Articles from the April 2, 2024 edition
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Spring showers not only bring May flowers, but they bring floods and tornado watches
Widespread severe thunderstorms ripped through southern and central Illinois on Monday, April 1, and Tuesday, April 2 as a strong early-Spring storm...
SCUD No. 6 announces its choirs' 2024 Musical
Staunton Community Unit School District No. 6 (SCUD No. 6) has announced its choirs' 2024 Spring musical: Nickelodeon, The Spongebob Musical, which will take place on April 19, 20, 21 in Staunton...
The Illinois Commerce Commission plans to fund local projects to improve highway safety
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) has the statutory responsibility to improve safety at public highway-rail crossings in the State of Illinois. As of Feb. 1, 2024, there were 7,542 public...
Free spay and neuter clinic March 23, 2024 thru May 18, 2024
The Coalition for Pet Progress is excited to announce: "Operation Pit (And Kit) Stop," a community-wide collaborative effort to spay and neuter up to 1,200 owned pitbulls and pitbull mixes, and...
Announcement from the Star-Times: The New Phone Number for Staunton's Newspaper is 618-594-1223
By AUSTIN GRABOW / STAR-TIMES The Staunton Star-Times values its community members, readers, and subscribers. The Star-Times would like to share and...
Youth soccer camp sign-up is now available
The camp will be held July 8 thru July 11 for grades Kindergarten all the way up to eighth grade. It will be held at the Staunton Soccer complex, which is located at 1631 Tubular Steel Road, in...
Vazzi
Robert “Bob” Edward Vazzi, 65, of Savannah, Ga., died on Thursday, Dec. 14, 2023, unexpectedly at his residence. Williamson Funeral Home is ass...
Sandretto
Brett A. Sandretto, 60, of Gillespie, died at St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., on Saturday, March 23, 2024. He was born Aug. 29, 1963, in Springfield, Ill. the son of James L. "Sonny"...
Birmingham
Asleep in Jesus and awaiting the Resurrection, Loraine Leona Birmingham, 97, of Glen Carbon, passed away on Saturday, March 30, 2024 at the Lutheran Senior Services Meridian Village in Glen Carbon,...
Makula
James “Jim” R. Makula, 89, of Staunton, passed away at the St. Louis University Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., on Monday, March 25, 2024. James was bor...
Williams
Marilyn Frances Williams, 81, of Gillespie, died at St. John's Hospital in Springfield on Friday, March 22, 2024. She was born March 19, 1943, in Gillespie the daughter of the late Robert M. Reid and...
Dyckman
Pamela M. Dyckman, 70, of Staunton, died at her residence in Staunton with her family by her side on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. She was born Jan. 11,...
Eilmann
Leonard “Dave” Eilmann, 79, of Warrenton, Mo., passed away at St. Joseph Hospital West Lake in St. Louis, Mo. on March 24, 2024. He was born Oct. 12,...
Coatney
Willis Edward Coatney, 90, of Normal, Ill., died on March 21, 2024. He was born in Gillespie on Dec. 24, 1933 the son of the late James and Elizabeth Coatney. He married his wife of sixty-three...
Rhodes
Mark A. Rhodes, 61, of Gillespie, died at St. John's Hospital in Springfield, on Saturday, March 30, 2024. He was born Jan. 21, 1963, in Staunton the son of father, Robert J. (spouse, Adell (Medley)...
Lane
Sandra Lynn Lane, 76, of Staunton, passed away Friday, March 22, 2024 at Staunton 's Health and Rehab Center located in Staunton. She was born May...
Macoupin County Courthouse News
Marriage Licenses Tera Quinn Bates of Benld, Violet Melissa Roselynn Irons of Benld Angela D. Stokes of Hillsboro, Timothy Aaron Stokes of Hillsboro Brandon Lesemann of Bunker Hill, Mackenzie McGuire...
Library Happenings by Julie Jarman
The month of April has arrived.It's time for tulips, baseball, bike rides and trips to the playground once again. Speaking of playgrounds, the new story featured at the library Story Book Walk out at...
To You … With Love,
Magnificent God who arose. The garden was silent as Mary came, bearing the spices for Jesus her king; dead by the hand of the world and its sin. She never would see her dear master again, but in the...
Staunton Police Blotter
March 25, 2024: Patricia K. Miller; Speeding (Radar) March 25, 2024: Juvenile; City Ordinance Possession of Tobacco by Minor March 26, 2024: Nicole H. Teeske; Operating Uninsured Motor Vehicle;...
Livingston Rummage Sale and Vendor Fair
The April 2024 Rummage Sale and Vendor Fair, Sponsored by Livingston Street Fest Association, will be held Friday April 12 and Saturday April 13 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event will be held at...
32nd Annual Livingston Easter Egg Hunt
On Saturday, March 30, the two photos were submitted by a Livingston local, Kirstyn Kreger. From (T to B): Kreger's daughter, Lenora Kreger; and her...
Local business sponsors a Easter inspired photo-op
JNF Tree Service sponsored a chicks planter in front of the Public Library on Main St. in Staunton for anybody that wanted to take Easter...
Days Gone By In Staunton
Thursday, Sept. 27, 1923 -- JURIES RETURN INDICTMENTS -- The Federal grand jury at Quincy and the Macoupin county grand jury last week returned...
Slices of Life
By: Jill Pertler You never know how things are going to hit you. Today I read something that hit me. It was posted on a social media site for widow(er)s, and started with one, rather simple, but...
