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...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of November 13
Small Business Saturday was proclaimed by Andy Manar Macoupin County Board Chairman, Andy Manar, with Shop Local Supporters signed a Proclamation recognizing Small Business Saturday throughout...
What unusual feature do the following words have in common? AGO APE BIMBO BOA CAMERA CANE DOVE DUE ESTATE MOLE...
Wrestling Season Began Tuesday The 2011 – 2012 Wrestling Wildcats began practice November 7th with 13 athletes signed up for the season in this, Coach Ron...
At Gillespie’s regularly scheduled city council meeting on November 14th Jim Alderson expressed concerns over the Clark Street water line. Alderson presented some of the past...
The Lady Indians hosted their last home game of the season to Bunker Hill on Tuesday, November 15. The seventh grade Lady Indians started off the...
Jim Savant, Supervisor of the streets and alleys in Benld, informed the City Council that he is resigning “from all supervisor duties” during a regular scheduled...
The Village of Mt. Clare is hosting its 10th Annual Christmas Dinner For the senior citizens of Mt. Clare (62+). The Dinner will be held on...
