Saundra Kay Moreland, 84, of Taylorville, passed away at Taylorville Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. She was born on December 21, 1940, to the late Lloyd and Lorene (Hoffman) Brown.

James “Jim” Geiger 87, of Sandoval passed away on June 9, 2024. A celebration of life service will be held at noon Saturday, June 15, 2024 at the Day Macz Funeral Home in Sandoval. Internment will ...

Addie McWhorter of St. Elmo reacts to her name being announced as the 2023 Miss Fayette County Fair Queen. She was crowned by retiring 2022 queen Anna Kramer. Jade Whitehead of Brownstown was named ...

Land of Lincoln Credit Union (LLCU) announced that Desiree Behl has been hired as the new Branch Manager of the Effingham South branch. Behl will oversee the sales and operations of the Effingham ...

On Tuesday evening, a new Miss Effingham County Fair Queen was crowned. Of the six candidates vying for the crown, Krista Philips was ultimately handed the title at the end of an exciting pageant.

Drake Lawler was the champion in four events and Allie Wilhelms won two events when the Mulberry Grove Shooting Aces competed in the Sam Jenny Memorial Shoot and Illini Indian Shoot at the Highland ...

Friday August 29th/ 7pm- Away- at Carlinville Friday September 5th/ 7pm- Home- Hillsboro Friday September 12th/ 7pm- Away- at Pana Friday September 19th/ 7pm- Home- Piasa (Southwestern) Friday ...

The Vandalia Chamber of Commerce presented Abe Awards to Jim Pryor (top) and Karen Stokes (bottom) during the chamber’s annual meeting last Friday at Eighth Day Venue. Presenting the awards was Dr.

The City of Vandalia has a new Economic Development/Tourism Director. Amber Daulbaugh is back in the position she held from June 2018, to November 2021. After four years of the job being vacant, ...

The Board of Directors of United Fidelity Bank are pleased to announce the appointment of Dan Lee as the permanent President and CEO, effective immediately. Mr. Lee, who has been serving as Interim ...

Eastern Illinois University is proud to recognize academic excellence by naming high achieving students to the Spring 2025 Dean’s List. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a GPA of 3.8 or ...

On Sunday, June 8 th, at 5:00 PM Reverand Scott Niermann from Racine, Wisconsin was installed as the new Pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altamont, IL. Pastor Niermann was formerly the minister ...