The Effingham Unit 40 school board will hold a special meeting Monday regarding an end to bond issue plans for a Grades K-2 building. The meeting will begin at 5pm […]

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed Illinois’ first human case of West Nile virus (WNV) of 2025 in an individual from Southern Illinois who was hospitalized […]

Effingham County has been issued a final property assessment equalization factor of 1.0000, according to David Harris, director of the Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR). The property assessment equalization factor, […]

Former Marion County Coroner Troy Cannon has been arrested on seven counts of aggravated criminal sexual abuse of victims under age 18. The arrest of the 63-year-old Cannon follows an […]

(CRUZ CEBA) An Effingham man has been ordered held for now on counts of Involuntary Sexual Servitude of a Minor and related charges reportedly involving a juvenile. 41-year-old Juan Alberto […]