Fire damaged a home in St. Elmo Wednesday morning and spread to a second structure. The call came between 5:30am and 6am to the Ed Davis residence in the 900 block of Walnut. The fire began in the ...

Arizona at Chicago White Sox, 1:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 1:10 p.m. Boston at Los Angeles Angels, 3:07 p.m.

The Effingham Junior High track team competed at the State Meet and was honored at the Effingham Unit 40 School Board meeting ...

ST. LOUIS — St. Louis fans got to see the long ball Monday evening as the Cardinals banged out four home runs in downing the Chicago Cubs by an 8-2 count at Busch Stadium. Both teams went the first ...

Clark Fairley was a winner in the ISA 3-Year-Old Filly Pace, Division 1. He guided Littleoldme to the win in 2:08. He then finished out the racing on the day in the Topline 3-Year-Old & Up ...

Major League. Wednesday, June 18 Schedule (All Times Central) Boston 3, Seattle 1. Philadelphia 4, Miami 2. Colorado 3, Washington 1. Los Angeles Angels 3, New York Yankees 2 ...

Gov. JB Pritzker signed a new law Friday to make a series of changes to the Prisoner Review Board after it released a man who would go on to commit murder, leading to intense scrutiny in Springfield.

The US Department of Justice is telling a federal appeals court that Illinois’ gun and magazine ban is unconstitutional. A three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit US Court of Appeals is accepting ...

NEWTON — Harness racing will be held Monday and Tuesday at the Jasper County Fair. Today’s card has 13 races listed. Post Time is 6:30 p.m. Following are today’s races.

Will Eder will be Riding For A Cure. Eder is the son of Cynthia Eder of Effingham. He is a 2000 Effingham St. Anthony High School graduate. He and his wife, Molly are 2008 graduates of Notre Dame and ...

Seattle at Chicago Cubs, 1:20 p.m. Texas at Pittsburgh, 5:40 p.m. Baltimore at New York Yankees, 6:05 p.m. Detroit at Tampa Bay, 6:05 p.m. Chicago White Sox at Toronto, 6:07 p.m. Atlanta at Miami, ...

North Clay’s Jack Compton was named to the Class 1A All-State Baseball Team. Compton will be a senior next season for the Cardinals. In Class 2A, Teutopolis High School’s Michael (Mick) Niebrugge, a ...