SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2024 An officer initiated a traffic stop at Central Avenue and Hard Road in Benld. Corbin M. Wyatt, 19, of Gillespie was issued...
SUNDAY, JANUARY 28, 2024 An officer initiated a traffic stop at Central Avenue and Main Street in Benld. John E. Hagel, 21, of Mt. Olive was...
SUNDAY, JANUARY 21, 2024 Brendan C. Ferrari, 30 of Gillespie was arrested on a warrant out of Macoupin County for failure to appear on domestic battery....
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...
SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 2024 Brian E. Holmes, 25, of Gillespie was arrested on a Macoupin County warrant for failure to appear for possession of an identification...
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...
SUNDAY, JANUARY 7, 2024 An officer was dispatched to the 300 block of South Macoupin Street in reference to a report of an assault. Joseph R....
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...
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2023 An officer was dispatched to the 600 block of Broadway Street in reference to a domestic dispute. An officer was dispatched to...
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 24, 2023 An officer spoke with a female at Gillespie Police Department in reference to a criminal sexual assault. An officer was dispatched to...
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...
Gillespie Police Chief Jared DePoppe announced today that Michael J. Ross, 47 of Gillespie was sentenced by Honorable Judge Joshua A. Meyer to 8 years in...
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...
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2023 An officer was dispatched to the 200 block of North Lincoln Avenue in Eagarville in reference to a domestic dispute and criminal...
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2023 An officer was dispatched to the 200 block of South 5th Street in Benld in reference to a battery. An officer was dispatched...
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2023 An officer was dispatched to Gillespie Police Department to speak with a female in reference to a child custody dispute. An officer...