Batchtown News

A Jerseyville businessman indicted by a Jersey County Grand Jury on solicitation of arson and solicitation of insurance fraud was airlifted to a St.

The following towns are included in the 13th Congressional District: Alton, Argenta, Assumption, Atwood, Batchtown, Bement, Benld, Bethalto, Bloomington, Blue Mound, Bondville, Brighton, Brussels, Bulpitt, Bunker Hill, Butler, Carlinville, Carrollton, Cerro Gordo, Champaign, Chesterfield, Cisco, Clinton, Coalton, Coffeen, Collinsville, Dalton City, ... (more)

Survivors include his wife and two sons, Curtis L. Hill Jr. of Kane and John L. Hill of Batchtown; two daughters, Caroll Haynes of Kane and Debby Hill of Golden Eagle; five grandchildren and a great-grandchild; a brother, Roy Hill of Tennessee, and a sister, Ava Miller of Jerseyville.

PHOTO 1: Connor Schmidt, 14, of Carlinville, shears his 15-month-old Dorset sheep Wednesday getting her ready for sheep judging today at the Macoupin County Fair in Carlinville.

Clayton Farmers' Market vendor Kim Vogel grew up around the farm. She said her father bought the orchard that would later become Eilerman Brothers Orchards back in 1967, and he joined forces with his four brothers to make it all happen.