Insurance was a chief topic at Monday’s meeting of the Effingham County Board Administrative Committee. Committee members discussed the benefits of municipalities and townships in the county working with the […]
Author: Greg Sapp
David A. Pals, 65, of Beecher City, Illinois, passed away on May 9, 2026, at Willow Breeze Hospice House in Mattoon, Illinois. David was born on September 28, 1960, in […]
Thomas W. Utz, 87, of Effingham, IL, passed away on Saturday May 9, 2026 at HSHS St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, IL. A visitation celebrating Tom’s life will be held […]
Craig Norrenberns, a fourth-generation Illinois grocer, poses in one of the four independent groceries he owns in southern Illinois. Norrenberns testified before a House committee about the potential impacts SNAP […]
The Illinois House passed a resolution recently to honor the life of James “Jim” Bolin of Casey, who passed away in January. Bolin was the visionary behind “Big Things in […]
Mary Frances Lashmet, 93, of Toledo, IL passed away on Friday May 8, 2026, at 9:20 am at her residence. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 am on Monday […]
(HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital’s pelvic floor rehabilitation team with their new surface electromyography (sEMG) biofeedback system for those who need pelvic floor and neuromuscular rehabilitation. Especially helpful for pediatric […]