By Rhiannon Branch for FarmWeekNow.com Fifth-generation farmer Jasson Reichert, Pulaski County, began planting his 30th crop on April 1.  And he hasn’t looked back. “It’s just been a one-of-a-kind spring,” he […]

The City of Effingham advises the public that The Equity will be closing Merchant Lane (Not Merchant Street) from West Temple Avenue to West Roadway Avenue.   This is due to […]

Jerry L. Dittamore, 70, passed away at 9:45pm on Sunday April 12th, 2026, at the Willow Breeze Hospice House in Mattoon, IL with family nearby. Per his wishes, cremation rites […]

David Patrick “Animal” Robert, age 71, of Newton, Illinois, passed away at 7:11 PM on Sunday evening, April 12, 2026, south of Greenup, Illinois. A visitation for family and friends […]

TOLEDO — Altamont came through with three runs in the later innings to hand Cumberland a 5-2 high school baseball loss in a game heard on KJ Country 102.3 Wednesday. […]