(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 […]

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 […]

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 […]