The Italian Club of Benld, a non-profit organization, would like to invite everyone to the Benld City Park on May 26, 27 and 28 to celebrate...
Meeting a day after record rainfall flooded streets and basements in Benld, the Benld City Council on Monday night approved an ordinance amendment to beef up...
Members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night voted unanimously to authorize City Attorney Rick Verticchio to send a notice of the city’s intention to...
Gillespie High School art classes of grades 9 through 11 will have a showing of selected entries at the Gillespie Public Library starting May 1 until...
Randy Throne, formerly of Eagarville, was the winner of The Partnership for Educational Excellence’s annual raffle. On Palm Sunday during the Ben-Gil Elementary School’s drive-through spaghetti dinner,...
Local resident Dustin Thacker and his podcast “Five Dirty Bikers” are on a mission to raise funds and awareness for the autism community. Together with award-winning...
Community Unit School District 7’s Board of Education on Monday night seated newly elected board members, elected officers for the next two years, took another step...
With new telephone numbers in southern Illinois in high demand, the Illinois Commerce Commission approved the implementation of the new 730 area code to overlay the...
During a relatively brief, occasionally contentious, meeting Monday night, members of the Benld City Council agreed to rent city park facilities to a pair of community...
A deputy from the Macoupin County Sheriff’s Office is in stable condition after having to be airlifted from the scene of a single-vehicle accident that happened early Saturday...
There will be some new faces in local government once results from Tuesday’s Consolidated Election become official. Among the mostly uncontested races were two contested alderperson...
Election day is Tuesday, April 4 and polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. The consolidated election will decide mayors, trustees, aldermen, school...
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night approved a resolution that lays the groundwork for issuing up to $1.8...
The top 59 boys’ and girls’ basketball seniors from South Central Illinois played in the 19th Annual Carlinville Rotary Club All-Star Basketball Classic on Sunday, March...
The Partnership for Educational Excellence has once again invested its supporters’ funds in the school children of Community Unit School District 7. In a first-ever three-year...
The Kaskaskia Region of the Illinois Principals Association hosted its 27th annual Student Recognition Breakfast on Friday, March 17 at Greenville University. Honored at the event...
The annual Easter egg hunts in Benld and Gillespie will be held on Saturday, April 8, 2023. Gillespie’s event will be held at 10:00 a.m. at...
Seniors (Class of 2023) High honor roll Macy Fosnock, Hailey Hughes, Makayla Kirby, Erik Kravanya, Megan Rife, Emily Schoen, Alyssa Schuette, Macy Shuey-Warford, Viola Stangle Honor...
A pod of American white pelicans flew into an Eagarville pond on Monday, March 20. There were nearly 50 of the large, graceful birds who appeared...
Meeting in a relatively brief session Monday night, the Benld City Council briefly discussed the future development of the former Benld Elementary School site as a...
