Macoupin County voters will decide on mayoral and trustee races in the April 1 Consolidated Election, with several contested ...

Sangamon County Coroner Jim Allmon confirmed two people died in a fire in Virden. Allmon said a 13-year-old boy and a 34-year-old male from Virden died after being transported to Springfield ...

Children often seem like they’re always moving at top speed, but a Jacksonville Public Library program recognizes that some kids do better when the world slows.

VIRDEN, Ill. – A tragic house fire in Virden claimed the lives of a father and his two young sons on Saturday morning, devastating the small Macoupin County community. Authorities in Virden and ...

Eight years ago, when Jackson Mayor Chokwe Lumumba first took office, he remarkably vowed to the country to make Jackson “the ...

FBI agents arrested a Jacksonville man early Wednesday on federal charges accusing him of coercion and enticement of a minor ...

Bonds were issued for multiple capital improvements such as city building renovations, paving at Virden Creek and equipment for various departments. The city brought in $155.2 million in revenues ...

The Macoupin County Coroner’s office has identified the youngest of the three victims in a Virden house fire on Saturday. 10-year-old Jacob James was pronounced dead at the scene of the fire.