Bunker Hill News

Terry Beasley's hobby renewed his livelihood and the environment after he retired from Federal Steel.

An eyewitness is disputing police accounts that a Godfrey teenager killed in a fiery car-truck crash on Thursday was the one at fault.

Authorities work the scene of a fatal crash Thursday involving a Mitsubishi Eclipse and a tractor-trailer truck.

The new superintendent in the Southwestern school district is familiar with the district's traditions.

Holiday buyers can drop then shop this year at the seventh annual Green Gift Bazaar.

A Gillespie School District committee has narrowed possible locations for a new school to three.

State Sen. Bill Haine, D-Alton, and state Rep. Dan Beiser, D-Alton, joined citizens Monday night at a public hearing urging the Illinois Commerce Commission to resist an average 30 percent rate hike requested by Illinois-American Water Co.

"I want your shoes to save souls," Pastor George Hutchings, aka The Shoeman, told the youth ministry at Country Bible Church in Bunker Hill.

Kathryn J. Gowin spent 10 minutes this week doing what some deer hunters never do in a lifetime.

The parents of Casey Lynn Soltermann are announcing their daughter's engagement and forthcoming marriage to Bryan Leonard Collins.

Ashley Mays had never used the networking program Skype. "I thought it would be easy," she said.

JEREMY WOOD TO BE ORDAINED Mr. Jeremy Robert Wood, pastor of the First Congregational Church, Bunker Hill, IL, will be ordained in a Service of Ordination on Sunday, October 25, 2009 at 10 a.m. "Pastor Jeremy" has held the pulpit of "First Church" for six years, having been installed as pastor by the congregation on November 30, 2003, during which ...

" October 7, 2009. Governor Pat Quinn today commended U.S. Cellular for bringing improved cellular phone service to the people of Macoupin County.

Gov. Pat Quinn will be in Bunker Hill today to help announce U.S. Cellular's expansion of its network in Macoupin County.

Howard County Arrests Wednesday, 8:32 a.m., police arrested a 15-year-old female, in the 2500 block of South Berkley Road, on a charge of battery.

A 15-year-old Bunker Hill High School student may have been nervous standing before the Eagle Scout board of review on Aug.

The Bunker Hill Area Chamber of Commerce will kick off its annual Fall Festival at 10 a.m. Saturday, Sept.

Joshua Peterson's goal of becoming an Eagle Scout before age 16 happened Aug. 13 when he was accepted by the local Eagle Scout Board.

Glendale Riders jam like Southern rockers, but it's a family thing. The members, including 14-year-old fiddle player Jared Bensman, set up their instruments and opened with a usual favorite, "Glendale Train" by New Riders of the Purple Sage, at a private party where the Glendale Riders recently were hired as Saturday night entertainment.

The Macoupin County Sheriff Department is seeking the public's help in locating the culprit who burglarized a rural Bunker Hill home Saturday.