The HSHS St. Francis Auxiliary offers three scholarship awards to students whose principal residences are in Montgomery or Macoupin counties. The scholarships are awarded to applicants...
CARLINVILLE, IL – Area State Farm agents recently presented a $10,000 donation to support Blackburn College’s “Leadership Development for Emerging Leaders” program. This program is designed...
In a meeting heavy on personnel action, the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night rehired tenured and non-tenured teachers for the...
EIGHTH GRADE Jacob Baglin, Ceanna Bearden, Emily Bergen, Xzavier Burch, Edin Compton, Carson Cooper, Addison Cox, Jackson Crook, Brookelyn Crotchett, Adyson Emde, Brayden Enslow, Hank Fletcher,...
SENIOR CLASS High honor roll: Brynn Baker, Ashton Bethard, Ridge Braundmeier, Lanie Doty, Elizabeth Eaker, Charles Fletcher, Levi Hatlee, Luke Hatlee, Haylee Ikerman, Kylie Kasarda, Alyssa...
(LITCHFIELD) – Hospital Sisters Health System (HSHS) Illinois Division recently announced a scholarship opportunity for students pursuing a career in nursing. The HSHS Scholars program is open to...
The Blackburn College Department of Music & Theatre will present a studio voice recital on Sunday, March 20 at 2:00 pm in Bothwell Auditorium. The concert...
A teen from Gillespie High School is one of three finalists from Illinois and Indiana who have been selected as finalists in the seventh annual Drive...
The Macoupin County Agriculture Education (MCAE) Foundation is offering one $1500 scholarship, one $1000 scholarship, and seven $500 scholarships for the upcoming 2022-23 school year to...
Students from the area were named to the Blackburn College Dean’s List for the fall 2021 semester. Students named to the Dean’s list must earn a...
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night recognized this year’s crop of Illinois State Scholars, heard an extensive presentation...
Quincy University released its Dean’s List for the fall 2021 semester which included Bryce Higginbotham of Benld. Honorees must earn a semester grade point average of...
High school seniors pursuing a career in agriculture are invited to apply for a $2,000 Farm Credit Illinois Agriculture Scholarship. Thirty scholarships will be given in...
The scholarship committee is currently taking applications for the 2022 Bob Price Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship is available to graduating students living in Illinois State Police...
Blackburn College has received a $500,000 gift to create the Sonja Faust Hudren Endowed Professorship in Education. Hudren’s brother, Blackburn Trustee Jim Faust, his wife Helen,...
Meeting in special session Monday night, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to rescind its long-standing policy...
Staunton School District announced on Friday their principal of the junior high school died suddenly on Thursday night. Dr. John Griffith was in his first year...
A temporary restraining order was issued in Sangamon County on Friday limiting over 170 school districts’ ability to require masks, quarantines, and staff vaccinations or testing....
This article was written by the late Andy Easton featured in Gillespie Area News in 2002, contributed to TheBenGilPost.com by Steve Joyce at the Gillespie Public...
To submit your event to the BenGil Post cancellation list, please email us at news@thebengilpost.com, message us on Facebook, or tweet us @thebengilpost. School closings for Friday, February...
