Basketball players from the BenGil area participated and conquered a couple of divisions in the 10th annual Macoupin County Anti-Meth Coalition 3-on-3 basketball tournament held last...
Apart from bidding goodbye to Alderman Gus Ottersburg, the Gillespie council handled routine business during the somewhat lengthy Monday night session. The council approved an ordinance...
Gillespie High School will be well represented this Sunday at the 14th annual Carlinville Rotary Club/Country Financial All-Star Basketball Classic where 54 senior boys and girls...
Grace VanDoren, the eighth grade daughter of John and Jackie VanDoren, was chosen as Gillespie Middle School’s leader of the week after being nominated by math...
The Gillespie High School National Honor Society inducted eight students into the chapter on Thursday, March 10, in the high school cafeteria. Inducted into the chapter...
Lee Ross, the current Macoupin County Circuit Clerk, is one step closer to retaining the position she was appointed to in December after winning the democrat...
The unofficial results for contested county and township contests are displayed below. Results will be certified later. Write-in votes will be counted on Wednesday, March 16 and posted here later...
Date range: March 8-March 14, 2016. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. LAWSUITS Ruth E. Loveless has filed a...
CHICAGO — Attorney General Lisa Madigan announced today that 179 teams of assistant attorneys general and investigators from her office will be monitoring elections throughout Illinois...
The Benld Illinois Police Department is looking to outfit six police officers with Wolfcom Vision police body cameras and registered for public donations online here. Officer...
A well-being check in White City this afternoon was escalated into a hostage situation after Macoupin County Sheriff Deputies arrived on scene and witnessed a man,...
Members of the Wilsonville Village Board of Trustees voted Monday night to amend the village’s noise ordinance with an eye toward making it easier for Ordinance...
The latest leader of the week for Gillespie Middle School is Sydney Bires. She is the seventh grade daughter of John and Ann Bires of Gillespie....
Date range: February 29-March 8, 2016. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. LAWSUITS Marylon M. Walker, Springfield, has filed...
The Gillespie High School girls’ track team kicked off the 2016 season at the Jacksonville Invitational on Saturday. Eleven of the team’s fifteen participants in the...
This story is contributed by a member of Illinois Education Association. The Illinois Political Action Committee for Education (IPACE), the independent political branch of the Illinois...
Gillespie Middle School announced their leader of the month award winners on Wednesday for the month of February. Winners for last month include Dylan Mason, Lakotah...
A pair of homes in Gillespie were damaged by fires last week. The first incident happened at 600 East Walnut Street late last Wednesday, February 24,...
Benld City Council members voted Wednesday night to approve the city’s first union contract with city workers. The action followed more than two hours of discussion...
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education formally recognized the accomplishments of the seventh grade Lady Indians basketball team during the board’s...
