Lake Sara is closed to all water traffic until further notice. Water Superintendent Mike Dirks said the lake is closed due to high water levels from the weekend rains.

South Central competed in state proficiency at Mt. Zion High School.

For the month of March, the average Illinois temperature was 46.9 degrees, 6.1 degrees above normal. Precipitation averaged 2 ...

Unemployment rates in Illinois and in area counties were lower in February than one year earlier. The state jobless rate was 5.1%, compared to 5.3% in February 2024. The Effingham County unemployment ...

Effingham Child Development Center says that its most recent fundraising campaign successfully paid off the center's mortgage ...

Sacramento at Charlotte, 6 p.m. Utah at Indiana, 6 p.m. Phoenix at Boston, 6:30 p.m. Detroit at Toronto, 6:30 p.m. Portland at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Boston, 6 p.m. Tampa Bay at Buffalo, 6 p.m. Columbus at Toronto, 6 p.m. Philadelphia at Montreal, 6 p.m. Colorado at St. Louis, 6 p.m. Washington at New York Islanders, 11:30 a.m.

Los Angeles Dodgers at Philadelphia, 3:05 p.m. New York Yankees at Pittsburgh, 3:05 p.m. Baltimore at Kansas City, 3:10 p.m. Tampa Bay at Texas, 6:05 p.m.

Effingham resident Jim Lange has had quite a career as a record-setting driver at the Bonneville Salt Flats. The 82-year-old ...

The 55th Annual Society for Academic Achievement Banquet held Thursday honored the top scholars at Effingham High School and ...

Land of Lincoln Honor Flight kicks off the 2025 flying season with Mission #73 on April 15.

The NWS storm survey determined that an EF-1 tornado touched down southeast of Altamont between 6:08pm and 6:11pm. The tornado track was along North 500th Street, about a half-mile north of East 700th ...