(NEW EFFINGHAM CITY COMMISSIONER JAKE NIEBRUGGE IS SWORN INTO OFFICE BY CITY ATTORNEY TRACY WILLENBORG) Jake Niebrugge was sworn in Tuesday as a member of the Effingham City Council. Niebrugge […]
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An eight-year-old Kinmundy girl has died of injuries she suffered after falling out of a tree at her home Friday morning. The girl was identified as Grace Fitzwater, daughter of […]
Grace Elizabeth Fitzwater, age 8, of Kinmundy, Illinois passed at 4:33 pm, Saturday, May 24, 2025, at the SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri with her […]
Mary Sue died on Sunday, March 2nd
Progress continues to be made on the expansion of the Children’s Room at Effingham Public Library. Library Director Amanda McKay said things are going well. McKay hopes work will be […]
A local man has been sentenced to five years in prison for residential burglary. 28-year-old Dylan Rentfro of Effingham had been arrested in 2024. In exchange for the sentence for […]
A Coles County man has been given a lengthy prison sentence for the murder of his mother. 31-year-old Douglas R. Reed of Gays was sentenced Tuesday to 58 years in […]