Effingham Park Board commissioners Monday voted to resurface the tennis courts at Community Park. The work is estimated to cost $169,000, and they anticipate doing that work this fall. Board […]

James Lange, 82, of Effingham, Illinois passed away Monday, October 6, 2025 at Digby Place Assisted Living in West Lafayette, Indiana. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m. on […]

Land of Lincoln Honor Flight ends their 2025 flying season with Mission #76 on October 21. Mission #76 will serve 93 Vietnam Era Veterans from 62 Illinois home towns of Atlanta, Beason, Bement, Bloomington, […]

(STRASBURG MAYOR CINDA HELD WITH KURT FRIESE) Kurt Friese has been awarded the Strasburg 2025 Volunteer of the Year Award. Friese’s letter of nomination read that he has been an […]

Stewardson-Strasburg school board members passed their budget for the coming fiscal year at their recent meeting. The Board approved a required 10-year Health and Life Safety Survey as provided by […]

Members of the Effingham New Car Dealers Association together donated $15,000 to the Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundation to benefit the SBL Specialty Pavilion, now under construction at 905 North […]

Mary Evelyn Dhom, age 94, of Newton, Illinois, left this earth peacefully at 9:45 AM – Monday, October 6, 2025, at Helia Healthcare of Newton. Funeral service will be held […]