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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
The Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education is expected to vote next month on whether or not to transition the Gillespie Middle School softball...
SPRINGFIELD – A total of 1,129 students earned degrees from the University of Illinois Springfield at the conclusion of the spring semester on May 14, 2022,...
Contributed content Lindsey Miller and Nichole Miller each graduated this month from Southern Illinois University of Edwardsville and University of Nebraska, respectively. Lindsey graduated from SIUE...
The Partnership for Educational Excellence of Community Unit School District 7 (CUSD7) in Macoupin County celebrated its 30th anniversary by awarding a record number of scholarships...
The Bob Price Memorial Scholarship awarded twelve $1,000 scholarships to students in Gillespie, Carrollton, Carlinville, Litchfield, Southwestern, Nokomis, North Mac, Jerseyville, and North Greene. Among the recipients...