BY UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS CHAMPAIGN, Ill. – No. 17 Illinois cruised to a 113-55 season-opening victory over Jackson State on Monday night at State Farm Center. The 58-point Illini win […]
Ken Wohltman is the new president of the Effingham County Airport Commission. Wohltman was chosen at Wednesday’s meeting to succeed the late Tony Siemer after Siemer’s recent death. Siemer had […]
Nancy (Dust) Sargent, 74 passed away Sunday, November 2, 2025 at St. Anthony Memorial Hospital in Effingham from heart complications due to a recurrence of breast cancer. Visitation will be […]
James (Jim) Richard Sherrick, 83, of Watson, IL, passed away on November 3, 2025, at Willowbrook Memory Care facility in Effingham, IL. Jim was born to Bill & Wilma (Nichols) […]
Effingham resident Bradley Bennett has been found not guilty by reason of insanity for aggravated robbery. The 48-year-old Bennett was arrested in 2023 for a robbery at 5th/3rd Bank in […]
Dieterich village board members awarded a bid for reconstructing the North Pointe Ditch project. F&C Concrete was awarded the bid for $30,184. Officials think the project will be completed in […]
One person was injured when two vehicles collided north of Effingham just before 4pm Tuesday. The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office reported a car driven by a 16-year-old boy from Effingham […]