Fire damaged an apartment building in Mattoon early Monday. A Mattoon police officer on routine patrol noticed smoke in the 1400 block of Charleston Avenue shortly before 4am. The officer […]

Fire damaged an apartment building in Mattoon early Monday. A Mattoon police officer on routine patrol noticed smoke in the 1400 block of Charleston Avenue shortly before 4am. The officer […]

Daniel M. Largent, 69, of Brownstown, died at 10:45 a.m., Monday, April 7, 2025 at HSHS St. John’s Hospital, Springfield. Arrangements are pending Gieseking Funeral Home, Brownstown. Online condolences may […]

Sue Marlene Harris, age 73, of Willow Hill, Illinois, passed away at 11:05 AM – Tuesday, April 1, 2025, at her home. A visitation for family and friends will be […]

Effingham City Administrator Steve Miller reported at Tuesday’s City Council meeting that the projected budget for the fiscal year that begins May 1 “is a little healthier since our last […]