The Gillespie girls’ basketball team is off to a rough start after dropping two more in the last week. The Lady Miners barely lost to Alton...
Gillespie High School Student Council and FFA Chapter will be hosting a canned food drive thru drop off at Mr. Spencer’s shop on Thursday, December 4,...
The Tour de Coal bike ride organization announced the presentation of their donation to Fight the Fight this week following the annual bike ride that took...
Rahel Gilleland is the leader of the week at Gillespie Middle School for the week of December 1. Gilleland is a seventh grader at GMS and...
Experience what it was like for Jesus to be born in a lowly stable among animals. Enjoy an evening of song while accompanying the shepherds as...
The Coal Country Chamber of Commerce’s annual Holiday Sparkle is scheduled for Friday, December 5, and Saturday, December 6 in downtown Gillespie. The Holiday Sparkle open...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of November 23 Do you have a picture for the Week in Pictures? Email the photo and...
In a 2010 campaign created by American Express, Small Business Saturday continues to grow each year. The first Saturday after Thanksgiving encourages consumers to shop their...
High school welding instructor Rick Spencer asked the school board Monday evening to consider expanding the vocational building to enhance the welding program and also adding...
During the month of October, B&K Bakery of Mt. Olive sold pink ribbon cookies in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month with the proceeds benefiting Team...
The Wrestling Wildcats dropped three matches this week to Mascoutah 42-39, Triad 51-27, and Belleville Althoff 42-40. The Wildcats have a short break for Thanksgiving and...
Morgan Buckner was awarded Gillespie Middle School’s leader of the week for the week of November 17, 2014. Buckner is a sixth grader at GMS and...
The holiday market is a tradition for the BenGil area and hundreds turned out for this year’s event to support local business and vendors while getting...
District 7 Superintendent Joe Tieman announced that school buildings and extra-curricular activities will have increased security following a threat made on social media toward a school...
The Gillespie Lady Miner basketball team is off to a disappointing 0-2 start to their season that started last Monday with a loss to defending Class...
Wrapping up the week in the BenGil area with pictures! Week of November 16 Do you have a picture for the Week in Pictures? Email the photo...
Sam Alepra of Gillespie grabbed second place in the 7th Annual Macoupin County Anti-Meth Coalition poster contest finishing behind Isa Baldwin Zurek of Staunton. Alepra is...
After a lengthy, and sometimes heated, discussion Monday evening during the City of Benld’s monthly business meeting, the city council voted 4-2 to approve citywide trash...
The 2014-2015 Wrestling Wildcats season is underway with 22 athletes signed up in coach Ron Ryan’s 46th season. The first meet will be held at Mascoutah...
A new, full-length book on Illinois in the Civil War covers a crucial period in the state’s history with an easy-to-read, fast-moving style that appeals to...
