Macoupin County

Forty deer taken in Sangamon County.

Top local county was Macoupin with one hundred and one.

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Young hunters took a record number of deer during the youth harvest that was completed last weekend in Illinois.

The Illinois Department of Natural Resources said more than 4,800 deer were taken October 10th through the 12th by the youths, breaking the old record of more than 4,700 last year.

IDNR said 40 deer were taken during the weekend in Sangamon County, the top local county, Macoupin 101.

Youth hunters with unfilled youth deer permits may use them during the upcoming firearm deer seasons on November 20th through the 22nd and December 3rd through the 6th.

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Frank Zito and Bunnell, in 1930, the largest conspiracy case brought to date by the federal government during Prohibition was called the McCoupin Conspiracy or the Bunnell Conspiracy, and it named Frank Zito, head of the Springfield Mafia, Frank Agusa, head of the St. Louis Mafia, Dominic Terrell, the head of the Booze Gang, and Ben was a prominent businessman who owned a grocery store and he was able to wholesale all of this ingredients, yeast and corn sugar, to all the distilleries, some in Madison County, all of Macoupin County, Sangamon County, and Montgomery County, all surrounding Macoupin.

He was a linchpin.

And as a sidebar, I discovered after publishing that my great-uncle was also named in this conspiracy theory.

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At a very minimum, 150,000 gallons of booze was leaving Macoupin County every month.

Tell me, Sheriff Frank Fries, was he tried to be a reformer? How did he fit into this whole story?

Um, over 5,000 deer have been reported already since October 1.

Top five counties right now look to be Jefferson, Pike, Fayette, Fulton, and Macoupin.

Um, Jefferson, Pike, Fayette, those are always big harvest counties.

Um, we're seeing harvest statewide.

Now, this has been an ongoing debate in Illinois and the group Illinois Separation, they tell me that they've got ballot questions across the state.

In Coles County, Gallatin, Hamilton, Henderson, Macoupin, McDonough, Monroe, Piatt, Saline, Warren, Washington County, plus 11 townships in Adams County are being asked whether or not the state should split into two.

Now, organizers say it's a straightforward referendum, and they're urging people not to read into it or to complicate it.

They say it isn't about separating from America or joining another state.

Council also approved allocating an additional $750,000 in cannabis tax revenue for similar grants in the future.

A Macoupin County man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material.

Illinois Attorney General's Office and investigators found the materials during a search of the Staunton residence of 36-year-old Stephen Hockhold in April of 2025.

Hockhold pleaded guilty in June to five felony counts.

Eight small businesses largely based on the city's east side will each receive $100,000 for renovations and equipment.

Council also approved allocating an additional $750,000 in cannabis tax revenue for similar grants in the future.

The Macoupin County man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for possessing child sexual abuse material.

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Rowles said 36-year-old Stephen Hochhold pleaded guilty in June to five felony counts and was sentenced on Monday.

Let's mention organizations in these counties.

Yep, we're headquartered here in Sangamon, as you know, but also Cass, Christian, Logan, Macoupin, Menard, Montgomery, and Morgan.

Can you apply or can you connect the areas, if you will, when you submit a grant request?

Yeah, in this request for information here, we're actually prioritizing those that are cross-county.