The Mt. Olive Wrestling Wildcats finished in second place with 178 team points behind Whtifield with 239.5 in Mt. Olive’s 40th Wrestling Invitational Tournament. Mt. Olive...
Charles Dale Welch, 96, of Bunker Hill, IL, died at Heritage Health of Gillespie, IL on Tuesday, January 13, 2015, at 7:16 p.m. He was born...
Authorities say the suspected child abuse investigation is going very well after Ryder Vercoglio, a 3-year-old of Gillespie, suffered deadly injuries from alleged child abuse on...
This story is contributed by a member of the Benld Police Department and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with TheBenGilPost.com. All subjects are presumed innocent until...
The Gillespie girls’ basketball team started 2015 with rough start as the Lady Miners dropped two games last week and another on Monday to kick off...
Neil B. Ford, 82, of Bunker Hill, IL, died at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, IL on Saturday, January 10, 2015, at 1:02 p.m. He was...
More than 200 new laws rolled out on January 1, 2015, like adding cyber-bullying to the school code and mandating electronic cigarettes to be sold behind...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of January 4 Do you have a picture for the Week in Pictures? Email the...
Dolores C. Barth, 94, of Bunker Hill, IL, died at Christian Hospital North East in St. Louis, MO on Friday, January 9, 2015, at 11:27 a.m....
Edna Mae Releford, 89, of Gillespie, IL, died at her residence on Thursday, January 8, 2015, at 10:00 p.m. She was born on March 29, 1925,...
This story is contributed by a member of the Benld Police Department and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with TheBenGilPost.com. All subjects are presumed innocent until...
The 40th scheduled Mt. Olive Invitational Wrestling Tournament will be held on Saturday, January 10, 2015 with wrestling scheduled to begin at 9:30 a.m. This year’s...
This story is contributed by a member of the Gillespie Police Department and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with TheBenGilPost.com. All subjects are presumed innocent until...
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Ryder Austin Vercoglio, 3, of Gillespie, IL, died at Cardinal Glennon in St. Louis, MO on Monday, January 5, 2015, at 1:00 a.m. He was born...
Illinois State Police District 18 alerts motorists and citizens to be aware of the winter weather advisory looming ahead. Although a large amount of snow may...
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The Gillespie girls’ basketball team snagged fourth place in the Carlinville Holiday Tournament last week after falling to the Nokomis Redskins in the fourth and final...
Thomas D. Allan, 86, of Carlinville, IL, formerly of Gillespie, IL, died at his residence on Sunday, January 4, 2015, at 11:15 p.m. He was born...
The 3-year-old Gillespie child that was critically injured in Saturday’s possible child abuse situation has passed. Family members of Ryder reported that he died early Monday...