To hear party leaders talk, the seventh day of the government shutdown sounded a lot like the first. Democrats are seeking ...

Mission 76 will serve 93 Vietnam-era veterans from 62 Illinois hometowns of Atlanta, Beason, Bement Bloomington, Breese, Buffalo, Bunker Hill, Carlinville, Carlyle, Centralia, Charleston, Chatham, ...

Menards offers a wide variety of non-perishable food items that can be donated to the food pantries, from boxes of cereal to cans of soup that can be found in the grocery department for immediate ...

Music from over 20 high school marching bands filled the air last Saturday during the annual Effingham Marching Invitational ...

The Bears defeated the Las Vegas Raiders 25-24 on Sept. 28 despite being gashed for 240 yards rushing, with rookie Ashton Jeanty accounting for 138. The Raiders entered the game with the league’s 30th ...

Meteorologists say a deadly tornado in North Dakota this summer has been upgraded to a top-of-the-scale EF5, and was the ...

Clay County 4-H members and leaders took a farm-to-table approach to tackle food insecurity in their own backyards.

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 ...

Couples should never go to bed angry, right? Well, many therapists will tell you that piece of conventional wisdom isn’t good ...

Activists, residents and elected leaders say increasingly combative tactics used by federal immigration agents are sparking ...

Members of the Effingham New Car Dealers Association together donated $15,000 to Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundation to ...

Though National Preparedness Month has come to an end, the Effingham County Medical Reserve Corps (MRC) continues its emergency and disaster preparedness efforts for its 11th year of service.