The Illinois unemployment rate for October rose to 5.2%, up from 4.5% one year earlier. The Effingham County jobless rate for the month was 3.3%, up from 3.1% Total non-farm employment in the ...

The Effingham County 911 Board has approved the budget for the 2025 fiscal year. The measure calls for $1.24 million in expenditures, about $350,000 more in outgo than income. 911 will still have more ...

West Township Supervisor Scott Beal has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Township Officials of Illinois. A member of the Township Officials of Illinois Supervisor Division’s State Board ...

This holiday season, Visit Effingham invites you to flip the switch on tradition for an all-NEW magical event. They are trading competition for community and turning Effingham into a twinkling ...

In the junior varsity game, St. Anthony was a 52-30 winner over Sandoval. Addie Lauritzen scored 19 and had 10 rebounds while Aubrey Denning and Jackie Vonderheide tallied 10 points each. Vonderheide ...

Winnipeg at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m. Buffalo at Anaheim, 9 p.m. Minnesota at Calgary, 3 p.m. Seattle at Los Angeles, 3 p.m. Colorado at Florida, 5 p.m. Vegas at Montreal, 6 p.m. Vancouver at Ottawa, 6 p.m.

New York at Utah, 4 p.m. Detroit at Orlando, 6 p.m. Memphis at Chicago, 7 p.m. Portland at Houston, 7 p.m. Charlotte at Milwaukee, 7 p.m. Golden State at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m. Denver at Los Angeles ...

Denver at Las Vegas, 3:05 p.m. San Francisco at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m. Arizona at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. Philadelphia at Los Angeles Rams, 7:20 p.m.

The Board approved a Tax Increment Finance District application from the Teutopolis Fire Protection District for the purchase of a new fire engine; agreed to purchase a used pickup truck for the ...

A conservative Catholic legal group is suing Illinois over a landmark state law enshrining a “fundamental right” to abortion care and requiring insurance companies to cover abortion and other ...

Adam Stuckemeyer is a student at Beecher City High School. He is part of the 2024 4-H Livestock Quiz Bowl national champions. The squad went undefeated during their season.

South Central school board members Wednesday hired Michael Koehnke as principal of South Central High School for the 2025-2026 school year. Koehnke is currently an assistant principal at Mt. Vernon ...