Staunton Star - Times - Published in the Interest of the Staunton Community for Over 143 Years

Dillard J. Dehart, Jr., 66, of Staunton, was sentenced by a Macoupin County jury and found guilty of one count of criminal sexual assault, a Class 1 felony. Dehart is scheduled to be sentenced Oct....

During Monday night’s city council meeting, City Clerk Dennis Stiegemeier announced that the 7th Annual Gold Star Mission GS500 Bicycle Event taking place Sept. 19 through Sept. 23 will be coming t...

The Staunton Board of Education held their monthly meeting on Aug. 21, and approved the purchase of two used school buses with air conditioning from Midwest Transit Equipment in the amount of...

As you turn your calendar from Aug. to Sept., don’t forget to make a special note on Saturday, Sept. 16 for the 2nd Annual Strassenfest. Main Street will be busy with music, refreshments, food and a...

Lloyd J. "Pinky" Moreland Jr., 82, of rural Staunton, Ill., formerly of Livingston, died with his daughter by his side on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville. He was born April... Full story

Emma Lena (Parola) Vlasich, 102, of Gillespie, Ill., died at Gillespie Health and Rehab Center in Gillespie on Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023. She was born Sept. 13, 1920, in Taylor Springs to James and... Full story

Marilyn Lee Brown, 88, of Staunton, Ill., died on Friday, Aug. 18, 2023, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville. She was born April 27, 1935, in West Prairie, Ill., the daughter of the late Benjamin... Full story

Bobbi Jo Blevins, 52, of Dorchester, Ill., died at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. She was born Feb. 28, 1971, in Staunton to Robert Kahl Jr. and Joanne Briskovich... Full story

Shana Kay Marshall, 62, of Staunton, Ill., died on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. She was born on Dec. 4, 1960, in Gallup, N.M., the daughter of Carl and Virginia (Creasy) Rodgers. Shana married Mark... Full story

Iona L. Grandone, 95, of Staunton, Ill., died on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, at Staunton Health & Rehab Center in Staunton. She was born Sept. 12, 1927, in White Heath, the daughter of the late Roy and... Full story

Mae Dorothy Landreth, 98, of Bunker Hill, Ill., died at Litchfield Health and Rehab Center in Litchfield on Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. She was born Jan. 1, 1925, in East Alton, to George Herman Ringering... Full story

Dennis James Hilyard, 69, of Bunker Hill, Ill., died at his residence on Monday, Aug. 21, 2023. He was born Sept. 30, 1953, in Litchfield, to James Roy Hilyard and Margaret Ann "Peggy" Noel Hilyard.... Full story

Charles "Charlie" Henry Bertels, 85, of East Alton, Ill., died Thursday, Aug. 24, 2023, at Alton Memorial Hospital in Alton. He was born Oct. 10, 1937, at home in Dorsey, to William D. and Minnie P.... Full story

Earl William "Skip" Harvill Jr., 77, of Gillespie, Ill., died at his residence on Friday, Aug. 25, 2023. He was born June 18, 1946, to Earl William Harvill Sr. and Helen Sherfy Harvill. He married... Full story

Dewey D. “Joe” Hartman, 87, of rural Staunton, Ill., died at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, Mo., on Sunday, Aug. 27, 2023. He was born on Jan. 16, 1936, in Worden, the son of the late Dewey Wil... Full story

Kimberly Marie Fowler, 51, of Bunker Hill, Ill., died at Alton Memorial Hospital in Alton on Wednesday, Aug. 23. She was born Dec. 11, 1971, in Alton, to David Sherfy and Marie Sherfy. She married... Full story

Reservations for Benld Nutrition Center 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...

Issue of Aug. 26, 1998 New concrete steps were poured at St. Michael’s School and a new sidewalk will be poured this week. Shawn Davis set up a chiropractic practice at 842 N. Edwardsville at the l...

Thursday, March 15 , 1923 -- WINDSTORM LEAVES WAKE OF DAMAGE -- This community on Sunday and Sunday night was visited by the heaviest rainfall on record since about a year. Rain fell almost...

Sept. 4 - No School, Labor Day Oct. 6 - 12:30 p.m. Dismissal, School Improvement Day Oct. 9 - No School Columbus Day Varsity Football Sept. 1 - 7 p.m. at Vandalia Sept. 8 - 7 p.m. Home vs Hillsboro...