The August unemployment rate in Illinois declined by about 10,000, and the rate dropped from 5.3% in August 2024 to 4.7% in August 2025. The Effingham County jobless rate for […]
Author: Greg Sapp
Land of Lincoln Credit Union held a ceremony on September 18th celebrating the groundbreaking of a new operations center with attached branch on Mound Road in Decatur. The nearly $8 […]
(NIEMERG) State Representative Adam Niemerg (R-Dieterich) is pushing a measure to honor the life and work of Illinois native Charlie Kirk who was murdered on Sept. 10th. House Bill 4132 […]
A three-vehicle crash tied up eastbound traffic in Cumberland County for more than two hours Wednesday afternoon. The crash happened on eastbound I-70 about five miles east of Montrose at […]
Cheryl Kay Fagg, 80, of Cowden, Illinois, passed away peacefully on September 22, 2025. Born on June 4, 1945, in East St. Louis, Cheryl was the beloved daughter of Elwood […]
Drew D. Dougherty, 57, of Effingham, passed away on Tuesday, September 23, 2025, at HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham, surrounded by his family and friends, after a valiant […]
Sheree died on Tuesday, September 23