Rita Cox, 65, passed away peacefully at her home in Charleston, IL on Tuesday, May 20, 2025. A celebration of life service will be at 7:00 pm on Tuesday May […]

(ST. REP. BRAD HALBROOK IS FLANKED ON HIS RIGHT BY OFFICER JOSEPH HOUK AND ON HIS LEFT BY SERGEANT PAUL BENNETT) State Representative Brad Halbrook (R-Shelbyville) presented certificates to officers […]

Cumberland school board members voted this month to approve the 2025-2026 fees schedule, and voted to purchase a garden tractor, mower deck and tiller from Sloan Implement. The Board employed […]

Effingham city council members this week approved intergovernmental facility use agreements with the Effingham and Teutopolis school districts. The agreements allow the City to use the school facilities in the […]

BY MILILE LANGE ALTAMONT — Area competitors from Effingham St. Anthony, Altamont, Brownstown/St. Elmo, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, Cumberland, Dieterich, Neoga, Newton, North Clay (Louisville) and Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg competed at the Class 1A […]