The Effingham Hearts suffered a crushing loss 42-41 in overtime to the Taylorville Tornadoes Friday night. The game at Taylorville was heard on 979XFM and www.979xfm.com.

Teutopolis village board members have passed the tax levy for the fiscal year, retroactive to the start of the year on May 1.

Cumberland's Cameron Roedl won the meet with a time of 15:58.59. Also scoring for the Pirates were Gavin Whitaker 16th in 17:15.40, Brett Matusas 20th in 17:31.89, Kaleb Bierman 22nd in 17:37.29 and ...

A homeless man has been charged with Arson after his arrest on Thursday. 55-year-old James R. Lowe was arrested in connection with a September 13th incident in the 300 block of East Kreke Avenue.

Jasper County board members Thursday filled a vacancy for a new head of the county ambulance service. The Board hired Laurie Guerrettaz as the interim manager of the service. Guerrettaz has been ...

The Wooden Shoes were led by Claresa Ruholl with 17 digs, Kaylie Jordan with eight assists and one ace, Elise Pals with two blocks and one ace and Gabby Tegler with three kilsl and one ace.T-town ...

TEUTOPOLIS -- Effingham St. Anthony moved into a 5-0 opening inning lead and tacked on another run in the second. But those were the only runs the Bulldogs produced as Teutopolis scored four in the ...

The Hearts fell to Mount Zion by a 1-0 count. "After a tough week with three challenging opponents in three days, we gave it our all," said EHS Coach Logan Arney. "We played very strong but couldn't ...

Effingham St. Anthony claimed two victories over Oblong in girls junior high basketball Thursday evening. The Bulllpups won the seventh-grade encounter, 37-6 S. Semple tallied eight points and Huebner ...

Following is the schedule: Friday, Oct. 4 Game 1 -- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City vs. Brownstown/St. Elmo, 4 p.m. Monday, Oct. 7 Game 2 -- Winner Game 1 at St. Anthony, 4 p.m. Game 3 -- Dieterich at ...