The state’s unemployment rate was +1.2 percentage points higher than the national unemployment rate reported for October. The national unemployment rate was 4.1 percent in October, unchanged from the ...

Senate President Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, tells the Senate Executive Committee he’d like to hold a bill prohibiting the use of ...

Barn and Bottle Winery is located near the intersection of US Route 40 and Illinois Route 128, west of Altamont. The winery ...

Visit Effingham presents another year of Wonderland in Lights at Community Park!

“Ewington Challenge - The History of Ewington” will be the subject of the upcoming Effingham County Museum’s historical presentation. You're invited to gather on the second floor of the Effingham ...

Taylor R. Matlock, 13, of Effingham, passed away Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at Cardinal Glennon Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri. Arrangements are being made at this time. Bauer Funeral Home is ...

Village of Teutopolis residents are reminded about the 2025 Consolidated Primary Election. Candidates interested in the positions of Village Trustee (3), or Village President (1), can pick up the ...

The pedestian hit and killed by a car last Saturday night in Cumberland County was an Altamont resident. The man was 34-year-old Sean Magill, according to Cumberland County Coroner Steve Sherwood.

An Effingham man was injured when the motorized bicycle he was operating struck a vehicle. The man, 22-year-old Brant Gordon, was traveling along Keller Drive just after 4:30pm Wednesday at the ...

Several area coaches, athletes, media and scorekeepers will be among the inductees into the National Athletic Hall of Fame for 2024. The event will be held at the Teutopolis Banquet Hall in Teutopolis ...