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 ...

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.

The 2025 Olde Effingham Day Festival is scheduled for Saturday, April 19 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Effingham County ...

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 ...

Platoon D officers conducted the stop when a K9 unit alerted them to suspected narcotics in the vehicle. The driver, ...

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