EFFINGHAM - City Administrator Steve Miller reminded the city council on Tuesday about the 1% sales tax, the grocery tax and ...

Members of Effingham Noon Rotary learned about better nutrition for people and new home for animals at this month’s meetings.

Once the state championship was secured for the St. Anthony boys golf team last October, head coach Phil Zaccari knew that the move to Class 2A was ...

The quest to get Chicago Cubs slugger Kyle Tucker hitting like the version who was a catalyst for baseball’s best offense the first three months of the season ...

The Newton Eagles golf team finished third at a triangular match against Olney (Richland County) and Casey-Westfield on Tuesday.

A group of former Obama administration officials and election lawyers announced Tuesday they are attempting to reform the way the state draws district maps for the state legislature.

The Illinois Stewardship Alliance announced the signing of House Bill 2196 into law, which expands on-farm poultry processing opportunities for small-scale farmers and brings Illinois regulations clos ...

Routine mosquito testing has identified the first West Nile virus positive batch of mosquitoes in Fayette County in 2025, according to Jodi Smith, Director of Environmental Health for ...

An Effingham County man appeared in federal court to plead guilty to several charges for exploiting an elder out of an estimated $338,773.

CHARLESTON, IL – Eastern Illinois University will end its affiliation with the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) effective Oct. 1, according to a press release.

Social-media outrage over a Proud Boys billboard placed near a Breese high school erupted over the weekend and resulted in ...

The U.S. Department of Justice is insisting Illinois election officials hand over the state’s entire computerized voter ...