(HALBROOK) Local St. Rep. Brad Halbrook termed the governor’s decision to sign Senate Bill 1950 into law, making physician-assisted suicide legal in Illinois, a “sad day in Illinois”. The bill […]

BY IAN BROWN Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow’s lengthy search for a bat landed him a solid right-handed-hitting veteran first baseman in Willson Contreras and cash in a […]

Effingham captured an eighth-grade boys basketball victory over Hamilton County Saturday, 60-51. Effingham ran out to a 28-8 opening quarter lead and Deek Thompson put in four baskets and two […]

LOUISVILLE — Stewardson-Strasburg won the championship of the National Trail Conference Eighth-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament Thursday evening. Stew-Stras edged Effingham Sacred Heart in the title contest, 26-25. The third place […]

Neoga school board members passed their tax levy for the fiscal year at this month’s meeting. The Board also purchased a Kubota multi-purpose vehicle from Sigel Equipment. There were no […]