The Jasper County Fair Queen Pageant took place Sunday evening. No queen was chosen this year, but Pre-Teen and Junior Miss royalty were selected. Pictured (l-r) 2025 preteen Jillian Brant, […]
Author: Greg Sapp
The City of Altamont has substantially completed the scope of work associated with a previously awarded Public Infrastructure Grant made possible under the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program administered […]
The Tractor and Truck pull scheduled for 5 p.m. tonight at the Jasper County Fair has been postponed. The fairgrounds received 1 1/2″ of rain, on top of the 4″ […]
The Shumway Fire Protection District has learned that two of the district’s outdoor warning sirens have stopped working. The sirens on Holden Avenue and on Nazarene Road are not working. […]
Joyce Lavaughn Curtis, age 86, of Wheeler, Illinois, passed away at 1:01 PM on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at her home. Funeral services celebrating Joyce’s life will be held at […]
(Lake Land College Wednesday dedicated its nursing simulation lab at the Effingham Technology Center in honor of HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital. Pictured (from left to right): Lake Land College […]
Effingham County Board members Wednesday approved an extension of an emergency disaster declaration for the county in the wake of last week’s tornado. Board Chairman Josh Douthit said the declaration […]