On the last Thursday in September 2001, due to the effects of the dreadful Sept. 11 attacks, public conversation in Effingham ...

Early morning of Aug. 8, Corey Clayton had just finished a meal at Trucker’s Pub, next to TA Travel Center in Effingham, ...

Cody Zimdars ended his illustrious North Clay athletics career as one of the best to ever wear a Cardinals uniform. Whether ...

On a crisp fall afternoon in Chicago, the Cubs beat the Miami Marlins 2-1 at Wrigley Field to clinch a postseason spot, while the White Sox did likewise in Kansas City with a 9-1 trouncing of the ...

The Newton volleyball program seemingly never has the latter. The defense is always there. The Lady Eagles showed that strong ...

Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced an Effingham man was sentenced to 38 years in prison for producing child sexual abuse material. The case is part of Raoul’s ongoing work, in ...

With early in-person and mail-in voting now underway in Illinois, state and local election officials insisted Friday that the state’s voting system is being run fairly and accurately.

New blood tests are helping doctors diagnose whether Alzheimer’s or something else is causing a patient’s memory problems.

The Illinois Department of Public Health has already reported more measles cases so far this year than the state saw in 2025, with 22 cases reported, compared to 14 last ...

The Effingham Junior High School Mustangs softball team advanced to the Illinois Elementary School Association (IESA) Class 3A State Tournament after a 17-5 win over Mahomet-Seymour in the sectional r ...

A shot at the playoffs has come down to the Taylorville game in each of the last two seasons for the Effingham football team. Each meeting has ended in losses ...

The Federal Reserve raised its benchmark interest rate Wednesday for the first time since 2023 in an effort to quell ...