Cowden-Herrick teachers have named sixth grader Brooke Tucker and freshman Brylie Prater Students of the Month for December.

Payton Harris of Newton achieved Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Dean's List Honors for the fall 2024 semester.

Henry Siemer, of Siemer Milling Company, was honored with a plaque by the Effingham County Emergency Telephone System Board Chairman David Campbell for the company’s ongoing dedication to the county’s ...

Maybe you’re mad about President Joe Biden’s parting gift of a preemptive pardons for Dr. Anthony Fauci and members of the Biden family. If not, you’re likely frustrated that President ...

Since its start in 1996, the Chamber Community Scholarship Program has awarded $252,000 to 214 recipients. The program is open to Chamber members, their employees and families, or any Effingham County ...

The Effingham Public Library will partner with the AARP Tax Aide Program to provide free tax preparation and return assistance for any low- to moderate-income taxpayers on select dates from ...

In a significant step toward supporting the welfare and rehabilitation of rescue horses, Earthrise Energy has awarded a ...

Federal prosecutors on Tuesday began the process of formally dismissing cases against more than four dozen Illinoisans ...

Land of Lincoln Credit Union (LLCU) announced that Lisa Wilson has been promoted to VP Mortgage Processing/Sales.

The change that lies ahead motivates me,” said recent Problem Solving Court graduate Jeffrey Durbin, 31. In 2006, retired ...

President Donald Trump used one of the flurry of executive actions that he issued on his first day back in the White House to ...

Inequities in voting, property and finances, education, employment, legal rights and taxes, led many 19th century American ...