Fourth Judicial Circuit Judge Amanda S. Ade-Harlow was recently presented with the Presidential Leadership Award from the Illinois Judges Association (IJA). She received the award at the IJA Mid-Year Meeting […]
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A Salem resident with ties to our area has been sentenced to prison for drugs. 39-year-old Aven L. Snyder is a former Effingham resident, and was sentenced in Effingham County […]
The National Weather Service office in Lincoln says Effingham had a top total of nine inches of snowfall from our weekend storm. A few other locations in the region had […]
The Lecture series presentation, “Dust and Son, 95 Years,” scheduled for this Thursday, has been cancelled due to the frigid weather conditions experienced in recent days. A rescheduled date will […]
A St. Elmo man pleaded guilty in Federal court to several assault and firearms charges after he opened fire on federal law enforcement agents who went to serve an arrest […]
For the month of December, the average temperature was 34.0 degrees, 4.2 degrees above normal. Precipitation averaged 2.81 inches, 0.12 inches above normal. As of January 5, topsoil moisture supply […]
BY PETER HANCOCK CAPITOLNEWSILLINOIS Illinois lawmakers are back in the Statehouse this week for a brief lame duck session despite heavy snows in the capital city. Capitol News Illinois […]