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...
State Senator Andy Manar (D-Bunker Hill), who catapulted from local politics to became a prominent voice in the Illinois Senate, will step down from his 48th...
Gillespie High School and Gillespie Middle School are moving to full remote learning temporarily, according to an Alert Now message broadcasted by Superintendent Shane Owsley on...
The Macoupin County Public Health Department announced the first Macoupin County COVID-19 death on Monday, May 4 while also noting two more positive cases were added...
The Maple Street Clinic in Gillespie continues to serve as a designated State of Illinois COVID-19 testing site and according to a press release made available...
UPDATE APRIL 29: Gillespie Lake Superintendent Gary Thornhill said the campground and shower house will not be able to open despite previous announcements. The lake office...
The Coal Country Chamber of Commerce announced on Sunday they were canceling the annual summer concert series held at the Benld City Park citing concern for...
Macoupin County Sheriff’s Office announced Friday morning their office and the Illinois State Police Crash Reconstruction Unit are investigating a fatal car versus motorcycle accident that...
Meeting via the Zoom online conferencing system, members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education voted unanimously Wednesday night to hire veteran Middle...
By a 4-2 vote, Benld city aldermen chose during a brief special meeting Friday night to end the city’s decades-old police department and contract with the...
An East Alton man who escaped from the Macoupin County Jail on Sunday, April 12 around 10 p.m. was apprehended nearly 24 hours later Monday evening...
UPDATE (Monday, April 13 at 10pm): Macoupin County Sheriff Shawn Kahl reported Monday evening that Kavanaugh was taken into custody without incident Monday evening nearly 24...
The Italian Club of Benld announced on Saturday, April 4 that this year’s Benld Italian American Days celebration is canceled. The announcement follows Governor Pritzker’s announcement...
A week after School Supt. Joe Tieman stunned the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education by announcing his retirement, board members voted 5-2 Wednesday...
The Macoupin County Public Health Department (MCPHD) announced on Thursday morning, April 2, the first positive COVID-19 test for a Macoupin County resident describing the individual...
A stunned Board of Education on Monday night accepted Joe Tieman’s resignation for purposes of retirement as Superintendent of Community Unit School District 7. The resignation...
The man supposedly behind the Macoupin County fires is finally behind bars and faces 11 different counts including four counts of aggravated arson, six counts of...
