A teen from Gillespie High School is one of three finalists from Illinois and Indiana who have been selected as finalists in the seventh annual Drive...
A Macoupin County jury returned a not guilty verdict this week following the 2020 death of 23-month-old Gracie Nance of Carlinville. The jury found Allan Castleberry...
Members of the Community Unit School District 7 Board of Education on Monday night recognized this year’s crop of Illinois State Scholars, heard an extensive presentation...
With expected increases in the cost of materials, members of the Benld City Council voted unanimously to seek bids for an extensive sewer improvement project on...
Another major winter storm is forecasted to blanket the BenGil area in heavy rains, flooding and snowfall starting Wednesday night through Thursday. The mixture of precipitation...
After months of sometimes acrimonious debate, the Gillespie City Council on Monday night voted 4-3 to reject the Assembly of God Church’s offer to transfer ownership...
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...
Staunton School District announced on Friday their principal of the junior high school died suddenly on Thursday night. Dr. John Griffith was in his first year...
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...
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...
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...
SPRINGFIELD – Hunters in Illinois harvested a statewide total of 683 wild turkeys during the 2021-2022 fall archery turkey season. The total compares with a statewide turkey...
BenGil households struggling to pay for internet service can apply for a monthly discount. The program is offered through the Federal Communications Commission. It provides a...
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...
Editor’s note: The following an excerpt containing only Macoupin County students SPRINGFIELD — Lincoln Land Community College announced on Thursday its President’s and Vice President’s lists for...
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...
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...
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...
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...
