High winds throughout the area on Saturday, April 2, damaged part of the roof at the United Methodist Church of Gillespie. Wind rolled through the area...
The Gillespie High School girls’ track team had a great week last week in their second full week of the season finishing second behind Pana in...
CLASS OF 2016 (Seniors) High Honor Roll Samuel Clay, Stephen DeMartini, Taylor Dickinson, Abby Eccles, Rachel Emmenderfer, Elizabeth Fields, Elijah Fox, Regan Goldasich, Kaitlynn Hall, Emily...
Elaine Gray of Gillespie is the winner of the single $5,000 prize in The Partnership for Educational Excellence’s first Grand Raffle. Elaine, who bought her winning...
Simon Boedecker is the student of the week at Gillespie Middle School after being nominated for the award by science teacher Jarrod Herron. Boedecker is the...
Seven teachers of the Gillespie Community Unit School District have been nominated for this year’s Madison Communications Teacher of the Year Contest. Nominated in the 11th annual...
Alcohol is believed to be the factor in a single-vehicle crash that happened at 1:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, March 30, which left three young adults injured....
A Gillespie couple involved in a two-vehicle accident last Friday were transported to area hospitals with injuries, according to Chief Deputy Quinn Reiher of the Macoupin...
UPDATE: The BenGil Post originally reported that a non-certificated employee employed by CUSD #7 in the elementary school library services will be laid off. After further...
Date range: March 21-March 29, 2016. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. LAWSUITS Claiming breach of contract and vexatious...
By Tom Emery CARLINVILLE — After successful efforts to restore two Civil War flags, members of the Macoupin County Civil War Round Table are now working...
With only one graduating senior that needed to be replaced this year, head coach Michelle Smith and the Gillespie High School softball team are using their...
Lewis and Clark Community College’s Mobile Health Unit will visit HSHS St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 5,...
The Gillespie track and field teams started their outdoor season this week in Greenville with a tri-meet with Hillsboro and Greenville. The girls team barely finished...
The Benld City Council on Monday night took under advisement the adoption of a resolution in support of legislation being sought by a not-for-profit environmental group...
Prairie Farms Dairy, a Fortune 500 company headquartered in Carlinville since 1938, appears poised to move its corporate headquarters to Edwardsville, contingent upon Madison County county...
One occupant was killed and the other was airlifted from the scene of the accident following a one-vehicle rollover crash Monday afternoon east of Medora. A...
Date range: March 15-21, 2016. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. LAWSUIT A Brighton woman is suing a Bunker...
Gillespie council members agreed Monday evening during their regular council meeting to again seek bids for environmental abatement work at the former United Community Bank building,...
One teen was killed and another teen had to be airlifted to Cardinal-Glennon in St. Louis after a Saturday evening car crash. Illinois State Police issued a...
