May 3-9, 2026 is National Correctional Officers Week. Effingham County Sheriff Paul Kuhns said, “In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first week of May as National Correctional Officers Week […]
Author: Greg Sapp
Republican candidate for governor Darren Bailey holds a news conference at the Illinois Peace Officers Memorial outside the Capitol in Springfield on Thursday, April 30, 2026. (Capitol News Illinois by […]
John C. Baginski, 79, of Altamont, passed away at 10:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 29, 2026, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, Illinois. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 […]
Katherine Louise “Kathy” Grobengieser of Mason, Illinois, passed away the evening of April 29, 2026, surrounded by the love of her family, leaving behind a legacy of compassion, service, and […]
Two people were injured in an ATV accident just after 6pm Saturday. The incident happened in an open grassy field off Walnut Street in Watson. Effingham County Sheriff’s Office reports […]
Brownstown school board members hired Fulk Construction to handle construction work, including building vestibules at both the elementary school and the high school, and to build a science lab at […]
St. Elmo school board members approved membership in the IESA for the coming school year, approved the student fee for the coming fiscal year, and approved The Road Doctor to […]