The Illinois State Police were at the State Capitol this week to help combat human trafficking. Director Brendan Kelly, along ...

After nearly three hours of debate before a packed hearing room, a House committee on Wednesday voted to advance a bill that ...

Enrollment at Illinois community colleges grew to more than 285,000 in the spring semester this year, an 8.9% increase over a year ago and the largest spring-to-spring enrollment ...

Less than a week after a tornado outbreak devastated the Midwest, numerous Illinois communities were placed under another ...

Severe weather will impact a large swath of central and northern Illinois today. Here's what you need to know.

By Caitlin Mellendorf, Nutrition and Wellness Educator, University of Illinois Extension       In the 2024-2025 hunting season, Hunters Feeding Illinois distributed 25,794 pounds of frozen, ground ...

Changes are coming for Illinois High School Association-member schools starting in the fall. The IHSA announced earlier Wednesday that there are three changes — all of which would impact teams in the ...

The Effingham County Chamber is hosting an exclusive Lunch & Learn featuring Nathan Jones, a NASA Crew Medical Officer, next ...

Effingham County board members Monday purchased three acres of property in the Effingham Business Park that will house a ...

The Marion Wildcats are looking for their second-straight South Seven Conference championship in baseball after last year’s 25-9 overall, 7-1 conference 2024 season.

The Effingham Public Library has been awarded $1,740 to support its Safe Sitter course for tweens. This course teaches safety ...

The emergence of nurse practitioners in County mirrored a national innovation that was launched by Loretta (“Lee”) Ford in 1965. Lee Ford was a public health nurse in Colorado, and she was active in ...