An Illinois man who credits a good rehab program and working with horses for saving his life now helps others struggling with ...

When Kassandra Casey’s mother told her she had been chosen as Effingham Daily News Mother of the Year, she was “very” ...

Black smoke has poured out of the Sistine Chapel chimney, indicating no pope was elected on the first ballot of the conclave ...

About two dozen states have sued the Trump administration over the dismantling of AmeriCorps. That's the 30-year-old federal ...

Sonny Gray pitched seven innings of two-hit ball, and the St. Louis Cardinals beat the slumping Pittsburgh Pirates 5-0 for ...

Two hours in the state capital was enough for U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to criticize ...

Wright’s Furniture & Flooring is taking part in a communitywide effort to secure funding for a national program that helps ...

Catholics across the region are celebrating the historic announcement that the first American pope in the 2,000-year history ...

Robert Prevost of the United States has been named the new pope, the new head of the Catholic church. Cardinals gathered to ...

The work of local artist Danielle Ruholl will be on display in the art gallery at the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham ...

An alligator killed a Florida woman after tipping over a canoe she and her husband were paddling, which investigators say ...

First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...