The South Central FFA Chapter recently volunteered at the Marion County Agriculture Safety Day event. Sixth graders from ...

Lake Land College and Eastern Illinois University recently partnered to establish a two-plus-two transfer agreement for students majoring in English. The agreement provides an opportunity for students ...

Route 40 will be closed at 450th Street and at 500th Street, so you're asked to use the interstate or Moccasin Road to head east or west through that area. We will keep you up to date on the situation ...

Effingham Water Authority trustees considered the sale of two parcels of property at Lake Sara at their recent meeting. A bid of $87,700 was received for a lot at Pearson and Castella, but since the ...

Cumberland school board members scheduled end of year dates at their most recent meeting. Graduation is set for 2pm on Sunday, May 19. Baccalaureate will be held at Greenup Southern Baptist Church at ...

Effingham High School has crowned its Prom King and Queen for 2024. The coronation took place at ceremonies on Saturday night at Thelma Keller Convention Center. This year's Prom Queen is Shelby ...

Emergency services officers handled two crashes earlier this afternoon. One occurred on West Fayette at the interstate onramp at Effingham. One person was taken for treatment from the scene of that ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) has announced a major milestone in its effort to promote firearm safety: the agency has now provided more than 100,000 free gun locks since the ...

Russ Sehy and Mike Cunningham have been re-elected President and Vice-President of the Effingham Park Board. Other officials were re-appointed for the next year, including Park District Director Jeff ...

EHS finished with 11 hits led by Raddatz with a single, home run and four RBI, Colton Webb had a double, home run and two RBI. Braxton Lewis finished with three singles and two RBI, Jude Traub a ...

Malea Helmink and Hoene had a single, triple and an RBI each for the Shoes. Summer Wall had two singles and two RBI, Olivia Wermert three singles and three RBI, Olivia Copple two singles, a double and ...

Chicago White Sox 5, St. Louis 1. Chicago Cubs 5, Milwaukee 0. PIttsburgh 5, Colorado 3. New York Yankees 5, Detroit 2 (F/8) Washi ...