Jan. 24, the Effingham City Police Department received a call to check the welfare of an individual at 311 S. Second St. in Effingham.

An Effingham man has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for possessing and disseminating child sexual abuse material, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said in a press release.

WEIU Kids Day on the campus of Eastern Illinois University, 1920 9th St., Charleston, will be Saturday, March 1, from 10 a.m. to noon inside Buzzard Hall.

Effingham High School will host a community blood drive with ImpactLife, the provider of blood components for local hospitals, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 27, at ...

It wasn't the crispest game, but the Effingham girls basketball team found a way. The Flaming Hearts won the Vandalia Invitational Tournament for the second straight year. EHS defeated Hillsboro ...

Shooting hurt the Teutopolis girls basketball team in its matchup against Edwardsville at the 38th Annual Apex Network Physical Therapy Highland Girls Basketball Tournament on Saturday afternoon. The ...