Wgel Radio

12/17/2024

The 52nd Vandalia Holiday Tournament is December 26, 27, 28 and 30, and both Bond County schools will be participating for the first time. The Greenville Comets return to the tournament, and the Mulberry Grove Aces have just recently been added to the field of 10 teams. The Comets are seeded number....

12/17/2024

The Christ Our Rock High School Girls Basketball Winterfest Tournament will be held December 26th, 27th, 28th and 30th. Greenville is one of 12 schools in the field. The Lady Comets are in the Navy Pool with Pinckneyville and Sandoval. They play their two pool games on December 27. The first one is....

12/17/2024

The Bond County Community Unit 2 Board of Education meets Wednesday, December 18 at the high school library. The board will conduct a truth in taxation hearing at 6 p.m. Information about the proposed levy will be presented. The regular meeting will follow. Board members will consider the tax levy,....

12/17/2024

Big thanks to our friends and yours at the Lemuel Rhodes Cancer Foundation for their gift of homemade cookies and candy! (You can see we've hit 'em pretty hard already!)

12/17/2024

With the new and improved FAFSA form ready for high school and college students to fill out, Kaskaskia College Director of Financial Aid Sarah Ratermann advises families to start the process early. Hiccups can happen along the way, and in the state of Illinois, priority for the MAP Grant goes to tho...

12/17/2024

Food baskets were distributed Saturday for the annual Bond County Canned Food Drive program. Becky Blackburn, a coordinator, stated that despite the rain, over 240 food baskets were distributed at the Greenville First United Methodist Church to residents from throughout the county. The entire proces...

12/17/2024

The Greenville City Council took action at last week’s meeting to purchase land for the construction of a new public library. Approved was the purchase of the Greenville Advocate building at 305 South Second Street for $215,000 plus a letter of a charitable contribution of $25,000. The city also b...

12/17/2024

Our 12 Strays of Christmas program is sponsored by Strategic Financial Services in Greenville, Bond County Realtors, the Greenville Veterinary Clinic, Central Illinois Truck Service where you’ve gotta be turnin’ earnin’, the FNB Community Bank, J&R Collision Center, and Donnewald Distributing.

In today's 12 Strays of Christmas entry, meet Becca! She's very laid back and somewhat shy. Becca needs to be the only kitty in the house, but she's good with children! If you’d like to make Becca part of your family, call the Bond County Humane Society at 664-4068 or visit them online here: https...

12/16/2024

Registration is underway for the Greenville Comets Saturday Morning Youth Basketball program. Click below to hear WGEL's Jeff Leidel talk to Coach Cantrill about the program: Forms must be returned to Coach Todd Cantrill by December 24.

12/16/2024

The Greenville Comets played well Friday night at Gillespie and rolled to a 63-40 victory. It was the first South Central Conference game of the season, so the Comets are 1-0 in the conference and 4-2 overall. Greenville darted out to a 12-0 lead in the first three minutes of action and stayed in fr...

12/16/2024

The Greenville Comets earned a victory Friday night at Gillespie 63-40. Following the game, WGEL’s Jeff Leidel talked to Head Coach Todd Cantrill. Click below to hear their conversation:

12/16/2024

The Greenville Lady Comets beat Altamont at home Saturday afternoon for their first victory of the season. The final score was 57-47. GHS led all, but about a minute, early in the contest. The Lady Comets were in front 14-10 after one quarter, 32-20 at halftime and 43-37 after three quarters. The La...

12/16/2024

Playing at home Saturday afternoon, the Greenville Comets lost to Wesclin 64-48. It was a fast-paced first quarter with Wesclin holding a 23-17 margin going into the second stanza. The Warriors were in front 36-33 at halftime and 51-43 after the third quarter, then held the home squad to five points...

12/16/2024

Greenville 63 Gillespie 40 Hillsboro 65 Carlinville 62 Litchfield 57 Southwestern 38 North Mac 43 Vandalia 33 Staunton 60 Pana 26 Mulberry Grove 52 Father McGivney 43 Breese Central 58 Roxana 14 Carlyle 69 Sparta 35 Marion 50 Mater Dei 43 Chester 46 Okawville 43 Effingham St. Anthony 66 St. Elmo/Bro...

12/16/2024

Our 12 Strays of Christmas program is sponsored by Strategic Financial Services in Greenville, Bond County Realtors, the Greenville Veterinary Clinic, Central Illinois Truck Service where you’ve gotta be turnin’ earnin’, the FNB Community Bank, J&R Collision Center, and Donnewald Distributing.

Today for WGEL’s 12 Strays of Christmas, we introduce you to Pickles! Pickles is still getting used to being held and petted. Pickles has some special needs and am shy, but would love to be part of your family! If you’d like to make that happen, call the Bond County Humane Society at 664-4068 or

12/13/2024

Recently, the Kaskaskia College Dental Assisting program held its annual advisory board meeting to discuss program logistics. Those in attendance included dentists from surrounding communities, past graduates, current students, KC administration, and program faculty. From Left to Right: Front Row: L...

12/13/2024

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Carlyle Lake will be performing boundary maintenance work from December 16, through January 10, on multiple sections of the boundary line at Carlyle Lake, specifically the area from Dam East Recreation Area to Coles Creek Recreation Area. The boundary line mainten...

12/13/2024

Greenville Chief of Police Bryan Waugh has released the November report of activities by the department. Officers made one misdemeanor arrest, took seven people into custody on warrants, and issued nine traffic tickets. There was one motorist assist. Police found one business unlocked during their f...