The Wooden Shoes went through Newton easily as Colin Habing was a 6-2 6-3 winner at the top spot. Oliver Lee and Carter Davidson were 6-1, 6-0 winners at No. 2 and No. 3. Myles Stortzum went 6-3, 6-3.

One person was killed and another was critically injured in a three-vehicle collision east of Altamont along US Route 40 Monday afternoon. No names of those involved are available, according to ...

New York Mets 4, St. Louis 3 Texas at Oakland, 2:37 p.m. Detroit at Cleveland, 5:10 p.m. Los Angeles Angels at Pittsburgh, 5:40 p.m.

Carolina at New York Rangers, 6 p.m. Colorado at Dallas, 6:30 p.m.

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...