The annual Olde Effingham Day Festival is set for Saturday, April 19 at the Effingham Museum and Living History Site. It will ...

When Elizabeth Pollock took over as the Champaign County public defender in 2022, one of her team’s attorneys was handling ...

A federal grand jury has charged nine illegal aliens with immigration-related offenses in Effingham, Madison, Monroe and St. Clair counties over the last two months.

Trafficking Enforcement Bureau conducted seven human trafficking demand suppression operations across Illinois, resulting in 31 arrests and 91 criminal charges, according to authorities. The ...

Ten Central Illinois fire departments responded to the scene of a residential fire in Effingham early Monday morning, in ...

The National Weather Service will assess damage Thursday to determine if any tornadoes touched down. More than a dozen Tornado Warnings were issued in central Illinois on Wednesday.

It’s been six and a half years since investigators discovered the bodies of Mary and Elwyn Crocker Junior in the backyard of ...

Hartke, a Democrat, represented several rural counties in southeastern Illinois in the state House from 1985 until 2003, when ...

Severe weather swept through Central Illinois counties Wednesday evening, breaking tree limbs, bringing down powerlines and even destroying several sheds. Coles County In Coles County, the EMA said ...

Officials in Effingham County met with the press Thursday afternoon to address concerns about a fire that broke out at DRT ...