The Effingham County Chamber and New Ebenezer Retreat Center hosted a brand-new festival Saturday. The community experienced ...

The National Weather Service will assess damage Thursday to determine if any tornadoes touched down. More than a dozen ...

The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado hit rural Effingham County on Wednesday, about three miles southeast ...

Birth to Five Illinois, a Statewide Early Childhood Regional and Community System, has awarded an additional $3,075,000 to support both existing and new Local Early Childhood Collaborations across the ...

Effingham County EMA Director Pamela Jacobs is collecting information regarding storm damage in the county Wednesday evening and night. Jacobs said that information is needed in order to develop an ...

Severe weather swept through Central Illinois counties Wednesday evening, breaking tree limbs, bringing down powerlines and ...

Illinois voters made their voices heard in the 2025 consolidated election. Here are the results for some key races and measures News 8 was tracking.

Effingham County Clerk Michelle Kollmann has finalized their numbers for write-in votes. The totals include all of the ballots cast through Election Night Tuesday. Kollmann said they might have more ...

Several Illinois counties are under a tornado watch as a storm moves northward through the state.

Charles "Chuck" Deters and Scott Montgomery will be the newest members of the Lake Land College Board of Trustees.

County Republicans on Friday celebrated the return of Donald Trump to the White House during their annual Lincoln Day Dinner at the Thelma Keller Convention Center. With Election Day on Tuesday, local ...

A man from Effingham was arrested in Taylorville after police said he fled from a traffic stop with methamphetamine in his ...