Linda R. Schilling, 79, of Mattoon, died Jan. 1, 2025, at Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Center in Mattoon. Linda was born on Feb.

In the 1930s, Lead Belly and the Golden Gate Quartet recorded “The Midnight Special” ...

Tayvon Erwin-Morrison led a planned, group escape from a Lincoln youth detention center last summer after learning a Douglas ...

The Franklin County Republican Central Committee is hosting former Utah Congressman Chris Stewart, a Franklin County native, as the guest speaker on February 22, 2015 at 7pm. Similar to last ...

The Lincoln County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as 38-year-old Kevin M. Davis of Elsberry, Missouri.

Because of an ongoing technical outage, the printed edition of Wednesday's newspaper could not be delivered this morning.

While a tragedy, “not all tragedies are criminal. Sometimes tragedies are noncriminal, like this one," his attorney said.

My colleague Mark Twain once said, “No man’s life, liberty or property is safe when the legislature is in session.” ...

Steve Doremus, spokesman for the Hamilton County Schools, died Monday.

Charles Ray “Charlie” Mudd, Sr. age 86, of rural Trafalgar, passed away peacefully at his home on Monday evening, February 3, ...

An inmate who died at the L.C. Knight Detention Center in Dorchester County the night of Monday, Jan. 6, has been identified.