Graduate Ella Kreke, who was the setter for the past three seasons, left big shoes to fill for the next one in line. Kreke ...

The Effingham Public Library officially opened its new children’s room expansion with a ribbon cutting on Friday. Library ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed the final two bills from the spring session Friday, giving his approval to more than 430 bills ...

A state law designed to prevent lawsuits that curtail public participation in government now explicitly protects the news ...

The 91st annual Brown Reunion, descendants of John and Elizabeth Brown, was held Aug. 17 at Brown Park, south of Bogota.

Effingham Police Department is alerting residents to a recent increase in reported thefts and vehicle burglaries across our ...

The deliberate and systematic destruction of a group of people because of their ethnicity, nationality, religion, or race.