Effingham County Board member Jeremy Deters recently requested funding from the city for the CEFS ETrax public transportation service, which operates within the city.

EFFINGHAM — Effingham County Board member Jeremy Deters recently requested funding from the city for the CEFS ETrax public transportation service, which operates within the city. Currently, ETrax ...

The first time the Dave Matthews Band swung through the Chicago area during the summer of 2004, the group played a sold-out, 2½-hour set at the Tweeter Center (now Credit Union 1 Amphitheatre) in ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker vowed on late-night television to protect Texas House Democrats who fled to Illinois to try and stop the Republican-controlled state legislature from redrawing congressional distric ...

Effingham Public Library Director, Amanda McKay, recommends some summer beach reads to ciLiving Host Jaclyn Friedlander. The two books are "Back After This" by Linda Holmes, and "Funny Story" by ...

A 2024 Illinois finance law loosened restrictions on school bonds. Two Illinois school districts where the new rules are playing out, Effingham and Evanston, illustrate the changes.

Hotels in the US State of Illinois will soon face restrictions on offering small single-use plastic bottles of personal care products to guests, following the introduction of the Small Single-Use ...

One of Illinois’ more interesting laws to go on the books in recent years takes effect Tuesday. The law banning single-use plastic bottles in the state’s hotels, Senate Bill 2960, is on… ...

Effingham police credit a local pastor’s vigilance for the rescue of a girl trafficked and abused for years. Charges filed against Juan Alberto Cruz Ceba.

K9 Resorts, a national pet hotel chain that bills itself as the "Ritz-Carlton for dogs," is opening its first Illinois location Monday in Deerfield.

A columnist shares his humorous frustrations with a lackluster hotel upgrade and quirky dining experiences in upstate Illinois.