The Teutopolis Wooden Shoes freshman-and-sophomore boys basketball team knocked down a whopping 17 three-pointers on Wednesday in their 73-42 victory over the St. Anthony Bulldogs in the championship ...

Love dominates with double-double, Raddatz scores 16 in Class 2A No. 6 Effingham's win over No. 7 Paris ...

Effingham Public Library Assistant Director Michelle Hartke was pleasantly surprised when she checked the library’s new ...

The state’s new “medical aid in dying” law has Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes questioning what happens to unused ...

A Vandalia woman is still reeling after winning a $3 million top prize on the Illinois Lottery’s $30 Royal Riches scratch-off ticket—thanks to a last-minute change in plans on Christmas ...

Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado says she presented her Nobel Peace Prize medal to President Donald Trump.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins on Jan.7 ...

In the mid-2000s, Flamm Orchards in southern Illinois was forced to decide: Move to the H-2A temporary visa program or scale ...

On Jan. 14, 2026, the Effingham County Sheriff’s Office arrested Sullivan J. Chern, 22, of Sigel, for Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse and Sexual Exploitation of a Child, according to a ...

J&J Gaming announced its acquisition of Midwest Amusements LLC, a multi-state operator that manages over 420 gaming devices across 101 locations in Nebraska, Iowa and Wyoming.

President Donald Trump has threatened to invoke the Insurrection Act and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against ...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, St. Louis District, is notifying the public of ongoing dredging operations at Lake ...