Sacred Heart then had a strong third quarter, outscoring St. John 18-9 and finished with a 16-9 final quarter. Three players ...

The Wooden Shoes edged out to a 19-13 opening quarter lead as Henry Thompson connected on three from beyond the arc for nine points and Alex Kremer put in four baskets for four. Ryan Schmidt kept the ...

The GFWC IL Effingham Women of Today began the new year with two community projects.

A pedestrian was fatally injured when struck by a vehicle late Saturday night at Mattoon.

Effingham High School will be sending three wrestlers to the Class 1A Carterville Sectional after competing in the Lawrenceville Regional Saturday. Kaiden Stewart, Cole Dulumback and Gage Emmerich ...

Two young children were killed in a house fire Friday morning in Janesville, a community on the Cumberland-Coles county line. Coles County Coroner Ed Schniers has identified the children as ...

(THE VEHICLE THAT STRUCK THE GAS MAIN DOWNTOWN FRIDAY AFTERNOON. NO ONE WAS INJURED BUT A RELEASE OF GAS RESULTED FROM DAMAGE ...

Effingham city council members heard about a $3 million grant at this week's meeting. The Regional Site Readiness grant is ...

A Newton resident will begin to serve a prison sentence for aggravated domestic battery. 18-year-old Kaileb Keener was ...

Scott Kabbes led off by immediately saying the developers don't own the mall, noting that it was 3 months ago when their ...

A local man has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault. 62-year-old Richard L. Bailey of Effingham is a registered sex offender stemming from a conviction in Coles County in 2002. Bailey ...

Southern Illinois University Carbondale's Spring 2025 enrollment is up 3.3%, or 344 students, compared to last year. The increase, the second year in a row of over 3%, follows a Fall that saw the ...