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Real Estate

  • October 7, 2011
    2011 Chevrolet Silverado: Cleaner than Your Mother’s Wash

    Bruckert &  Daley in Carlinville makes a difference in your car purchasing experience! See Lige Daley or call Jon Thompson at 217-854-4711. Daley’s has both used and new cars for sale as well as a body shop. Daley’s is proud to be the best service department in the county! The service department specializes in vehicle […]

Job Posting

  • October 4, 2011
    Professional Photographer

    We are looking for a professional photographer to cover sports games around the BenGil area. Please direct interest to: austin@thebengilpost.com.

    Salary: Negotiable

Obituaries

  • Death of Richard D. Schmitt

    Richard D. Schmitt, 70 of Staunton, passed away on Monday, January 18, 2021, at Anderson Hospital in Maryville. He was born on December 9, 1950, in Highland, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Louis & Doris (Gaertner) Schmitt. He married Laverne Jones on January 10, 1970, and she survives. Richard served in the […]

  • Death of Elizabeth Jean (Peacock) Leeper

    Elizabeth Jean (Peacock) Leeper, 89 of Coulterville, IL, died at Coulterville Care Center on Monday, January 18, 2021, at 5:15 a.m. She was born on September 13, 1931, in Gillespie to John Dalton Peacock & Margaret McCall (Fulton) Peacock.  She was an office worker for Illinois Consolidated Telephone Company.  She is survived by her children, Karen […]

  • Death of Gary Wayne White

    Gary Wayne White passed away on Friday, January 15, 2021, at 10:45 a.m. in Taylorville. He was 69 years old. The son of Benjamin Leroy White and Wilma Joyce (Beard) White, Gary was born on December 2, 1951, in East St. Louis. He attended Mt. Olive Schools and married Patricia Ann Smith on January 28, […]

    Gary [...]

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The
BenGil
Post

A paper about the community by the community.

 

Established in February of 2011, The BenGil Post boasts expanded local news coverage and real-time local news updates that cannot be found anywhere else in the entire world!

Gone are the days of news being confined to a limited number of pages due to financial constraints. No longer will "news" arrive every 7 days.

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