A man from Dieterich is facing 11 felony counts of sexual crimes against children following an investigation by the Effingham ...

A Dieterich man has been charged with 11 felony crimes including criminal sexual assault of a victim 13-17, grooming, and ...

On Feb. 26, 2025 at approximately 11 a.m., the Effingham City Police Department responded to an apartment on W. St. Louis Avenue in Effingham for a welfare check. Upon arrival, ...

Scott Russell, a childhood friend of Collie’s family and director of the Effingham Health System Foundation, the hospital’s ...

SPRINGFIELD – The lacrosse season started a little rough for Effingham County’s girls. March 1, they turned things around in ...

Multiple residents came forward during Tuesday night’s Effingham County commissioner meeting to express concern over a ...

For the first time since adding metal detectors to schools, WTOC heard from the Effingham County School District ...

The Effingham County Coroner's Office has released information on two recent deaths. On February 26 at approximately 11:00 am, the Effingham City Police Department responded to an apartment on W. St.

Illinois State Police report the crash occurred at 2:14pm on Moccasin Road, east of Cardinal Lane. A truck driven by a 75-year-old man from Effingham was traveling west when the truck left the road to ...

Lines of busses were followed by lines of students waiting to get into ECHS school doors at the start of the school day ...

Murphysboro, will host Judy Repking of Effingham County, a board member of Effingham Area Right to Life and chair of the ...

Issues rolling out new metal detectors at Effingham County High Schools Monday morning caused delays upwards of an hour, as ...