Effingham High School varsity football award winners were, left to right, Brian Westendorf (Lineman of the Year), AJ Lybarger ...

A house in the St. James community in Fayette County was destroyed by fire early Sunday morning.

Preliminary results indicate the death was from natural causes due to what Rhodes termed a "severe medical issue". Effingham Police Department Criminal Investigations Unit and the Effingham County ...

William and Kathleen Fearday’s Book Signing for Boos: The Early Years will be on Saturday, December 7 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham Public Library’s Reading Room ...

Prosecutors will ask the Illinois Supreme Court to review an appellate court opinion that found former Sangamon County deputy Sean Grayson should be released from jail pending trial for murder.

Effingham City Council members Tuesday amended the municipal code as it governs fire prevention efforts. Assistant Fire Chief Matt Kulesza and City Attorney Tracy Willenborg worked on the changes, ...

The board met Monday to certify the results of the 2024 election and released final vote totals for races around the state, including locking in several close legislative races. The results also ...

Home Sports More Sports 50th Anniversary of Women In Sports At EHS Dec. 14 The celebration will be between the junior varsity and varsity girls’ basketball game with the junior varsity game starting ...

Green Bay at Detroit, 7:15 p.m. Seattle at Arizona, 3:05 p.m. Buffalo at Los Angeles Rams, 3:25 p.m. Chicago at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m. Los Angeles Chargers at Kansas City, 7:20 p.m.

Board members unanimously voted to retain Josh Douthit as Board Chairman, and Campbell was unanimously selected to another term as Vice-Chairman. The Board also approved committee assignments and ...

Washington at Cleveland, 6 p.m. Milwaukee at Detroit, 6 p.m. Orlando at New York, 6:30 p.m. Indiana at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. Utah at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m. Memphis at Dallas, 7:30 p.m. San Antonio at ...

The Effingham Elks Lodge #1016 will be holding its 53rd Annual Hoop Shoot Saturday, December 14 at 9:30 a.m. at Effingham High School. This is the 21st year the "Hoop Shoot" will be held at Effingham ...