Saturday was a busy day in downtown Effingham as the 2025 Hometown Christmas drew a good-sized crowd. The event was sponsored ...

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The 2025 Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City Thanksgiving All-Tournament Girls Basketball Team was named. Members of the team include Jude Miller (Cumberland), Alysa Dittamore (Cumberland), Addison Miller ...

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Arrangements are incomplete at Bauer Funeral Home in Effingham.

The Effingham St. Anthony Thanksgiving Boys Basketball Tournament final standings were released along with the All-Tournament Team. Chicago Leo won the weather-shortened tournament with a 3-0 record ...

Effingham's News and Sports LeaderCasey-Westfield 55 vs Effingham 48 FINAL Salem 49 vs St. Anthony 47 FINAL Cumberland 48 vs Altamont 43 FINAL Dieterich 70 vs Cisne 32 FINAL ...

Game 31 — Oak Park Fenwick (10-3) vs. East St. Louis Sr. (10-3) at Normal (Hancock Stadium), Tue., Dec. 2, 6 p.m. Game 31 — Chicago St. Rita (9-4) vs. Chicago Brother Rice (12-1) at DeKalb (Huskie ...

Leroy Gouchenouer, 74, of Louisville died at 9:35pm Monday, December 1, 2025 at home. Arrangements are pending at Gieseking Funeral Home in Altamont.

COWDEN — Six games were contested Friday at the Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City girls basketball tournament. The tournament was canceled Saturday due to the weather. Saturday’s games would have had ...