It’s the 7th Annual Holiday Market sponsored by Education Station Preschool. Education Station Preschool is Gillespie’s only private, Christian-based preschool. The Holiday Market is held every...
Bill’s IGA Replaces Lighting Bill’s IGA on East Main in Staunton, recently was approved and awarded Build Macoupin County Energy Efficiency Grant funds. The grant, announced...
First National Bank – Benld Banking Center has earned a 5-Star rating According to BauerFinancial, Inc., the nation’s leading independent bank rating firm, FNB Benld earned...
The second annual Vince Demuzio took place Saturday, November 5 at Gillespie Civic Center. Hundreds of supports packed the center and enjoyed a catered meal by...
Gillespie Police Chief Jared DePoppe would like to notify the public of a potential scam. On November 10, 2011, the Gillespie Police Department was contacted by...
Gillespie City Council met in a special meeting on November 7, but the lawyers were not able to make the meeting to discuss union contracts so...
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2011 Officer was called to the 600 block of W. Charles where a male subject walked into the wrong residence. Michael J. Bain,...
Small Business Saturday on November 26 Macoupin Economic Development’s Macoupin Matters Program is urging Macoupin residents and businesses to celebrate Small Business Saturday on November 26,...
More than 100 people attended Friday night’s wine tasting fundraiser which benefited the Benld Public Library. The two hour event, which took place at the Benld...
Small businesses are getting help with the online world. Small business owners from around the county gathered November 3 at Pleasant Hill Village in Girard for...
A Christmas Dinner for Benld Senior Citizens sponsored by BUILD BENLD. BENLD — (Youth & Senior Citizens) is scheduled to be held on Sunday, December 11,...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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. ...
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...
