On May 19, 1875, a Cook County jury handed down a verdict in a case concerning the health and welfare of Mary Lincoln, widow ...

The Ann Crooker St. Clair Chapter NSDAR will have its annual Memorial Day Service at Ewington Cemetery, rural Effingham, ...

When Effingham couple William and Jane Austin learned ExxonMobil was going to name a carrier vessel after their son, Edward ...

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On Tuesday, May 20, at approximately 10:03 p.m., the Effingham Police Department responded to reports of a male subject ...

Below are results from area baseball and softball games and boys tennis meets from Tuesday.

Altamont’s Veterans of Foreign Wars marked its 75th anniversary on May 11. The state of Illinois sent the group a certificate ...

Three Altamont senior softball players were honored following the Lady Indians' game against Oblong on Monday at Gilbert Park.

Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced the return of a Purple Heart medal to the grandson of a late World War II Army veteran from Lansing, Ill.

World War II veteran Bill Wendling, 98, is one of the founding members of Altamont’s Veterans of Foreign Wars, which was ...

On March 11, 1944, my relative 2nd Lt. Thomas V. Kelly, Jr. and 10 other crew members of a B-24 bomber named “Heaven Can Wait ...

"It's always nice to end your season on a high note, getting ready for the postseason," Kreke said. "[The Hearts] are a ...