Fire left a residential structure in Mattoon uninhabitable today. No injuries were reported. Mattoon firefghters were called to 701 South 17th Street just after 5am. The structure was a two-story […]
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(CAMPBELL) Effingham resident Dallas R. Campbell was sentenced to prison time Thursday on child pornography charges. The 27-year-old Campbell pleaded guilty to four counts of either production or possession of […]
(LANKFORD) A local man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison on a series of charges. 25-year-old Daniel Lankford of Effingham pleaded guilty Thursday to theft, being a felon […]
Prison terms have been received by five defendants in Fayette County criminal cases. 46-year-old Joseph D. Monical of Louisville pled guilty to unlawful possession of weapons by a felon. Monical […]
(SEN. CHAPIN ROSE) Senator Chapin Rose (R-Mahomet) has introduced a bill he says would improve election security in Illinois. The legislation would require voters to present photo identification at the […]
Community members from the Effingham area are invited to an evening presentation discussing student online safety including cyber-bullying, sexting, harassment, cyber-stalking, grooming and false personation. Nationally recognized child cyber crimes […]
(HENRY SIEMER OF SIEMER MILLING COMPANY RECEIVED THE AWARD FROM 911 BOARD CHAIRMAN DAVID CAMPBELL IN RECOGNITION OF THE COMPANY PROVIDING ANTENNA SPACE AT THEIR TEUTOPOLIS BUSINESS FOR THE 911 […]