The story of Effingham High School’s football game Friday at Centralia mirrors the story of the Flaming Hearts’ 2025 season: an admirable effort against quality opposition, but an effort that […]
Apollo Conference Centralia 21, Effingham 16 (Final) Taylorville 24, Bethalto-Civic Memorial 17 (Final) Mt Zion 52, Breese Mater Dei 14 (Final) Mahomet- Seymour 63, Peoria-Richwoods 14 (Final) Salem 32, Charleston […]
Sandra Kay “Sandy” Esker, 70 of Dieterich, passed away Thursday, October 23, 2025 at HSHS St. Anthony’s Memorial Hospital in Effingham. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at […]
Members of the Effingham Water Authority have approved the tax levy ordinance for the coming year, but decided to delay until the November meeting the decisions on policies and procedures. […]
BROWNSTOWN — Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg and South Central claimed victories in the National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Girls Basketball Tournament Thursday evening. South Central handed Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City a 31-13 loss to advance to […]
The filing period for candidates of established political parties for county offices and precinct committeepersons starts on Monday, October 27 at 8am and goes through Monday, November 3 at 5pm […]
Cynthia (Markwell) Blanco, 70, of Greenup, Illinois formerly of Naples, Florida, passed away at 7:30 am on October 21, 2025, at the Cumberland Rehab and Health Care Center in Greenup. […]