Representatives of a food management company pitched their vision for reshaping school lunch and breakfast offerings at Community Unit School District 7 schools during Monday night’s...
Carlinville attorney Thomas Denby easily sailed to victory in a three-way race to be nominated as the Republican candidate for Resident Seventh Judicial Circuit Court Judge...
The Benld City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to adopt an ordinance establishing a fine of $500 against the property owner when an incident of...
By a vote of 6-1, the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education approved a new three-year contract with the union representing the teaching staff...
The Gillespie City Council appears likely to approve an ordinance establishing a vacancy tax to leverage occupancy for vacant downtown commercial properties. City Attorney Rick Verticchio...
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education are set to meet in special session at 6 p.m., Monday, March 11, to consider...
While the Benld City Council approved a maintenance contract for the city’s water tower and voted to enact an ordinance calling for a $500 fine when...
Gillespie City Council’s Lake Committee will conduct a hearing in an attempt to mediate between two feuding families who hold lot leases at Gillespie Lake after...
Four Gillespie High School Seniors recently were named Illinois State Scholars by the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC), according to GHS Principal Jill Rosentreter. The students...
Community Unit School District 7 will move forward with revamping and equipping the Gillespie High School weight room after members of the Board of Education voted...
As temperatures plunged into single digits and only three council members were in attendance, the Benld City Council on Monday night voted to authorize the purchase...
Gillespie Water Department customers will start paying an additional surcharge on their water bills as a result of action taken by the City Council on Monday...
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education unanimously approved a property tax levy request of $3,695,200 during the board’s regular monthly meeting...
Benld City Council members on Monday night approved a $120,000 levy for 2023 property taxes to be collected in 2024 and approved the purchase of three...
Gillespie City Council members on Monday night unanimously approved a property tax levy of $413,412 for 2023 taxes collectible in 2024. The action followed a brief...
Members of the Benld City Council on Monday night approved a final payment of about $19,000 to the company that repainted the city’s water tower earlier...
After a lengthy discussion, members of the Gillespie City Council voted on Monday, Nov. 13, to rebid a project calling for repairs to the former Gillespie...
Community Unit School District 7 will seek a school code waiver allowing it to conduct three full-day school improvement days in lieu of six half-day sessions...
Meeting in special session Wednesday night, the Gillespie City Council voted unanimously to sign a contract with the Fraternal Order of Police which, for the first...
The Benld City Council voted unanimously Monday night to adopt an ordinance governing the operation of short-term rentals, popularly known as Airbnbs, within the city limits,...