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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Details have been released on a three-vehicle crash resulting in injuries at Dieterich. The crash occurred at 9:30am last Friday on Illinois Route 33, just west of Norb Avenue on the west edge of ...

Illinois remained undefeated on the season with a gritty 66-54 win over Oakland at State Farm Center on Wednesday night. Tomislav Ivisic led the Illini in scoring for the second-consecutive contest, ...

Biggs said in 3rd grade through high school assessments, summative designation scores have increased year-over-year for the last four years. Those include Grades 3-8 ELA and Math, Grades 5, 8, and ...

Home Sports Basketball Junior High Girls Basketball Result -- Nov. 13 The Bullpups stepped out to a 12-4 opening quarter lead and went on for a 43-23 victory. Three players hit double figures for St.

Two deaths in Mattoon have been confirmed as a murder and suicide. Coles County Coroner Ed Schniers said Devontye Browder and Keisha Seeley both died due to gunshot wounds. Schniers said Browder was ...

“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 ...