Cases filed during February 6-12, 2022. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. FELONIES Troy Jones, 33 of Springfield, is...
This article was written by the late Andy Easton featured in Gillespie Area News in 2002, contributed to TheBenGilPost.com by Steve Joyce at the Gillespie Public...
Meeting in special session Monday night, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to rescind its long-standing policy...
A temporary restraining order was issued in Sangamon County on Friday limiting over 170 school districts’ ability to require masks, quarantines, and staff vaccinations or testing....
Police are investigating the death of a Bunker Hill woman who was found dead at the end of her driveway near the roadway on Monday morning,...
The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Warning for the BenGil area, southwestern Illinois, and the St. Louis area. The warning was issued early...
To submit your event to the BenGil Post cancellation list, please email us at news@thebengilpost.com, message us on Facebook, or tweet us @thebengilpost. School closings for Friday, February...
Cases filed during January 23-29, 2022. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. FELONIES Joseph Greear, 49 of Girard, is...
The Macoupin County Sheriff’s Office is seeking help from the public after a 2009 Chevrolet van was stolen from a Macoupin County school early Wednesday morning....
A 43-year-old Macoupin County man was found guilty of burglary and aggravated battery of a sheriff’s deputy by a jury following a two-day trial in front...
Administrators updated school board members on the impact of an online academic improvement platform during a meeting of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of...
This article was written by the late Andy Easton featured in Gillespie Area News in 2002, contributed to TheBenGilPost.com by Steve Joyce at the Gillespie Public...
COUNTRY Financial Representative Tina Olroyd is pleased to support the Gillespie Police Department as a 2021 recipient of a COUNTRY Financial Operation Helping Heroes donation. Olroyd...
The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) will begin accepting 2021 state individual income tax returns on Monday, January 24, 2022, the same date that the Internal...
In a relatively brief meeting Monday night, members of the Benld City Council agreed to pay for a recently completed structural engineer’s assessment of a former...
Cases filed during January 9-15, 2022. Visit the “Court News” category under the “Community News” tab for other editions. FELONIES Sally Scoggins, 60 of Carlinville, is...
Starting Monday, January 17, the Macoupin County Boys Basketball Tournament will be played for the 103rd time. It is one of the oldest high school sports...
SENIORS (12th grade) High honor roll Brynn Baker, Ashton Bethard, Levi Hatlee, Luke Hatlee, Kylie Kasarda, Alyssa McDaniel, Lakotah McDaniels, Samantha Musk, Madison Niemeyer, Michael Pabon,...
EIGHTH GRADE Jacob Baglin, Ceanna Bearden, Emily Bergen, Carson Cooper, Addison Cox, Jackson Crook, Adyson Emde, Brayden Enslow, Hank Fletcher, Marshall Garwood, Katherine Gerdes, Collin Griffith,...
Gillespie City Council members on Monday set a public hearing on a new proposed Tax Increment Financing district for 5:30 p.m., Monday, March 14, at Gillespie...
