Altamont city council members heard a proposal this month for a new business that would be located at Gilbert Park. Shaun Splechter proposed buying and replacing a building with a connex container to ...

“Ensuring that the memory of our fallen service members stays alive is vitally important to the soul of our nation,” said ...

Cowden-Herrick school board members approved a trip to the FFA National Convention in Indianapolis during this month's meeting. The Board also approved the budget for the school year, and agreed to ...

Check out Effingham Day at Eastern Illinois University football Saturday, September 28. Wear blue and show your support for the Panthers as they take on Lindenwood at 2 p.m. at O'Brien Field. Special ...

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court last week vacated a lower court ruling and reinstated a statute that authorizes the state to revoke a person’s Firearm Owners Identification card once they’ve ...

OLNEY -- The Effingham High School girls cross country team finished fourth at the Olney Invitational Saturday at Olney Central College.

Effingham County Clerk Michelle Kollmann has announced that registered voters can cast a ballot prior to the November 5th general election beginning this Thursday, September 26. Early Voting will be ...

Effingham Unit 40 school board members acted on a series of personnel moves Monday night. --Donna Gadd and Gayle ...

The Wooden Shoes drop to 10-2 on the season. T-town claimed the junior varsity match by a 2-0 count. Goals were scored by Tommy Habing and Tucker Dhom. The Wooden Shoes' JV is now 3-4-2.

Effingham High School's freshman/sophomore football team downed Mattoon by a 26-12 score Monday. Scoring for the Hearts were Gio Santillian with two touchdowns, Karter Kalber with one TD and Jack ...

Washington at Arizona, 3:05 p.m. New England at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m. Cleveland at Las Vegas, 3:25 p.m. Kansas City at Los Angeles Chargers, 3:25 p.m. Buffalo at Baltimore, 7:20 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 5:40 p.m. Tampa Bay at Detroit, 5:40 p.m. Kansas City at Washington, 5:45 p.m. Baltimore at New York Yankees, 6:05 p.m. Boston at Toronto, 6:07 p.m. New York Mets at Atlanta, ...