The soldiers belong to Company B, 2nd Battalion, 130th Infantry Regiment. They will deploy to the US Central Command area of responsibility in support of Operation Spartan Shield. The soldiers will ...

Sigel St. Michael claimed the championship of its own sectional with a 35-30 win over East St. Louis Younge Monday. The Sharpshooters improved to 23-1 with the win and will now face Augusta ...

Effingham St. Anthony High School's Nancy Ruholl became the Bulldogs all-time leading scorer Monday evening as the Bulldogs defeated Tuscola, 61-31. The junior surpassed Lucy Fearday's record of 1,634 ...

Sacred Heart then had a strong third quarter, outscoring St. John 18-9 and finished with a 16-9 final quarter. Three players ...

ROBINSON -- Tetuopolis High School traveled to Robinson and captured an 87-55 victory in boys basketball play Saturday. The Wooden Shoes ran out to a 20-10 opening quarter lead and led 50-25 at ...

Probable cause has been found to hold over for trial a Gays resident charged with the murder of his mother.

The Wooden Shoes edged out to a 19-13 opening quarter lead as Henry Thompson connected on three from beyond the arc for nine points and Alex Kremer put in four baskets for four. Ryan Schmidt kept the ...

The GFWC IL Effingham Women of Today began the new year with two community projects.

Lilly Gannawya scored eight points, had seven rebounds, three assists and three steals. In the junior varsity contest, St. Anthony won 42-24. Aubrey Denning led with 13 while Jackie Vonderheide and ...

A pedestrian was fatally injured when struck by a vehicle late Saturday night at Mattoon.

Effingham High School will be sending three wrestlers to the Class 1A Carterville Sectional after competing in the Lawrenceville Regional Saturday. Kaiden Stewart, Cole Dulumback and Gage Emmerich ...

Brody Markley led all scorers with 22. Westin Neilson had 14, while Seth Bergman was also in double figures with 12. Evan Hoover and Callaway Smith each finished with five points. Three points for ...