Schools, parks and youth activities were chief topics at Thursday's Effingham 2050 Comprehensive Plan discussion.

North Clay (Louisville) fell to Sandoval in Thursday evening basketball action. The Blackhawks won the varsity contest, 45-37. In junior varsity play, North Clay was a 23-3 winner. The Cardinals are ...

SPRINGFIELD – Fourth and eighth grade students in Illinois generally scored as well or better than the national average in reading and math, according to results of the latest round of national test ...

LINCOLN, Neb. – No. 18 Illinois dropped an overtime battle at Nebraska, 80-74, on Thursday night at Pinnacle Bank Arena. Kasparas Jakucionis posted his second-consecutive double-double with a ...

St. Anthony had three players in double figures. Schmidt finished with 10 field goals, three from beyond the arc, and four of seven at the line for 27. B. Fearday added 22 and W. Fearday 18. The ...

Winnipeg at Boston, 6 p.m. Minnesota at Montreal, 6 p.m. Washington at Ottawa, 6 p.m. Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m. Chicago at Carolina, 6 p.m. New York Islanders at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.

Dallas at Cleveland, 2:30 p.m. Los Angeles Clippers at Toronto, 2:30 p.m. Boston at Philadelphia, 5 p.m. Memphis at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

The next in the series of meetings concerning the Effingham 2050 Comprehensive Plan will take place tonight. The meeting will ...

Duncan is the only candidate who will appear on the ballot, as he filed by the official election deadline. Thompson, Wear and ...

The Brownstown-St. Elmo Bombers built a 19-4 lead after the first quarter and continued to add to their advantage throughout the night as they defeated Vandalia 68-36.

Altamont Lutheran edged East St. Louis Younge to win the Mulberry Grove 7-1A Regional by a score of 38-37. Effingham Sacred Heart will now play Altamont Lutheran in the Pana Sacred Heart Sectional ...

While the county's unemployment rate improved, the statewide jobless rate rose slightly in December, from 4.2% to 4.3%. The number of those unemployed in December statewide rose by almost 46,000. As ...