The Ann Crooker St. Clair Chapter NSDAR will have its annual Memorial Service at Ewington Cemetery, rural Effingham, Saturday, May 24, at 10 a.m.

An Illinois man who credits a good rehab program and working with horses for saving his life now helps others struggling with ...

When Kassandra Casey’s mother told her she had been chosen as Effingham Daily News Mother of the Year, she was “very” ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

Two hours in the state capital was enough for U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to criticize ...

About two dozen states have sued the Trump administration over the dismantling of AmeriCorps. That's the 30-year-old federal ...

Catholics across the region are celebrating the historic announcement that the first American pope in the 2,000-year history ...

The work of local artist Danielle Ruholl will be on display in the art gallery at the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham ...

Wright’s Furniture & Flooring is taking part in a communitywide effort to secure funding for a national program that helps ...

Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

Sonny Gray pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 for ...