A three-year-old Kinmundy girl has drowned in an above ground pool at an aunt and uncle’s home in rural Odin. Marion County Coroner Claude Howell identifies the girl as Elaine […]

(THE WEATHER PROVIDED A BEAUTIFUL BACKDROP FOR MONDAY’S MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE AT THE VETERANS MEMORIAL IN EFFINGHAM) A beautiful Monday morning greeted those who attended Memorial Day services for 2025. […]

Altamont city council members Tuesday sold a piece of property at 107 North Main Street. Ron Myers of RDM Cabinetry purchased the lot for $10,500. Also Tuesday, the Altamont council […]

The Effingham City Zoning Board of Appeals Tuesday granted a variance for development of a Jack Flash convenience store and fuel pumps at the Equity location at 4th and Evergreen. […]

There were 4.0 days suitable for fieldwork in the week ending May 25, 2025. Statewide, the average temperature was 59.4 degrees, 6.0 degrees below normal. Precipitation averaged 1.56 inches, 0.63 […]

Evalia “Bibi” Gonzalez Van Arnam, age 91 of Newton, Illinois, passed away at 3:05 AM – Sunday May 25, 2025, at Lakeland Nursing and Rehabilitation in Effingham, Illinois. Mass of […]