Cumberland County News

Unemployment continued to rise in Effingham County in October. The Illinois Department of Employment Security reported the county's October jobless rate at 8.4%.A That's a half percent jump from the 7.9% rate in September, and it compares to a 6.4% rate in October of 2008.

Ronald Thurman, presiding chancellor of the Chancery Court of Cumberland County, dismissed a lawsuit Friday that was filed against Cumberland County over a resolution the county passed in June to allow fly ash to be trucked into the county in order to reclaim a mine on top of Smith Mountain.

EJ Water CEO Bill Teichmiller said a grant and loan program announced this week should provide water service to some in the area who've been waiting awhile.

Having been brought up in Cumberland County, where I still have a summer cottage, I have always accepted what seemed to be a given; Cumberland County votes for whoever is running for the Tories.

The new Art Circle Library is getting closer and closer to completion. One of the features of the new facility is the Carol Darling Reading Room, located in the center of the building, where patrons can relax with a good book in a quiet atmosphere.

Michael Walter Forbes, 38, of 84 Eddy St., Amherst, was given a conditional discharge following probation after pleading guilty to one count of assaulting Justin Cruickshank.

A parolee from Cumberland County with no family or other ties here qualified for the Safety 1st program through the Illinois Department of Human Services.

Police here are continuing their search for the second person involved in an apparent robbery on South Seventh Street that left one man dead early Saturday.

A Noblesville, Indiana, man was injured in a crash during the noon hour Monday in Cumberland County.

Cumberland County commissioners approved a budget amendment of $36,000 to the Drug Control fund for the sheriff's department during last week's meeting.

One person was killed and another was injured in a two-vehicle collision in Cumberland County Monday morning.

Authorities believe an 18-year-old rural Neoga resident committed suicide in Cumberland County Detention Center in Toledo Thursday evening.A The determination is based on a preliminary investigation by Illinois State Police Zone 7 Investigations.

The Illinois Department of Employment Security says unemployment was up in all twelve markets it tracks in the state.A The department blames the recession for the fact that year-over-year unemployment increased for the 27th month in a row.A Only two cities in the state, Springfield and Bloomington, have unemployment below eight percent.A Five ...

The proposed health care reform bill will be one of a number of topics to be addressed at the Central Illinois 9-12 Tea Party in downtown Effingham on Saturday afternoon.

Neoga Mayor Wayne Modglin, Commissioner Tony Kepp and Police Chief Gerry Mattern joined their counterparts from Toledo and Greenup last Wednesday in a meeting with the Cumberland County Board.

Harness races are on tap at 1:30pm today at the Cumberland County Fair. Tonight at 7pm, Carl Acuff, Jr.

It's a full day at the Cumberland County Fair. Harness races are scheduled at 1:30pm, and there'll be pedal pulling for eight and nine year olds at 6pm.A Tonight at 7pm, Cumberland County four wheel drive diesel truck pulling, along with 12,000 pound farm stock, 6,200 pound two wheel drive trucks, and 10,000 pound pro stock pulling.

An Effingham woman was injured in a single vehicle accident Saturday afternoon in Cumberland County.

In separate interviews to different investigators two men charged with the murder of a west Cumberland County man agree that each was present when the killing took place.

AMHERST A solution has been found that should end frequent emergency room closures at two Cumberland County hospitals, at least in the short term.