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08/21/2025

During the Greenville City Council Meeting Tuesday night, 10 people talked about the request from PrideFest organizers for tourism funds to advertise the event. Several speakers expressed concerns about activities planned at the fest and how they could affect children. After the eighth speaker, Firs...

08/21/2025

The Illinois Department of Transportation is accepting applications for seasonal positions to help with snow and ice removal as part of its annual “Snowbird” program. Both full-time temporary and hourly on-call positions are available to help maintain more than 45,000 lane miles statewide during...

08/21/2025

The 2025 Sons of Service Honor Flight Ride drew strong support over the weekend, with 189 motorcycles and 88 Jeeps crossing the Carlyle Lake Dam in the annual event. The ride raised more than $26,000 for the Honor Flight of Springfield, making it the largest single fundraiser of the year for the pro...

08/21/2025

Bond County Sheriff Josh Hill swore in two new deputies for his department last Friday. They are Robert Smith and Braeden Links. Smith is a 2013 graduate of Edwardsville High School. Links graduated from Mulberry Grove High School in 2019 and is a 2024 graduate of SIU-Edwardsville. Both are Bond Cou...

08/21/2025

The Bond County Senior Center is sponsoring its second Resource Fair on Friday, August 22 from 10 a.m. to 12 noon in the center. It is a come-and-go event with booths set up by many groups to prove free information to anyone, not just senior citizens. Bond County Senior Center Program Coordinator Ma...

08/21/2025

The Greenville City Council received an update at its August meeting about the Birdies & Barrels sports bar/restaurant going into the former location of Watson’s Drug Store in downtown Greenville. At the meeting, Zach Werner of Green Tree Commercial Services apologized for the delay in his project...

The Bond County Fire Chief's have advised of a BURN BAN in effect for all of Bond County until further notice. 🔴 🔴 NO B...
08/20/2025

The Bond County Fire Chief's have advised of a BURN BAN in effect for all of Bond County until further notice.

🔴 🔴 NO BURNING IS PERMITTED 🔴 🔴

This includes, but is not limited to, trash barrels, bonfires, campfires, controlled burns, etc.

Remember, if you start a fire, you are ultimately responsible for the fire and any person or property that is affected by that fire.

08/19/2025

A shed fire was reported about 7 p.m. Friday at 102 West Union near Donnellson. The Shoal Creek Fire Protection District received the initial call and requested mutual aid from the Greenville Fire Protection District. The incident was listed as a shed and animal feed fire. Salvage and overhaul opera...

08/19/2025

The Bond County Health Department has confirmed the first positive test for West Nile Virus this year. The sample, collected by the Environmental Health Department, came from the Greenville test site near the Bond County Fairgrounds. According to the CDC, most people infected with West Nile Virus do...

08/19/2025

The Bond County Community Unit 2 Board of Education is scheduled to meet Wednesday, August 20 at 7 p.m. in the high school library. The agenda includes a discussion about the tentative budget for fiscal year 2026, consideration of the district threat assessment plan, and policy updates. An executive...

08/19/2025

The Greenville Junior High baseball team edged Litchfield, 3-2, Saturday in their first contest of the season. The Blue Jays took the lead with a run in the third inning, then Litchfield tied the score in the top of the fourth. The tie didn’t last long as the Jays went back on top in the

08/19/2025

The Bond County Board will hold its second meeting of the month on Tuesday, August 19 at 7 p.m. in the courthouse. At the first August meeting, the board heard a health insurance proposal from a company. Tuesday’s meeting will include a health insurance presentation from the group that currently h...

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