The Pirates didn’t look like a last-place team during a 6-0 homestand in which they outscored the New York Mets and St. Louis ...

It was Changeover Week for the Effingham Noon Rotary Club on July 2. The club welcomed new President Mike Kirchhoff to office ...

The work of local artist Leah Hanfland will be on display in the art gallery at the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham ...

Gov. JB Pritzker announced Tuesday that former Deputy Gov. Christian Mitchell will be his running mate for the 2026 campaign.

The Effingham Unit 40 school board on Monday voted to abandon its $55 million building project that would have raised ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

Illinois students won’t need to fill out applications for most state universities to be admitted — if they have high enough ...

Trent Buchanan will not face charges in the shooting death of Chad Perry, the Shelby County state’s attorney announced Tuesday afternoon.

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

The Illinois Secretary of State’s office is awarding nearly $20 million in grant funding to libraries across the state to ensure access to quality resources and programming for all Illinois ...

While the majority of Midwestern farmers rotate corn and soybeans, commodity prices and corn yield advantages compel some to plant corn year after year. Although foundational research on the benefits ...

It is a heavy year for prevent plant crop insurance claims as some farmers, especially in southern Illinois, struggled to ...