Eastern Illinois University trustees Thursday approved tuition and housing and dining rate adjustments. Undergraduate tuition will increase $9.47/credit hour for Illinois residents and $22.73/credit hour for non-residents. Trustees granted assistant […]

(FROM LEFT, LIBBY MOELLER AND ZOE BRIDGES FROM CASA, ROTARY WEEKLY STUDENT GUEST JESSICA LARSEN, AND EFFINGHAM NOON ROTARY CLUB PRESIDENT ANDREW KOESTER) Representatives of CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) […]

Shelby County board members have approved a number of transportation improvement projects. The Board approved the use of local funds for the reconstruction of the Bruce-Findlay Road, three miles east […]

In celebration of World Flour Day, Siemer Milling Company has recently donated boxes of Swan’s Down Cake Flour to Catholic Charities Food Pantry and St. John’s Lutheran Food Pantry in […]

The Altamont school district is asking residents of the district to write an Illinois legislator in opposition to House Bill 1237. Altamont Superintendent Casey Adam said if passed in its […]

The Effingham County Board’s Tax and Finance Committee Thursday recommended $300,000 in capital improvement funds be allocated for the acquisition of property for a county morgue. The full County Board […]