The Effingham City Council recently finalized the tax levy for the next fiscal year. The tax levy for the 2025-2026 fiscal ...

For more than 40 years, people have been dialing a phone number at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Strasburg to hear a devotion ...

A Clay County man was transported to the hospital after a single vehicle crash Nov. 21 in Lucas Township, according to the Effingham County Sheriff's Office.

Cowden-Herrick Junior High math teacher Kelsey Mayfield held a competition for her students to see who could collect the most ...

The Newton Lady Eagles were 20-10 last season, losing in the Class 2A Fairfield Regional Semifinals. Head coach Brad Harris is entering his 13th season and has a career record of 191-148. Harris ...

The North Clay Lady Cardinals were 13-18 last season, losing to South Central in the Class 1A Centralia (Christ Our Rock ...

The Neoga Indians were 17-15 last season, losing in the Class 1A Dieterich Regional Semifinals. Head coach Kim Romack is entering her 13th season and has a career record of 229-130. Romack talked ...

Camryn Martin was all smiles after her team's win over Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg on Thursday at Newton High School.

Once again the Effingham Daily News is preparing to publish its annual Letters to Santa on Saturday, Dec. 21, in a special ...

The Illinois Soybean Association sanctioned a study to show the economic impact of rural bridges and their current condition.

South Willow Street from E. Fayette Avenue to East Section Avenue in Effingham will be closed starting Monday, Nov. 25 at 7 a.m. to Wednesday, Nov. 27 at 5 p.m.

It’s been a month since the jury in former House Speaker Michael Madigan’s federal corruption trial last heard the name of ...