking season; whole team set to return
The Lady Bulldogs Varsity basketball team had another record breaking season. They won this year’s Regional Championship on their home court...
SHS Sports: Timelines from the Sidelines Tradition everlasting
Overview of 1930-1939 Though SHS continued to field successful teams into the 1930s, perhaps the most important happening of the decade came off the playing field, as Staunton’s first and only...
Mt. Zion Co-Ed Track and Field Meet
On Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024: Women's 60 Meter Dash-Varsity 11th place-Lilly Trettenero 23rd Place-Meadow Kilduff 38th Place-Victoria Partridge Women's 200 Meters -Varsity 24th place-Hannah Daugherty...
Bowling
Tuesday Night Men’s R&B’s: 45 The Finishers: 44 Split Happens: 35 JM Power Washing Svcs: 30 High individual game, Tim Copeland, 253; Individual series, Dillon Bertels, 649; Team game, R & B's,...
To You … With Love,
Tomorrow is a Brighter Day Linked together in the universal longings of man, we seek, for the most part, to live godly lives. As the young bride, being great with child waiting anxiously for the...
Slices of Life
By: Jill Pertler I’m a recent transplant – from a northern state to a southern one. I now spend winters in Florida, but for most of my life, I endured the (harsh, frigid, bitter, unending,...
Album of the Week: Supertramp's, Breakfast in America
Breakfast in America is the sixth studio album by the English rock band Supertramp, released by A&M Records on Mar. 16, 1979. It was recorded in 1978...
Miller
Nelson Lloyd Miller, 90, passed away at his residence in Mt. Olive on Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024. Nelson was born in Mt. Olive, on Jan. 15, 1934 the son...
Payad
Doris Jean Payad, 94, of Staunton, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on May 8, 1929 in Ft....
Brewer
Normaline Brewer, 86, of Mt. Olive, died at her residence on Monday, March 4, 2024. She was born Feb. 12, 1938, in Marston, Mo. the daughter to the late James Paul Morris and Tennie (Lovins) Morris....
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