Jan. 24, the Effingham City Police Department received a call to check the welfare of an individual at 311 S. Second St. in Effingham.

An Effingham man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for possessing and disseminating child sexual abuse material, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in a press release.

WEIU Kids Day on the campus of Eastern Illinois University, 1920 9th St., Charleston, will be Saturday, March 1, from 10 a.m. to noon inside Buzzard Hall.

Effingham High School will host a community blood drive with ImpactLife, the provider of blood components for local hospitals, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27, at ...

It wasn't the crispest game, but the Effingham girls basketball team found a way. The Flaming Hearts won the Vandalia Invitational Tournament for the second straight year. EHS defeated Hillsboro ...

Shooting hurt the Teutopolis girls basketball team in its matchup against Edwardsville at the 38th Annual Apex Network Physical Therapy Highland Girls Basketball Tournament on Saturday afternoon. The ...

A man who survived being shoved onto subway tracks ahead of an oncoming train said that in spite of the physical and ...

Over 5,000 preschool seats have opened for low-income families in Illinois through Smart Start Illinois in the past year.

Rep. Dan Swanson, R-Alpha, received the call from Democratic House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch, D-Hillside, earlier this ...

Visu-Sewer will be closing parts of Jefferson Avenue and Maple Strett in Effingham next week to install sewer lines. These road closures will not be all at once, so different ...

The Effingham Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest will be held on Sunday at Sacred Heart Grade School. Registration is from noon to 12:30, with free-throw shooting starting at 12:30.

Nikola Vučević struggles amid trade rumors — plus 4 takeaways from the Chicago Bulls loss to the Golden State Warriors SAN FRANCISCO (TNS) — If Thursday night was an audition for Nikola Vučević, the ...