Gillespie News

Schools in the Gillespie School District will return to normal schedules early in the coming school year, thanks to a $750,000 federal grant that will help lease 27 temporary classrooms.

A cell phone company's expanded presence is ringing up some good news for residents long plagued by lack of service.

A 45-year-old man was sentenced to more than five years in federal prison for possession of child pornography, Acting US Attorney Michael Reap said Friday.

More than 30 Park Ridge teenagers and young adults were arrested Sunday on underage drinking charges after Des Plaines police broke up a party in a vacant house.

The city is almost back to normal after nearly a week of storm cleanup that focused on damage to buildings and businesses along Macoupin Street/Illinois Route 4. Mayor John Hicks said that AmerenIP was working on getting the streetlights along the main drag back on and said he hoped they would be back up Friday morning.

Students returned to classes Monday in the Gillespie School District, where school was canceled last Thursday and Friday because of severe storm damage.

It was Wednesday night around 11:30 when the storm moved through Gillespie, Illinois.

School has been canceled and a number of properties damaged in overnight storms in Gillespie in Macoupin County.

The Gillespie Community Unit School District number seven is closed Thursday because of storm damage throughout the town and could be closed on Friday too.

Storms that blew through last night knocked out power to this town, triggered gas leaks and hurled debris that damaged buildings at the high school and in a five-block area of the town's business district.

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Six weeks ago, area elementary students lost their classrooms because of trouble underground.

They say it was straight line winds that caused this damage in Gillespie, IL.A The school was damaged.A The classes have been cancelled for the next two days.A The school houses grades K-12 on double shifts since the Benld Elementary School was lost due to mine subsidence.

Schools are closed today in Gillespie, Illinois, after strong winds knocked down trees and power lines.

Authorities filed attempted murder and aggravated battery charges Wednesday against a Gillespie man for allegedly stabbing a city resident, who remained hospitalized in critical condition.

With Benld Elementary School already closed because of structural damage from mine subsidence, state officials have determined that part of Gillespie High School also is undermined.

Bradley J. Banovz, 21, of St. Jacob, and Thomas P. Cassady, 22, of the 200 block of Ashley Place, Edwardsville, both were charged Monday with residential burglary.

City police were busy late Friday investigating shots fired, a fight and a man with a shotgun on Gillespie Street.

Macoupin County enjoyed a surprisingly high election turnout this year, while other counties did not fare so well.

Students at Community Unit School District #7 Gillespie in Illinois will not have class on Monday.