Jasper County board members Thursday filled a vacancy for a new head of the county ambulance service. The Board hired Laurie Guerrettaz as the interim manager of the service. Guerrettaz has been ...

A homeless man has been charged with Arson after his arrest on Thursday. 55-year-old James R. Lowe was arrested in connection with a September 13th incident in the 300 block of East Kreke Avenue.

Cumberland's Cameron Roedl won the meet with a time of 15:58.59. Also scoring for the Pirates were Gavin Whitaker 16th in 17:15.40, Brett Matusas 20th in 17:31.89, Kaleb Bierman 22nd in 17:37.29 and ...

The Hearts fell to Mount Zion by a 1-0 count. "After a tough week with three challenging opponents in three days, we gave it our all," said EHS Coach Logan Arney. "We played very strong but couldn't ...

The Wooden Shoes were led by Claresa Ruholl with 17 digs, Kaylie Jordan with eight assists and one ace, Elise Pals with two blocks and one ace and Gabby Tegler with three kilsl and one ace.T-town ...

New York Mets at Philadelphia, 3:08 p.m. Kansas City at New York Yankees, 5:38 p.m. San Diego at Los Angeles Dodgers, 7:38 p.m. New York Mets at Philadelphia, 3:08 p.m. San Diego at Los Angeles ...

New York Giants at Seattle, 3:25 p.m. Dallas at Pittsburgh, 7:20 p.m.

Following is the schedule: Friday, Oct. 4 Game 1 -- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City vs. Brownstown/St. Elmo, 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7 Game 2 -- Winner Game 1 at St. Anthony, 4 p.m. Game 3 -- Dieterich at ...

Weldon Dunston is the Hearts leading running back, having run for 15 touchdowns and rushing for 150 to 200 yards each game. The Hearts got some votes in the Class 4A football poll this week.

Five people died due to exposure to the anhydrous and another 11 people were injured. Additionally, a large part of Teutopolis, some 500 residents, had to be evacuated to avoid the anhydrous release.

A Macoupin County judge approved the appointment of a special prosecutor to review a criminal case against August Heinz, the funeral home director accused of giving dozens of families the wrong ashes.

Work is to begin soon on the new playground at Evergreen Hollow Park in Effingham. The removal of the old playground has been completed. Park District Director Jeff Althoff said they hope to start ...