Spring Training Scores. Wednesday, March 18. St. Louis 4, Houston 1. Arizona 16, Chicago Cubs 8. Los Angeles Angels 7, Cincinnati 4. Atlanta 3, Philadelphia 2. New York Yankees 1, ...

The NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments got underway with two opening games Wednesday. In the men’s tourney, Texas edged NC State, 68-66 while Howard took a three-point victory over UMBC, 86 ...

The 33rd Annual Central Illinois Boys All-Star basketball game, featuring senior basketball players from the National Trail Conference and Little Illini Conference, has been scheduled for Sunday, ...

Cumberland High School’s Reid Carlen placed well at the Central Illinois High Performance Track Classic Saturday. In the boys meet, Carlen captured second place in the 60 meter run with a time of 7.11 ...

Effingham and Newton were the local squads competing at the Apollo Conference Indoor boys and girls track meets at Mount Zion High School Saturday. In the girls meet, Camdyn Burgholzer was the ...

Elite Eight: March 29-30 in Fort Worth, Texas and Sacramento, Calif.

CHARLESTON — Area teams competed in the Central Illinois High School Boys and Girls Track Meets at Eastern Illinois University Saturday. Area teams competing were Effingham, Effingham St. Anthony, ...

(16) UMBC vs. (16) Howard, 5:40 p.m. (11) Texas vs. (11) NC State, 8:15 p.m. (16) Prairie View A&M vs. (16) Lehigh, 5:40 p.m. (11) Miami (Ohio) vs. (11) SMU, 8:15 p.m.

Nancy L. Bugger, 80, passed away Thursday, March 12, 2026 at her home in Effingham. A Memorial Mass will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday, March 21, 2026, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Shumway, ...

Judith A. Voelker, 76, of Altamont, died at 3:22 p.m. Thursday, March 12, 2026 at Lutheran Care Center, Altamont. Funeral services will be at 11:00 a.m., Wednesday ...

The 2025-26 Egyptian Illini Girls All-Conference Basketball Teams were named. Brownstown/St. Elmo’s Dayana Haslett was selected to the First Team and also claimed the Most Valuable Player award. Other ...