From Our Files

Issue of Oct. 28, 1998

A teen center is scheduled to open this week in the old KC Hall on Spring Street. Kazoos will be open Friday and Saturday nights as a teen center and Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. as a flea market.

Lisa Albrecht and Dennis Barth were married Sept. 19 in Worden.

Mary A. Tuscan (83) of Staunton died Oct. 21 at Litchfield Healthcare.

Mildred Sturm (84) of Staunton died Oct. 21 at Community Memorial Hospital.

Marie Baumgartner (94) of Worden died Oct. 22 at Heritage Manor Nursing Home.

Janet E. Ziegler (61) of Livingston, formerly of Edwardsville, died Oct. 25 at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis.

Rosella Irene Rull (96) of Mt. Olive died Oct. 22 at at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield.

Patricia L. Clark (61) of Staunton, formerly of Gillespie, died Oct. 22 at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield.

Issue of Oct. 29, 2008

Early voting for Macoupin County residents took place on Oct. 25 in Staunton.

The Worden-to-Staunton bike trail was inaugurated with a walk/ride for kids and families.

The new emergency sirens will be tested next week.

Stefanie Steiner and David Carrion were married July 15 in Las Vegas.

Obituaries: Daniel Guy Durston (54), Litchfield, died Oct. 22; Jeanne E. Legendre (90), Clinton, Iowa, died Oct. 27; Ronnie D. Allen (72), White City, died Oct. 20; Elda Sophia Prange (75), Litchfield, died Oct. 25; George P. Schnur (93), Staunton, died Oct. 21; Carl T. “Doc” Malloy (78), Benld, died Oct. 26.