(MAX BUZZARD, BEV SOLTWEDEL, LENNY GROSSEL) The Effingham Noon Rotary Club got to hear from their German exchange student Lenny Grossel at their meeting October 22. Lenny lives in Leipzig […]

Regional action got underway Monday evening in high school volleyball. In the Class 1A Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg Regional, Cumberland handed Hutsonville Co-op a loss, 25-19, 25-23. Alysa Dittamore had 13 assists for […]

By DEAN OLSEN ILLINOIS TIMES dolsen@illinoistimes.com   Editor’s note: This story originally ran in the Illinois Times and was republished with permission.   A Peoria County jury found former Sangamon […]

Daniel  P. “Danny” Williams, 77, of rural Stewardson, Illinois passed away Monday October 27, 2025  at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born January 14, 1948 in East […]

The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that Cumberland Road (U.S. 40) in St. Elmo will close for improving the approaches at the railroad crossing. Work will begin Monday, Nov. 3 […]