For the second time this season, Payton Anderson has been named as the American Midwest Conference softball Player of the Week. The conference office made the...
EDWARDSVILLE – Recent cuts by Gov. Bruce Rauner to Illinois’ community service funding has forced one Macoupin County organization to cancel its summer food program for...
Gillespie Police Chief Jared DePoppe introduced the new police patch to the Gillespie City Council during the city’s committee meeting held Monday, April 27. DePoppe said...
Sanders Sanitation followed through with its threat to sue the City of Benld after the company lost their business from approximately 80 customers in Benld because...
A collection of vintage hats will be on display at the Benld Public Library April 27 to May 9 during library hours. The hats are part...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of April 19 Do you have a picture for the Week in Pictures? Email the...
Gillespie Middle School honored 35 students from their eighth grade class at the annual Honors Banquet held Wednesday evening, April 24, with the dinner served by...
The 5th Annual Build Benld craft fair and flea market will be held Saturday, May 9, 2015, at the Benld Civic Center from 9 a.m. to...
During the city’s monthly board meeting held Monday, April 20, Benld Mayor Gloria Sidar publically thanked those who came forward to help the city after severe...
Brady Anderson, the 18-year-old son of Rob and Annie Anderson of Gillespie, committed last week to play collegiate baseball at Northwest Missouri State. Anderson is finishing...
Gillespie alderman Gus Ottersburg informed the city council last Monday, April 13, during the city’s April business meeting that he believes the northwest emergency siren does...
The high school girls’ soccer team (2-11) is eager to get their third victory this season in an effort to end their midseason slump. The team,...
[slideshow_deploy id=’19582′] The Gillespie Miners softball team (4-6) returned to their usual winning way over the past two weeks as the team picked up four victories...
Middle school students from all parts of Macoupin County competed in the County Spelling Bee at Carlinville Intermediate School during the day on Tuesday, April 14....
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of April 12 Do you have a picture for the Week in Pictures? Email the...
The Macoupin and Montgomery County Crime Stoppers announced Friday they are increasing the reward from $1,000 to $3,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction...
Cameron Hailstone, a sixth-grader at Gillespie Middle School, is one of this year’s state winners in the Letters about Literature contest organized by the Library of...
Gillespie High School’s safe driving group was one of the top winning schools out of the 102 schools who competed in this year’s Operation Teen Safe...
Grace Martin was awarded Gillespie Middle School’s Leader of the Week last week after being nominated for the award by choir director Mrs. Brink. “She is...
The Gillespie FFA program has been very busy the past couple of months preparing plants in the greenhouse and the sale officially opens this Saturday, April...
