Janet Beasley, 81, of Carlinville passed away Monday evening, November 25, 2013, at Carlinville Area Hospital. Janet was born August 15, 1932, in Decatur, IL, a...
“Residents” isn’t a term commonly used at Heritage Health in Gillespie when employees are referring to citizens staying at the senior living facility. If the citizen...
James R. “Marty” Rogers, 56, of Carlinville, passed away Saturday afternoon November 23, 2013 at Carlinville Area Hospital. He was born on September 5, 1957 to...
GHS & LCCC partner to offer evening college credit classes to seniors Superintendent Joe Tieman announced at the regular school board meeting on Monday, November 25...
Macoupin County Clerk, Pete Duncan, has announced that the lottery to determine which candidate will appear first on the March 18, 2014 ballot will be held...
GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Media Specialist Louise Jett recently received an award for her photograph of National Great Rivers Research and Education Center interns during...
Carlinville – Macoupin County government took another step forward in transparency with the launch of their new Board agenda and minutes website at last month’s meeting....
MariAnne Lackey Lee, 55, of Racine, WI, died at her residence on Wednesday, October 2, 2013. She was born January 23, 1958 in Indiana to Owen...
Tammy Whitley of Benld, Illinois, graduated from Kaplan University July 27, 2013 with a Degree of Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with a concentration in...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of November 17 Do you have a picture for the Week in Pictures? Email the...
Janis Lynn Price, 66, of Powell, Ohio passed away Thursday, November 21, 2013. Janis was born October 2, 1947 to Arthur and Lida (Bloome) Fahrenkrog in...
WILSONVILLE – The Village of Wilsonville will soon have new additions to the local park thanks to an AT&T community award given to the Wilsonville Community...
This story is contributed by a member of the Gillespie Police Department and is neither endorsed nor affiliated with TheBenGilPost.com. MONDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2013 Officer took...
Macoupin County Historical Society member Jim Frank presented “Humorous and Weird Newspaper Articles Found in Old County Newspapers” during the MCHS’s November meeting Nov. 4. Frank...
The Gillespie High School girls’ basketball team could potentially have a rough start to their basketball season, which started this week. The team has several key...
Miners end season with a 10-2 record The Gillespie Miners’ exciting run in the Illinois High School Association’s Class 2A playoffs ended Saturday afternoon, November 16,...
Evelyn Gates, 86, of Modesto transferred to heaven Saturday, November 16, 2013, at her residence. Evelyn was born May 1, 1927, in South Palmyra Twsp, a...
Macoupin County Board Chairman, Mark Dragovich, signed a Proclamation recognizing Small Business Saturday throughout Macoupin County on November 30. Small Business Saturday is the day we...
Hendricks to retire from Benld Police Department Mayor Gloria Sidar disappointedly informed the Benld City Council of multiple issues with the Benld City Hall during the...
Notice is hereby given that the office of the Macoupin County Clerk will be open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. beginning November 25, 2013, through...