Gillespie Police are investigating a possible child abuse situation that took place on Saturday. Gillespie Police Chief Jared DePoppe said the Gillespie Police Department got involved with the...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of December 28 Do you have a picture for the Week in Pictures? Email the...
A two-vehicle accident closed the southbound lanes of Interstate 55 on Tuesday, December 30 after a vehicle traveling north crossed the median, struck a concrete culvert...
A man was shot and killed early Thursday morning in the small community of Woodburn. The incident happened around 6:30 a.m. and no arrests have been...
Two elderly women were injured in a three-car accident last Monday, December 22 on Illinois Route 4 near Clark Street in Gillespie. The accident occurred at...
For the first time since 2002, the Carlinville Holiday Tournament title is coming home to Gillespie. The Gillespie boys’ basketball team closed out 2014 in grand...
Lady Miners to play for third It’s been 12 years since the Gillespie boys basketball team brought home the Carlinville Holiday Tournament title, but the Miners...
Gillespie’s boys and girls basketball teams both took home victories on Saturday from the Carlinville Holiday Tournament after both teams defeated Bunker Hill making the boys...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of December 21 Do you have a picture for the Week in Pictures? Email the...
The Miners basketball team is off to a good start in the Carlinville Holiday Tournament after beating Carlinville again, this time 62-51 in both teams’ first...
All the presents are unwrapped and the holiday visitors are gone, it’s time for basketball. In what has become a post-Christmas event, the Carlinville Holiday Tournament...
Trivia buffs are signing up to play in the “For the Love of Education” Trivia Night on Saturday, January 31, 2015. The trivia night will be...
Macoupin County Sheriff’s Office investigations is seeking information to help solve multiple vehicle burglaries in the southern part of the county where they said more than...
As we enjoy the holidays and finish wrapping, we are always searching for products to help us be more efficient and cheery. We have found six...
The 2015 memberships for the Gillespie-Benld Area Ambulance Service are due by December 31, 2014. All residents of the Unit 7 School District are eligible to...
Kennen Bertolis and Carl Krieger were awarded as Gillespie Middle School’s Leader of the Weeks for the weeks of December 8 and December 15 respected. Bertolis...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of December 14 Do you have a picture for the Week in Pictures? Email the...
The main purpose of the district’s December board meeting held last Monday, December 15, was to release the school report card data while administrators provided their...
The Lady Miners basketball team snapped their seven game losing streak and posted their first victory last Thursday evening in Staunton. Gillespie put the game out...
Citywide trash wasn’t on the agenda for Benld’s regular monthly meeting held on Monday, December 15 after being approved during the November meeting, but citizens brought...
