Where did the main street go? Any minute now a tumbleweed will be strolling down main street, not to be disturbed by a passing car or...
On Saturday, March 26, seven 8th grade students represented Gillespie Middle School at the Regional Science Fair at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. The students were among...
The Black Diamond Days Committee is looking for potential children to compete for this year’s Mini Miner and Mini Miss title. To be entered in the...
Members of the Gillespie City Council on Monday night approved a $116,000 motor fuel tax appropriation for this year”s street maintenance program and approved a series...
The Benld City Council narrowly approved a measure Monday night to promote City Comptroller Vickie Ferratto to Supervisor. A promotion that comes with a $7,291 increase...
Dee-Dee’s Designs – (217) 839-2169 103 N. Macoupin Street | Gillespie, IL 62033 Fax: (217) 839-3169 Owners: Kevin & Dee-Dee Goode Products carried by Dee-Dee’s...
Publication Notice is hereby given that on April 11, 2011 a certificate was filed in the office of the County Clerk of Macoupin County, Illinois setting...
John Hicks, owner of John Hicks Maytag Home Appliance Center in Gillespie, was approved and awarded Build Macoupin County Energy Efficiency Grant funds. The grant, announced...
Patricia Marie Castiglione, 76, passed away on Monday, April 11, 2011 at St. Francis Hospital in Litchfield. She was born on May 26, 1934, in Benld,...
Billie Edward Lehman was welcomed to Heaven by his family and friends on April 11, 2011 at the age of 77. He was the third of...
A special city council meeting will be held on Monday, April 18th in the Gillespie City Council Chambers at 6:00 PM.
Mt. Olive – The Mt. Olive Academic Foundation awarded grants to the schools on Monday, April 11th. They are for the 2011-12 school year. Foundation board...
The Coal Country Sports Complex Foundation will be holding a cookout at Randy’s Market in Gillespie on Saturday, April 16th. Serving will start at 10am and...
The First United Methodist Church of Gillespie will be presenting a reenactment of “The Last Supper” on April 21st at 7:00 PM. Experience with us in...
Kelcie Matesa added another shutout to her stats as she led SLU to an 8-0 victory over Dayton this past Saturday. That brings her total to...
I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who participated/voted/ran in the 2011 school board race. It was a very interesting race with all...
1 Highland – 127.33 2 Greenville – 101.33 3 Gillespie – 85.5 4 West Central – 59 5 Carlinvile – 56 6 Staunton – 53.5 7...
Springfield – The Central Committee of the Democratic Party of Illinois today released the delegate section plan for the 2012 Presidential Election cycle. “Once again, this...
The Miners jumped out on top with 3 early runs in the first inning and held the lead for the rest of the game. Carlinville threatened...
This is an ongoing series on the feasibility study at the Gillespie Catholic Church The Feasibility Study is all about data, design and dollars for construction,...
