Click on the icons below to visit any section of our website.
Welcome to the WGEL FM 101.7 Web Site. We are located in Greenville Illinois and serve Bond and surrounding counties with news about Greenville Illinois, sports, and the best country music in the country! You'll find breaking local news stories below.
LOCAL NEWS
KC To Purchase Nevco Marquee
A new LED marquee sign at Kaskaskia College is being purchased from a Greenville company.
At it’s November meeting, the KC Board of Trustees approved...
GHS Madrigal Dinner This Weekend
A madrigal dinner is being presented by Greenville High School this Friday, December 8; Saturday, December 9; and Sunday, December 10, at The Hangar,...
County Board Meeting Tuesday
The Bond County Board will meet Tuesday, December 5 at 7 p.m. in the courthouse.
On the agenda is a resolution to place a referendum...
ISP Announces Online Form To Report Suspected Public Corruption
To help root out public corruption in Illinois, the Illinois State Police (ISP) Special Investigations Unit (SIU) has created an online form for the...
Ceremony Held For New Library Storywalk
A ribbon cutting ceremony was held Wednesday morning at the Greenville Public Library to officially open the Joanne Anderson-Bill Davidson storywalk.
Memorials, made in the...
SPORTS
Lady Comets Lose At Nashville
The Greenville Lady Comets travelled to Nashville Saturday afternoon and lost 51-21.
The Hornettes led 27-6 at halftime and outscored GHS 19-9 in the third...
Carlyle Second, Comets Third In Tournament
The 24th Annual Kaskaskian Classic boys basketball tournament wrapped up Saturday in Carlyle.
Pinckneyville won the title for the sixth straight time. The Panthers...
Comets Edge Flora To Take Third In Tournament
The Greenville Comets played excellent defense to defeat Flora 42-40 in the third place game of the Kaskaskian Classic at Carlyle Saturday.
Flora led by...
Coach Cantrill For Sports Shop 12-2
The Greenville Comets play at 6 this evening for third place in the Kaskaskia Classic at Carlyle.
Their opponent will be Flora.
Click below to hear...
High School Boys Basketball Scores Friday Dec 1
Carlyle 59 SIUE Charter 28
Wesclin 57 Father McGivney 33
Marion 62 Mater Dei 34
Nashville 70 Tremont 64
Triad 49 Waterloo 28
Altamont 68 Vandalia 53
Carrollton 63...
OBITUARIES
Carroll E. Sanders
Carroll E. Sanders, 87, of Pocahontas, IL, passed away on Thursday, November 30, 2023, in Alhambra, IL.
He was born on June 20, 1936, in...
Robert “Bob” Denny Wade
Robert "Bob" Denny Wade of Greenville, IL and Sun City, AZ, passed away on November 8, 2023 after a brief illness. He was born...
Marvin O. Wendler
Marvin O. Wendler, age 84 of Highland, IL, died Saturday, December 2, 2023, at Belleville Memorial Hospital in Belleville, IL.
He was born on Friday,...
William “Bill” D. Lueking
William "Bill" D. Lueking, beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, and friend, passed away peacefully at his home in Hoffman, Illinois on December 2, 2023....
Andrew Tyler Boldrey
Andrew Tyler Boldrey, born on July 24, 1984, passed peacefully away on Tuesday, November 28, 2023, at St. Mary's Hospital in Centralia, IL. He...