South Effingham's Syraiah Wilkins (right) edged Jenkins' Blessed Diogo in the 100-meter hurdles at the Annual Statesboro ...

Decatur native and MacArthur High School graduate David McDonald is the drummer for Airmen of Note, the jazz band of the ...

The Fair Parade will be held Oct. 20 beginning at 5 p.m. in downtown Springfield. Livestock shows will be nightly, Oct. 21-24 ...

Here are the matchups for the first round of the GHSA girls soccer playoffs. Play begins Tuesday night with games in classes 6A, 5A, 4A and A Division II.

Here are the matchups and scores from the first round of the GHSA boys tennis tournament. Play began last week with a limited schedule, and all matches are expected to be completed by Thursday.

An Irish-born American cardinal was entrusted by Pope Francis to be the camerlengo, the Vatican official who runs the Holy ...

Tay started on the mound for the Braves for a 6-0 shutout statement win over Effingham St. Anthony. Other nominees were ...

Charles “Chuck” Hartke, a hog farmer from Teutopolis who served in the Illinois House and later as the state’s agriculture ...

Illustrator Lili Chin became fascinated with dog behavior in 2008 after her Boston terrier, Boogie, bit their landlord and ...

The outdoor event season in Coles County is officially underway. Among the events to come: free Bagel Bites concerts at ...

Due to thunderstorms across Georgia on Thursday night, the state has more than 18,000 power outages as of Friday morning.

Bill also organizes the Moccasin Creek Festival at Lake Sara in Effingham, this year June 19-22, and he shares this year's lineup. Randy Eccles: This is Community Voices on NPR Illinois. I'm co-host ...