The Benld/Gillespie Area Wide Rotary Club’s Annual Citrus Fruit Sales, the club’s only fund-raiser for the year, is underway. Rotarians kicked off this year’s sale with...
Help Me Find My Way Home! My name is Sunny and I am a male 20 year old cockatiel. I flew out the front door of...
Towards the end of the 2011 summer, the Benld Fire Department chose to have one last slow-pitch softball tournament. The Fire Department has numerous softball tournaments...
Dear Editor: As many Americans consider switching banks from the impersonal mega institutions, now is the perfect time for consumers and small businesses to join the...
AFL-CIO Endorses Andy Manar for State Senate Springfield—Representing nearly 900,000 working men and women across the State through 1,500 local affiliates, the Illinois AFL-CIO has given...
The Area Rotary met in a regular meeting on Tuesday, November 1st at Toni’s Restaurant in Benld. Joe Tieman, Assistant Superintendent of CUSD #7, introduced Jack...
The Macoupin County Sheriff’s Department would like help in solving a battery. On October 23, 2011, at approximately 2:00 p.m., the Macoupin County Sheriff’s Department was...
Donald E. Bray is our Resident Spotlight for Heritage Health Therapy and Senior Center. Donald has been a resident at Heritage Health, previously Heritage Manor, since...
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2011 Officers were called to the 300 block of N. Adams for a possible overdose. The 53 year old male had mixed prescription...
Both the 7th and 8th grade Lady Indians fell short Monday night, October 31, as they hosted Piasa Southwestern. The 7th grade, with some 6th graders,...
The Benld Public Library will host a Wine and Beer Tasting. When? Friday, November 4 from 7 to 9 p.m. Where? The Benld Civic Center. ...
The Mt. Olive – Gillespie wrestling team is looking for wrestlers to complete the squad. It takes 14 wrestlers in 14 different weight classes to compete...
In a win or die situation Friday night, October 28, the Miners were in a familiar place: playoffs. The Miners traveled over an hour to play...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures!
Alton author and bookseller John Dunphy stops by The Sly Fox bookstore Dunphy will be in Virden on Saturday, November 5, at 1 p.m. to talk...
For the seventh year in a row, hundreds of participants and dozens of sponsors and volunteers turned out to support the Team Tammy walk/run for cancer...
GMS September Students of the Month Front Row (L-R): Brittany Parker, Blake Hamman, Baily Hendricks Second Row (L-R): Regan Goldasich, Ally Bires
Around three hundred twenty-five people turned out for the HEIDI dinner and auction that was held Saturday, October 22 at Gillespie Civic Center in Gillespie. “It...
6th Grade (68/110 students – 62%) Abigail Barber William Bertetto Jaiden Braundmeier Karli Carr Lauren Christer Ally Clay Jocelyn Drummond Kelsey Farris Blaine Fritz Tara Fullington...
On Monday evening, October 24, school district #7 school board denied two requests to consolidate high schools. The school board received their first reorganization request from...
