Saundra Kay Moreland, 84, of Taylorville, passed away at Taylorville Memorial Hospital on Wednesday, October 15, 2025. She was born on December 21, 1940, to the late Lloyd and Lorene (Hoffman) Brown.

On Tuesday evening, a new Miss Effingham County Fair Queen was crowned. Of the six candidates vying for the crown, Krista Philips was ultimately handed the title at the end of an exciting pageant.

Earl Pemberton, 71, of Brownstown, died at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 at Aperion Care, St. Elmo. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 at the First Christian ...

Storms hit Fayette County on Sunday night and left some parts of the county under water. With totals ranging from 7 inches of rain to 13 ½ inches over a 24 hour period, the storm impacted the area ...

The Rev. Calvin Seban, pastor of St. Paul Lutheran in the late 1970s and early 1980s, ooks over some of the items from St. Paul’s early years. The items were provided by historian Linda Hanabarger, ...

Marilyn Truitt, of Shobonier, will be the featured artist at the Vandalia campus of Kaskaskia College during the months of March and April. Nature and Wildlife have been her primary pursuit, but it is ...

On Sunday, June 8 th, at 5:00 PM Reverand Scott Niermann from Racine, Wisconsin was installed as the new Pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altamont, IL. Pastor Niermann was formerly the minister ...

The Fayette County coroner said that the death of a passenger in a one-car crash in December is now being ruled a homicide. Jacob Henschen, 28, of Pana, sustained fatal injuries in a single-vehicle ...

A 24 year-old St. Elmo man was killed in a single vehicle accident on a rural road northwest of Ramsey early Saturday morning. Alexander D. Lawinger was the operator of a motorcycle that missed a ...

Editor: Tony Angeloni [email protected] The NBRA (National Boat Racing Association) will end their season in Vandalia on September 5th and run through the 7th. Currently Braxton Miller is leading ...

The new athletic conditioning facility, the Culbertson Wrestling and Fitness Center is part of the Vandalia One: Forging Our Future campaign. Its purpose is to enhance the facilities for the student ...

Addie McWhorter of St. Elmo reacts to her name being announced as the 2023 Miss Fayette County Fair Queen. She was crowned by retiring 2022 queen Anna Kramer. Jade Whitehead of Brownstown was named ...