Effingham County's September jobless rate was 3.5%. That compares to a 3.2% rate in September 2023. Total nonfarm employment increased by 450 in September 2024 compared to a year ago.

Named to the First Team are Kinley Quast (Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, Cara Hatton (St. Anthony), Mya Friese (Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg), Addi Nuxoll (St. Anthony), Addie Sasse (St.

Make sure everyone in your vehicle buckles their seat belt. Every time. It’s the law and your best defense in a crash.

A Commonwealth Edison-branded manhole cover sits outside the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago, where former Illinois ...

Patton currently plays for Olmecas de Tabasco in the Mexican Baseball League. The South Central High School graduate, was drafted out of Southern Illnois-Edwardsville University in 2011 by the Kansas ...

The Board approved Total Resurfacing to paint the St. Elmo Elementary classrooms and hallways; approved Mason's Masonry ...

You have the chance to weigh in on how opioid settlement fund dollars should be used in Effingham County. A public hearing will be held tonight at 6:00 by the Effingham County Board to get your input ...

The regional continues Friday as No. 3 Freeburg travels to No. 1 Waterloo for a 6 p.m. contest and Saturday as No. 2 Troy Triad takes on Mascoutah at Olney at 10 a.m. The winners will then advance to ...

Home Sports Basketball Junior High NTC Basketball Tourney Scores -- Oct. 23 Dieterich claimed a 22-11 win over Altamont in the opening contest. Mya Ohnesorge led the winners with six points. The top ...

Others receiving votes: 11, York 3. 12, Naperville North 2. 13, Maine South 1. Others receiving votes: 11, Prospect 10. 12, Hononegah 8. 13, Glenbard East 2. 14, Jacobs 2. 15, Lincoln-Way Central 1.

Minnesota at Los Angeles Rams, 7:1 5p.m. New Orleans at Los Angeles Chargers, 3:05 p.m. Buffalo at Seattle, 3:05 p.m. Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 3:25 p.m. Carolina at Denver, 3:25 p.m.

Jasper County board members heard at this month's meeting that the preliminary design of a new county courthouse is completed. A meeting to review the design will be held soon. The Board decided ...