The Flaming Hearts were the team to make enough positive plays at the end, though, defeating the Lady Shoes 49-43 in overtime ...

The St. Anthony Bullpups seventh-grade boys basketball team defeated the Dieterich Roadrunners, 40-21, in Sectional 6 of the ...

The Stewardson-Strasburg High School Students of the Month program recognizes outstanding students in six subject areas.

On Jan. 27 at approximately 9:15 p.m., the Effingham Fire Department responded to a reported structure fire at 707 Holiday ...

It’s cathartic for Chicago fans, especially after such a dismal decade that only now seems to be turning around with the Cubs’ 2025 playoff run and the Bears’ miracle season that ended in the ...

Illinois freshman guard Keaton Wagler had the best game of his career Saturday at Purdue, scoring 46 points in Illinois' 88-82 win against the Boilermakers. Wagler said the ...

Several area teams received votes or were ranked in the top 10 of the latest Associated Press boys and girls basketball polls, which were released on Wednesday afternoon.

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

Illinois will receive $193 million for each of the next five years to expand health care access for the approximately 1.9 ...

At least 100 people have died from the flu this season in Illinois, with 77 of those deaths occurring this month alone, ...

At least eight inches of snow had fallen on portions of Effingham County by 8 a.m. Sunday, with drifts as high as six feet in ...

Developers of a proposed massive transmission line that would bring wind-generated electricity from western Kansas to Illinois and other Midwest states cleared a legal hurdle Friday when the ...