The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a disaster declaration for Effingham County on Friday July 10. This means that homeowners, residents, and small businesses in Effingham County, that were […]
Author: Greg Sapp
The Effingham County Board’s Administrative Committee Monday reviewed opioid funding and its availability to those wanting to get off the drug. Sheriff Paul Kuhns acknowledged funding, but said, “We have […]
Cowden-Herrick school board members approved an intergovernmental agreement. The agreement is with the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, pending the sheriff’s approval. The Board also employed Roy Miller as a bus […]
Ray Gene Van Matre, age 89, of Parkersburg, Illinois, left to be with the Lord at 11:16 PM on Friday, July 10, 2026, at Haven on the River in Grayville, […]
A Shobonier man has been given a lengthy prison sentence for a sexual assault. 42-year-old Timothy Dubois Jr. had been found guilty in Madison County in May of aggravated criminal […]
The man wounded in an incident at an Effingham church earlier this month has died of his injuries. 36-year-old Allen O. Gattino of St. Charles, Missouri died on July 6, […]
Bettie Jean Winn, age 90 from Newton, Illinois and formerly from Anna, IL passed away peacefully on Friday, July 10th at 1:44 pm, at HSHS St. John’s Hospital, Springfield, Illinois. […]