URBANA – Benjamin Polo, son of Mr. Kevin Polo and Dr. Therese Polo of Carlinville, has been accepted to the University of Illinois College of Veterinary Medicine in Urbana. Admission to the college — which is one of only 32 veterinary schools in the nation — is highly competitive. Criteria for acceptance include grade point […]
Back in time: Parker was one of Gillespie’s best
Written by the late Andy Easton, Sr. for the Gillespie Area News Gillespie High School has turned out some great athletes in the history of the school. One of the best was Keith Parker who graduated with the class of 1940. Parker was outstanding in football, basketball, and track. In addition, he was a fine […]
Homecoming returns to Gillespie High School next week
Homecoming returns to Gillespie High School the week of September 18 with a few notable changes to this year’s activities including the homecoming parade and coronation. This year’s theme is ‘where the magic begins’. This year the homecoming parade will take place Wednesday evening starting at 6:30 p.m. on September 21. The parade will start […]
Students from BenGil Elementary complete summer reading challenge
Students from BenGil Elementary completed a summer reading challenge that included reading 20 books in a variety of fun ways such as reading by the pool, with a sibling, or under the stars. These 23 students who completed the challenge were awarded a certificate of completion and will have an ice cream party in the […]
High school volleyball team helps Project Kid Kare
The Gillespie High School girls’ volleyball team volunteered to help Project Kid Kare set up school supplies in the elementary cafeteria and escort students’ as they filled their backpacks with the grade-specific supplies on August 11. The girls also helped to organize the remaining supplies to be distributed to students as needed throughout the school […]
School board hikes substitute teacher pay
During a relatively brief meeting Monday night, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted to increase payment to substitute teachers to be more competitive with other school districts in the area, and voted to make the tentative 2022-23 district budget available for public review, but tabled a measure to buy […]
CUSD 7 board hires Highland educator as GMS principal
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted 4-1 Wednesday night to hire Patrick McGinthy, O’Fallon, as Gillespie Middle School Principal for the 2022-23 school year. McGinthy steps into a vacancy created when the board hired form GMS Principal Tara Cooper for a newly-created assistant principal’s position last week. The board […]
Board names Cooper assistant principal for district
Meeting in special session Wednesday night, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted 6-1 to hire Tara Cooper as the district’s assistant principal for the coming academic year. The board also voted 6-1 to accept Cooper’s resignation as Gillespie Middle School principal and to post a vacancy for a building […]
School board considers procurement process for air conditioning units
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night tacitly authorized the administration to explore the possibility of acquiring new air conditioning units at the Gillespie Middle School through a procurement group in lieu of a formal bidding process. Meeting in regular session, board members took no formal action on […]
GHS class of 1960 holds 62nd reunion in Gillespie
Eighteen members of the Gillespie High School class of 1960 held their “60th plus 2” year reunion at Lumpy’s Bar and Grill in Gillespie on July 16. The reunion originally planned for the spring of 2020 was delayed because of COVID concerns. Class members traveled from as far as Florida and southern Missouri and joined […]
Band of Brothers X-Ray Co. Motorcycle Club donates to Project Kid Kare
The Band of Brothers X-Ray Co. Motorcycle Club held their annual Backpack run on July 16 starting and ending at Ceejo’s in Gillespie with proceeds benefiting Project Kid Kare. This year the run donated 25 backpacks filled with supplies and $400 that will be used to cover the student fee. Donations can be sent to […]
Build Benld donates $100 to Project Kid Kare
Build Benld announced on Friday they donated $100 to Project Kid Kare to help the community provide backpacks and school supplies for kids in Gillespie CUSD #7. An average of 150 plus students from kindergarten through high school receive these school supplies on a yearly basis due to the generosity of people and community groups […]
LLCC announces spring 2022 President’s and Vice President’s lists
SPRINGFIELD — Lincoln Land Community College has announced its full-time and part-time President’s and Vice President’s lists for the spring 2022 semester. Full-time students who earned a 4.0 grade point average (GPA) are noted with an asterisk and earned President’s list honors. Full-time students who earned between a GPA of 3.5-3.99 earned Vice President’s list honors. […]
School board votes to lease three new buses
Members of the Community Unit Community School District 7 Board of Education voted Monday night to commit to a five-year lease for three new school buses, agreed to make middle school softball a school-funded sport and approved an amended 2021-22 district budget. With an aging bus fleet threatening to siphon money for repairs, the board […]
Trumpy earns spot on dean’s list
Earning a spot on Drury University’s Dean’s List is a significant accomplishment. The recognition means a student earned a grade point average of 3.6 or greater (on a 4-point scale) while carrying a full-time course load of 12 or more semester hours at Drury, a top Midwestern university, according to US News & World Report. […]
LLCC announces 2022 graduates
SPRINGFIELD — Lincoln Land Community College conferred more than 1,600 degrees and certificates at the college’s commencement ceremony Friday, May 13. The graduate list below is in alphabetical order by hometown and includes degrees and certificates conferred. One asterisk indicates a graduate with honors (3.50-3.74 grade point average). Two asterisks indicate a graduate with high honors (3.75 and […]
High school announces fourth-quarter honor roll
SENIORS (CLASS OF 2022) High honor roll Connor Alger, Brynn Baker, Daniel Bertolino, Ashton Bethard, Ridge Braundmeier, Lanie Doty, Levi Hatlee, Luke Hatlee, Kylie Kasarda, Alyssa McDaniel, Lakotah McDaniels, Madison Niemeyer, Michael Pabon, Iris Page, Emmery Pau, Katherine Polo, Joshua Ranger, Zachary Reiniesch, Alexis Shuey-Warford, Jackson Stevens, Jacob Stevens, Isabella Wallace Honor roll Dustin Armstrong, […]
Middle school releases fourth-quarter honor roll
SIXTH GRADE Bryce Alpi, Gracelynn Balestri, Dallas Barker, Cali Barkley, Hayden Brittin, Alexis Brown, Scarlet Bruhn, Logan Buhs, Zaydin Burch, Jasper Calcari, Ava Carr, Caleb Carver, Dean Cherry, Lyla Drewel, Madison Durston, Lainey Edwards, Victoria Genisio, Katie Hamann, Kullen Hartpence, Hadyn Hegel, Michael Hopper, Nolan Hostettler, Levi Hughes, Henry Knetzer, Sophie Knetzer, Paige Marcum, Kyndall […]
Thompson graduates from Blackburn College
CARLINVILLE, IL (May 31, 2022) – Rayanne Thompson of Gillespie, IL graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from Blackburn College’s 153rd Commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 14, 2022. Founded in 1837, Blackburn College is a four-year, Presbyterian-related, liberal arts college located in Carlinville, IL. One of ten federally-recognized […]
Gillespie student-athletes place flags at Benld Cemetery for Memorial Day
Gillespie athletes of the middle school, high school and past graduates placed flags on 400 plus veterans’ graves at the Benld Cemetery on Friday ahead of Memorial Day last week. The turnout was outstanding with forty student/athletes attending from primarily track and field, cross country and running club. This has been an ongoing tradition in […]
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