SHARON PATRICIA ANNE HARRIS (76), born to Ferd L. McWhorter and Eileen Mary Henderson-McWhorter, and beloved wife of Alan R. Harris, passed away peacefully on April 29, 2026, at […]

Katherine Louise “Kathy” Grobengieser of Mason, Illinois, passed away the evening of April 29, 2026, surrounded by the love of her family, leaving behind a legacy of compassion, service, and […]

Two people were injured in an ATV accident just after 6pm Saturday. The incident happened in an open grassy field off Walnut Street in Watson. Effingham County Sheriff’s Office reports […]

Brownstown school board members hired Fulk Construction to handle construction work, including building vestibules at both the elementary school and the high school, and to build a science lab at […]

St. Elmo school board members approved membership in the IESA for the coming school year, approved the student fee for the coming fiscal year, and approved The Road Doctor to […]

Cowden-Herrick school board members have approved quotes from Nevco for shot clocks in the high school gym, and approved the tentative amended budget for the current fiscal year. The Board […]