Category Archives: Local News

Scientists: Dead Sea An Environmental Disaster In Slow Motion (Undated) -- Scientists say the Dead Sea is shrinking so fast it could be just a tiny pool by the middle of this century. Scientists with ...

Russia Granting US Citizen Paul Whelan Consular Access (Moscow) -- Russia is granting limited access to an American businessman arrested on spying charges. The Russian foreign ministry said U.S. consu...

RNC Member Proposes Rules Changes To Prevent Trump Challengers In 2020 (Undated) -- A member of the Republican National Committee is proposing to change the committee's rules so that no one in the par...

FACE of Effingham will present Star Trek vs. Star Wars Trivia Night, February 1st at Tuscan Hills Winery. Cash prizes will be awarded for the first, second and third place teams, along with prizes for...

The Windsor P.T.O. will host Glo Bingo March 16th at the Sullivan VFW. Over $1,000 in cash prizes will be given away. Tickets are $25.00 per person, which includes six cards, glow hat, and glow dauber...

Parkland School Shooting Final Report (Parkland, FL) -- The Florida commission investigating the Parkland school shooting is now putting the responsibility for school safety reform on the governor, le...

Dinner will be served at the Effingham VFW this Friday (1/4) from 5:00-6:30 p.m. The meal will be poor man's steak, mixed vegetables, mashed potatoes with gravy, pickled beets, deviled eggs, dessert a...

Long Island Shop Sells Winning Ticket for Mega Millions Jackpot (Glen Head, NY) -- No one has come forward yet to claim a 425-million dollar Mega Millions ticket sold on Long Island in New York. The w...

Murder Charges Filed In Deadly Champaign-Urbana Shooting (Urbana, IL) -- Prosecutors in Champaign-Urbana are pushing ahead with murder charges against the man accused of a deadly shooting on Sunday. T...

Ex-Basketball Coach Wants To Withdraw Guilty Plea (Charleston, IL) -- A former girls basketball coach wants to withdraw his guilty plea to sex abuse charges. Barry Wolfe's new attorneys filed the pape...