MONDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2011 Erica G. Cravens, 17, Gillespie was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, no insurance, operating outside of permitted restriction time...
Holiday Sparkle will be in downtown Gillespie on December 2 and 3 The Coal Country Chamber of Commerce has activities planned for Friday, December 2 and...
On December 8 from 6-7 pm at Ageless Fitness Shop Gpie, a newly developed e-commerce platform, will be revealed to existing and potential Coal Country businesses....
Nevaeh Marie Morgan of Gillespie, IL died Wednesday, November 23, 2011 at 1:49 PM at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield, IL. Nevaeh was the 3 month...
Joseph William Petrak of Gillespie, IL died Sunday, November 27, 2011 at 7:00 AM at his residence. Joseph was 70 years old and was a retired...
The Gillespie Miners opened their basketball season up on Thanksgiving week at Metro East Lutheran High School. Metro East Lutheran hosts an annual Thanksgiving basketball tournament...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of November 20
Gillespie Lady Miners made their second appearance at the Southwestern Girls Basketball Tournament Tuesday, November 22 to face off against Southwestern. Southwestern, who had the home...
The congregations of First United Methodist Church of Gillespie and Zion Lutheran Church in Mt. Olive invite the community a live nativity presentation. “O Holy Night”...
Will you be one of the 40 million Americans traveling this Thanksgiving holiday? Thanksgiving weekend is the most traveled holiday period of the year. With so...
On Tuesday November 22nd the Wrestling Wildcats lost to Mascoutah 61 – 12, lost to Triad 66 -15, and Belleville Althoff 57 – 21. The Wildcats...
Mary E. Tieman of Gillespie, IL died Tuesday, November 22, 2011 at 12:46 pm at St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, IL. She was the wife of Herbert...
You read it right, we are expanding! We will now send out a weekly newsletter via email to anyone that enrolls. The newsletter will be a...
Wasylenko will kick for Robert Morris Taylor Wasylenko, the 17 year old daughter of Ken and Christie Wasylenko, signed Saturday, November 16 to play soccer at...
Savant chooses to uphold supervisor position The Benld City Council met for a special meeting on Monday, November 21 to discuss personnel issues. On the last...
The Lady Miners faced off with Wesclin High Saturday evening, November 19, in their first game of the Southwestern Girls Round Robin Tournament. The Miners, who...
Warren Frederick Kemp of Benld, IL died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 8:20 AM at her residence. He was 72 years old at the time of...
Mildred Julia Grandone of Alton , IL died Friday, November 18, 2011 in Grand Junction, CO. She lived in Gillespie until 1957, lived in Alton 1957-2010...
The annual 7th grade middle school basketball tournament hosted by Gillespie took place last week. The tournament, which was expanded to 8 teams this year, consisted...
Area Youth are Shown Recording a Message The program is sponsored by Reality Illinois & the Department of Public Health. Shown are Michael Halpin and...