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Martha Ann Bushue, age 101, of Mason, Illinois, passed away at 9:46 a.m. on Wednesday, February 25, 2026, at Lutheran Care Center, Altamont, Illinois, surrounded by her loving family. A Mass of ...

In the final boys basketball polls, Teutopolis High School finished No. 1 in Class 2A. In Class 1A, Altamont and Cumberland were in the others receiving votes category. Others receiving votes: 11, ...

The Effingham Junior High School boys basketball team celebrated its season with an end of the year awards party. Congratulations to the team and individual award winners listed below: ...

MOUNT ZION — Several area athletes competed in the Blazen Braves Boys and Girls Track Invitational Saturday hosted by Mount Zion High School. Effingham St. Anthony’s Reese Hoene won the 60 meter run ...

Barbara A. Boomgarden, 89, of Effingham, IL, passed away on Tuesday, February 24, 2026 at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon, IL. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, ...

Trinity Lutheran won the championship at Effingham during the weekend. Members of the team are, front row, left to right, Reese Stigers, Gia Bostedo, Brielle Friese, Cora Reed and Hayden Reed. Back ...

The National Trail All-Conference teams for both boys and girls basketball have been named. For the girls, Brownstown/St. Elmo’s Dayana Haslett was named to the First Team and also chosen as the Most ...

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