A federal judge on Friday denied former Illinois Speaker Michael Madigan’s legal arguments that he should remain out of ...

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem made her second visit of the year to Illinois on Friday to condemn the ...

"I worked to be the one everyone could count on and look up to in the future and the one everyone on the other team didn't ...

The “Soldier Boy” statue that used to stand outside Effingham’s VFW Theodore Hoffman Post 1769 has been restored and ...

Successful democracies endanger their success because of the complacency success breeds. They solve problems only when lashed by necessity: Britain considered Winston Churchill a Cassandra — until the ...

Funeral services have been set for a 9-year-old girl who drowned in the Kaskaskia River. Ava Leona Delilah Baker of Mattoon was reported missing on Saturday, Aug. 2 and she was found on Sunday, Aug. 3 ...

Rios — the 2025 Effingham Daily News Softball Player of the Year — ended her career with St. Anthony on a high note during ...

ALTAMONT – Demolition Derby drivers went head to head in five events for thousands in cash prizes during the 2025 Effingham ...

We’re tempted to cheer that divorce rates have (so far) decreased for millennials who married in the 2010s, according to new research from the Institute for Family Studies. But behind ...

State officials ushered in the start of the Illinois State Fair on Wednesday with the annual unveiling of the butter cow.

The 2025 Effingham County Fair broke records for rodeo attendance, number of demolition derby contestants, number of ...

Longtime Chicago lobbyist Jay Doherty was sentenced Tuesday to a year and a day in prison for his role in a yearslong bribery ...