In an effort to “boost” the career tracks of students training for careers in the automotive aftermarket and other fields, NAPA Auto Parts stores in Missouri,...
Meeting in special session Monday night, the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted unanimously to hire Tim Besserman as District Transportation Director, and...
The Gillespie City Council is likely to vote on raising sewer rates as early as next month, City Treasurer Dan Fisher told council members Monday night...
A long-time Gillespie High School teacher and coach has stepped into the school board vacancy created by the death of veteran school board member Don Dobrino....
School Board President Mark Hayes and representatives of the Illinois Federation of Teachers Macoupin County Local 528 disclosed Monday night that they will seek federal mediation...
A new member of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education is likely to be named and seated Wednesday night, Aug. 4, after the...
Blackburn College announced on Friday its Dean’s List for the spring 2021 semester. Students named to the Dean’s list must earn a grade point average of...
SPRINGFIELD — Lincoln Land Community College conferred more than 1,400 degrees and certificates at the college’s virtual commencement ceremony Friday, May 14. The graduate list below is in alphabetical...
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 teachers union have rejected the school board’s initial contract offer as the current contract ticks down to its...
Project Kid Kare has initiated their “Adopt A Student” Campaign to provide school supply assistance for students in the Gillespie CUSD 7 district that cannot afford...
SPRINGFIELD — Lincoln Land Community College has announced its full-time President’s and Vice President’s lists for the spring 2021 semester. Full-time students who earned a 4.0...
GODFREY – Lewis and Clark Community College has released the lists of full- and part-time honors students for the Spring 2021 semester. Students earning a cumulative grade point...
Gillespie High School’s Jack Burns was recently recognized by the Illinois High School Association and Country Financial in part of their spotlight series. Burns recently retired...
With the 2020-21 school year just concluded, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education met briefly in special session Monday to adopt...
SPRINGFIELD – A total of 1,030 students earned degrees from the University of Illinois Springfield at the conclusion of the spring semester on May 15, 2021,...
Twenty students at Gillespie High School received a $1,000 scholarship from the Partnership of Educational Excellence this year. Receiving the scholarship include Anthony Ribes, Cameron Hailstone,...
Gillespie High School is pleased to announce the 2021 Ashby Scholarship award recipients. Receiving the $10,000 Doug Ashby Scholarship is Ambrosia Redmon and John Berry is...
Seniors – Class of 2021 High Honor Roll Hannah Barrett, Allie Bergen, Grace Bertolino, Sydney Bires, Rylan Bruhn, Morgan Buckner, Brock Fredericks, Cole Frensko, Cameron Hailstone,...
Former district teacher Steve Joyce made an impassioned plea to the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night urging the board to...
Sydney Bires, the daughter of Ann and John Bires, signed a letter of intent last week to play softball at the next level. In front of...
