Effingham Noon Club Rotarians learned about the Family Life Center and its activities at their meeting February 19. Noon ...

A Fayette County man Friday was sentenced to 15 years in prison on child pornography and possession of cannabis charges.

A district judge sentenced an area woman to 10 years in federal prison after she admitted to possessing methamphetamine for distribution. Melissa P. Workman, 52, of Vandalia, pleaded guilty to one ...

Homeschoolers have thwarted previous legislative attempts to regulate them, using grassroots events such as the annual Illinois Christian Home Educators’ Cherry Pie Day. This year, in addition to ...

Saturday night (or Sunday morning) is the night to spring forward as we transition to Daylight Saving Time. 2am Sunday is the official Spring Forward time in order to get an extra hour of daylight in ...

Deaths involving synthetic opioids, such as fentanyl and fentanyl analogs, decreased by 9.5% in Illinois in 2023. Deaths involving heroin and natual and semisynthetic opioids decreased by 21.2% and 17 ...

(A LOOK AT THE NEXT AREA IN THE TRAIL NETWORK TO BE DEVELOPED, ESPECIALLY THE GREEN SECTION AND THE AREA CIRCLED IN BLUE) ...

Stevens Industries captured the championship at the Effingham County CEO 2025 Hometown Showdown. Stevens won first place in a ...

Teutopolis village board members Wednesday approved a payment to CSX Transportation for work under the Safe Routes to School program. The payment of $41,582 is related to engineering work to get a ...

Spring Training. Wednesday, March 5 Scoreboard. Houston 6, St. Louis 5. Milwaukee 3, Chicago White Sox 2. Chicago White Sox 8, MiIlwaukee 2. Baltimore 5, Mi ...

An inmate was found dead in the Richland County Jail in Olney early Wednesday morning. 62-year-old Donald Pollock was found unresponsive in his cell at 5:55am. Correctional staff said Pollock was ...