An Illinois State Police (ISP) squad car was hit this morning on I-57 in Douglas County as the Trooper was conducting traffic control for a previous crash. Thursday, at approximately […]

A Mason resident has been sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to Aggravated DUI Drugs Causing Death. A seven-month-old was fatally injured in the April 2024 crash at Moccasin Road […]

An Effingham man has been sentenced to three years in prison for defrauding a financial institution. 36-year-old Jordan Kritz was arrested in 2022. Kritz will have to serve six months’ […]

Members of the Effingham Noon Rotary Club’s Board of Directors received a new club gavel from Club President Mike Kirchhoff. The gavel is made from wood of an oak tree […]

(MAX BUZZARD, BEV SOLTWEDEL, LENNY GROSSEL) The Effingham Noon Rotary Club got to hear from their German exchange student Lenny Grossel at their meeting October 22. Lenny lives in Leipzig […]

Bradley Dean Robards, age 60, of Dieterich, Illinois, passed away at 4:15 AM – Wednesday, October 29, 2025, at Willow Breeze at Mattoon, Illinois. Mass of Christian burial will be […]

By DEAN OLSEN ILLINOIS TIMES dolsen@illinoistimes.com   Editor’s note: This story originally ran in the Illinois Times and was republished with permission.   A Peoria County jury found former Sangamon […]