The Illinois Commerce Commission Wednesday sharply cut rate increases proposed by Nicor Gas and Ameren Illinois, slowing the ...

Jeremy Edwards, a local Edward Jones financial advisor, is supporting the local Toys for Tots program by using his office as a drop-off location for this year's toy drive.

The Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation announced the recipients of the 2025 Bill and Jacquelyn Jordan Anderson Visual ...

Siemer Milling Endowment for Youth Leadership Development has awarded 10 grants totaling $30,900 to the following: ...

Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation recently announced St. Francis Youth Ministry for the Catholic Heart Workcamp as ...

Several baseball players excelled during the spring season, earning Effingham Daily News end-of-year superlatives as a result.

Both are soon-to-be Altamont graduates. Both played baseball. Both wore the same jersey number. Effingham County Board to consider ballot question: Should Congress get paid during shutdowns?

Fire Chief Brant Yochum informed the city council on Tuesday that the fire department received $700,000 to help purchase a ...

Gov. JB Pritzker met with Pope Leo XIV in Rome on Wednesday, with the two discussing the Trump administration's aggressive ...

As harvest comes to a close in most areas, it is time to reflect on the 2025 growing season and evaluate management decisions ...

The Ag Department resumed normal operations while the farm bill was extended for a third year after the president signed a funding package Nov. 12 that reopened the government.

Caritas Family Solutions, which has an office in Effingham, is inviting the community to sponsor a child through its annual Secret Santa program, which helps provide gifts to more than ...