Gov. JB Pritzker signed the final two bills from the spring session Friday, giving his approval to more than 430 bills ...

The Effingham Public Library officially opened its new children’s room expansion with a ribbon cutting on Friday. Library ...

A state law designed to prevent lawsuits that curtail public participation in government now explicitly protects the news ...

Effingham Police Department is alerting residents to a recent increase in reported thefts and vehicle burglaries across our ...

The 91st annual Brown Reunion, descendants of John and Elizabeth Brown, was held Aug. 17 at Brown Park, south of Bogota.

The deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race.

The North Clay Cardinals baseball team routed Odin-Patoka, 14-1, on Wednesday. North Clay (2-0) scored four runs in the first inning, five in the second, two in the third and three in the fourth. The ...

Wall Street fell to a fifth straight loss. The S&P 500 slipped 0.4% Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 152 ...

Insurance industry officials defended recent homeowners insurance rate spikes this week, blaming such factors as inflation ...

The U.S. ag trade deficit climbed to a new high the first half of 2025. The deficit hit a record $28.6 billion through June, ...

The Republican-controlled Texas House of Representatives kicked off a heated debate over a new congressional map creating ...

Michael Busch hit a three-run double off Jacob Misiorowski, and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 4-3 for their ...