Effingham News

After 2,100 miles, Slovenian wonder-cyclist Jure Robic maintained his lead in the grueling Race Across America as he was first to pull into the Effingham, Illinois, time station Tuesday morning.

Eloise Halsey hugs her son Byron Halsey and Halsey's brother James Roundtree during a press conference outside the courthouse.

Tom Feddor has the lowest vehicle license plate number in Illinois on his Range Rover.

The Illinois National Guard says Staff Sergeant Joshua Melton, and Sergeant Paul Smith were both killed in action last Friday in Afghanistan.A Commanders say the two died when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Kandahar.A Two other Illinois Guardsmen were hurt in the blast.A Staff Sergeant Melton, who is from Germantown in southern ...

Police brutality and false arrest cases are common in Phoenix. While sometimes difficult to prove, with the right Arizona personal injury attorney, your case could result in compensation and bringing corrupt officers to justice.

Be careful when you're traveling in rural areas today...what wasn't underwater last night might be underwater today.

When the FBI investigates a police agency, generally the allegations involve public corruption or misconduct.

One person was injured in a crash at 3rd and Fayette at 6:13pm Thursday. City police say the crash occurred when a vehicle driven by 71-year-old Raymond Lemon of Crossville was struck from behind by a vehicle driven by 32-year-old Kimberly Burgess of Effingham.

It's the eighth straight month that more people are out of a job and looking for work.A The state Department of Employment Security says the rate of jobless claims is higher in Illinois than the rest of the country.A The high unemployment numbers are another lingering effect of the state and national recession.A The jump to ten percent in Illinois ...

Sorry, it wasn't a city cop.

Sorry, it wasn't a county cop.

Definately wasn't anyone from the county prosecutor's office.

Some things don't change.

Yet, there is ... this cop. Way to be American!

Effingham Post 120 got its offense on track Thursday at the Decker Sports College World Series baseball tournament in Omaha, Neb., but a momentous fifth-inning letdown against PI Midwest led to an 8-7 loss and an 0-2 pool play record for the local Senior American Legion club.

A boil order is in effect for South Fifth Stree on both sides from Fayette Avenue to National Avenue until further notice.

Intent on obtaining a conviction by "any means necessary," the Luzerne County District Attorney's office ignored its obligation to report disgraced judge Mark Ciavarella 's abuse of juveniles' rights and should be precluded from retrying youths whose cases are vacated, a juvenile advocacy group argues in court papers.

Joel Pineiro pitched until he could pitch no more, writhing on the ground in front of the pitcher's mound, cramping uncontrollably.

EFFINGHAM, Ill. -- Daniel J. King, 50, Effingham, died June 9, 2009, at Kindred Hospital, St.

Beck's Hybrids and Brown Seed Enterprises have entered into an alliance that combines the strengths of both companies to enhance the products and services offered to farmers in central and southern Illinois.

Charles Eugene Perry Sr., 68, of Effingham, IL, formerly Beecher City, IL, passed away at 1:57 p.m. Monday June 15, 2009, in his home.

Investigators acting on a tip that a Marion County Community Corrections technician was hounding a woman serving home detention thought they nabbed him before he could cause any harm.

For the third time in the past decade, a former Woodbridge police officer will be tried on charges that he sexually assaulted a teenage boy, according to a report by MyCentralJersey.com . The report said retrial comes nearly a year after a state appeals court overturned a guilty conviction against 49-year-old Douglas Karlson on allegations that he ...

A Portland police officer placed sexually harassing calls on his bureau-issued cell phone to three female police officers and a number of other women, including a 16-year-old girl he had encountered as a patrol officer, according to court documents.