Area high school tennis players did extremely well at the State Boys Tennis Tournament during the weekend. Teutopolis High School’s Oliver Lee and Noah Thompson won their opening round in […]
Marvin died on Saturday, May 24
Four people were fatally injured when a car and train collided early Sunday morning. Illinois State Police were called to the scene at 4:21am along US Route 45 at Shelby […]
By BEN SZALINSKI & JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois news@capitolnewsillinois.com SPRINGFIELD – Giving almost no time for public review, Illinois Democrats pushed through a $55.2 billion budget for next fiscal […]
HIGH SCHOOL Baseball Class 1A Altamont Sectional Game 3 – Casey-Westfield vs. Pawnee, 11 a.m. (championship) Class 2A Teutopolis Sectional Teutopolis 5, Effingham St. Anthony 4 Class 3A Salem Regional […]
High School Softball Class 1A Casey-Westfield Sectional Championship Casey-Westfield 1, Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg 0, (10 innings) Class 2A Vandalia Sectional Championship Newton 1, Columbia 0
Effingham County’s unemployment rate for April was 2.5%. That’s compared to 3.6% in April of 2024. Total nonfarm employment decreased by 375 jobs from a year earlier. Employment gains were […]