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03/11/2010 - One Person Was Killed In A Single Vehicle Accident On Fillmore Trail (Coffeen)--One person was killed in a single vehicle accident Wednesday morning on Fillmore Trail. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff‘s Office, 911 received a call reporting a vehicle off the roadway on Fillmore Trail west of Blain Street. Read more... |
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03/11/2010 - Carlinville Rotary Club‘s All Star Basketball Games The Carlinville Rotary Club‘s Annual All Star Basketball games will be Sunday, March 28th at Carlinville High School. The girls all star game will start at 4:30 and the boys game will begin at 6:45. There will also be a girls 3-point shootout before the girl‘s and boy‘s games and a slam dunk contest at halftime of the boys game. Read more... |
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03/09/2010 - New Engineer Hired During The Montgomery County Board Meeting (Hillsboro)--A new County Engineer was hired during the Montgomery County Board meeting Tuesday morning. After a closed session, the Montgomery County Board approved to hire Kevin Smith as the new engineer. Smith replaces Rueben Boehler who resigned in February. Smith is scheduled to begin on March 15th. Read more... |
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03/07/2010 - State Funding To Muncipalities Expected To Be Cut (Springfield)--Municipalities around the state are being forwarded the amount of state funding they have been allotted in the next year will be less than they might have hoped. Read more... |
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03/04/2010 - Authorites Investigating An Apparent Burglary At The Passport Lounge (Litchfield)--The Litchfield Police Department is investigating an apparent burglary at the Passport Lounge. According to reports, Officers responded to a burglary alarm just before 2 Tuesday morning at the Lounge. Reportedly individuals entered by prying the southwest exit door. Read more... |
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03/04/2010 - Nokomis Sectional Ticket Info NOKOMIS SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT TICKET SALES INFORMATION Nokomis plays Madison in the Sectional Tournament Championship Game Friday night at Nokomis High School Gym. Game time is 7:30. Season ticket and reserved seat ticket holders can get tickets today, Thursday, 3-4, from 9:00 to 11:00. Read more... |
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03/03/2010 - Witt School To Be Closed Following The 2009-2010 School Year (Hillsboro)--The Witt School to be closed following the 2009-2010 school year. The Hillsboro Board of Education approved the closure during a special Board of Education meeting Tuesday night. The motion passed in a six to one vote. Board member Trina Britton the only no vote. Read more... |
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03/02/2010 - Phone Service Restored For Residents In Montgomery and Macoupin County (Litchfield)--Phone service has been restored following a reported incident Monday that disrupted service for residents of Montgomery and Macoupin County. Reportedly, a fiber optic cable was cut Monday morning around 10 in Litchfield. Crews from Consolidated Communications were on the scene for most of the day. Read more... |
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03/01/2010 - Nokomis Sectional Tournament Ticket Info NOKOMIS SECTIONAL TOURNAMENT TICKET SALES INFORMATION Tickets for the games at the Nokomis Class 1A Boys Basketball Sectional Tournament will go on sale to the general public Tuesday, March 2nd from 8:00-11:00 and 1:00-3:00 in the old gym lobby. Read more... |
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02/25/2010 - Langheim Named New Lincolnwood Junior High and High School Principal (Raymond)--During a special Panhandle Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, the board approved to hire Chad Langheim as the District‘s new Junior High and High School Principal for the 2010-2011 school year. Langheim replaces Rich Mazzolini who resigned in December. The Panhandle Board of Education then went into closed session. Read more... |
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02/23/2010 - Four Businesses Destroyed By A Fire In Vandalia (Vandalia)--An early morning fire in downtown Vandalia destroyed four businesses. According to the Vandalia Police Department, the fire began around 1am Tuesday morning in the three hundred block of West Gallatin Street. Read more... |
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02/23/2010 - Montgomery County Getting Ready For The 2010 Census (Hillsboro)--An update regarding the 2010 Census was given Monday night in Hillsboro. According to Vonnie Salm from the Census Bureau, packets should be sent out in mid March. Salm says the form was reduced to only ten questions, and should only take ten minutes to complete. Read more... |
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02/22/2010 - One Person Killed In A Train Accident Saturday In Witt (Witt)--A Schram City man was killed in a car-train collision Saturday morning in Witt. According to the Montgomery County Sheriff‘s Office, Montgomery County 911 was contacted at 3:35. Reportedly a vehicle driven by 62 year old Arthur Conrad of Schram City was southbound on Main Street when it was struck by a train. Read more... |
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02/18/2010 - One Person Killed and Two Others Seriously Injured In A Head On Accident (Collinsville)--One person was killed, and two others seriously injured in a two vehicle accident Tuesday evening on Route 160, south of Highland Road. According to Illinois State Police, a vehicle driven by 32 year old James Griesbaum of Aviston was northbound on Route 160. Read more... |
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02/17/2010 - Two Million Dollars In Budget Cuts Outlined For The Hillsboro Board of Education (Hillsboro)--During a special Hillsboro Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, Superintendent David Powell addressed the budget situation in the district. According to Powell, the district is facing a two million dollar deficit this year. Read more... |
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02/16/2010 - Litchfield Police Department Responds To An Apparent Suicide (Litchfield)--The Litchfield Police Department responded to an apparent suicide Friday evening in Litchfield. According to a release, the Police Department and Emergency Medical Services were dispatched by Montgomery County 911 to a residence in the eight hundred block of North State Street for a reported suicide. Read more... |
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02/15/2010 - Two People Face Various Drug Charges Following An Arrest In Litchfield (Litchfield)--Two people face various drug related charges following their arrest Friday morning in Litchfield. Read more... |
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02/11/2010 - Litchfield Board of Education Plans Big Cuts To The 2010 Budget (Litchfield)--During the Litchfield Board of Education meeting Tuesday night, the board started the budget reduction process by cutting over six hundred and eighty thousand dollars to the District‘s 2010-2011 budget. The cuts were in response to the School District losing close to 1.2 million dollars in state funding. Read more... |
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02/11/2010 - Macoupin County Fatal One person was killed in a two vehicle accident on Wednesday south of the Brighton-Bunker Hill and Fosterburg Road. According to Illinois State Police, 36 year old William Gibson II of Bethalto was traveling south on Fosterburg Road when he lost control of his 2006 Nissan Altima in snow on a curve at 6:29am. Read more... |
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02/10/2010 - Three People Seriously Injured In An Accident East Of Hornsby (Litchfield)--Three people were seriously injured in a three vehicle accident Tuesday morning on Route 16, east of Hornsby. According to Illinois State Police, a vehicle driven by 20 year old Brigitte Bollman of Litchfield was eastbound on Route 16. Read more... |
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02/09/2010 - Bunker Hill ATV Accident A Bunker Hill man was seriously injured in an ATV accident Sunday evening norhteast of Bunker Hill. According to the Macoupin County Sheriff‘s Office, an individual traveling on Mansholt Road around 6:45pm observed a 2007 Honda TRX lying in a ditch near the roadway and the individual got out to see if there was any injury. Read more... |
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02/08/2010 - Carlinville Water Problems Improving Following a major water main break in the Carlinville water supply system things are beginning to return to normal. Officials said this morning that the water line break was in a 1905 water main . located near CrumyStone Road. The old line has been capped and a new line is now supplying the city with water from the treatment plant. Read more... |
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02/08/2010 - Fatal Crash in Greene County A fatal crash in Greene County on Sunday remains under investigation by Illinois State Police. Read more... |
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02/05/2010 - One Person Killed In A Single Vehicle Accident Near Kincaid (Taylorville)--One person was killed in a single vehicle accident Friday morning on Route 104, east of Kincaid. According to Illinois State Police, a vehicle driven by 23 year old Jeana Smith of Taylorville was eastbound on Route 104, when she lost control. Her vehicle left the road, entered a ditch, and rolled over. Read more... |
