Altamont News

Organizers of the FISH and Catholic Charities "Christmas for Kids" Christmas Store have announced that the drop boxes are in place and ready to receive donations.

John Larrabee was born a long time ago in Oblong, Illinois, the son of John and Essie Larrabee.

Delta Mae Horste died Tuesday at Lutheran Care Center in Altamont, Ill. She was 100.

Faced with a growing number of questions about the feasibility of building a new $18 million high school for Altamont, the Duchesne County School Board on Thursday agreed to appoint a committee to determine how much money would be saved by sending those students to other schools in the county.

Colby Siebert, 18, of Millersville, competed in barrel racing and pole bending with her horse, Smugs, in the National High School Finals Rodeo in Farmington, N.M. Siebert graduated from Jackson High School and will be attending Southeast Missouri State in the fall.

The Effingham County Board Monday voted to develop an intergovernmental agreement with the Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum Association on use of the old Courthouse.

Anthony JV 164, Charleston JV 172, Cumberland 247 HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS GOLF-- at Charleston, St.

Kayla Rae Thompson of Cowden and Neil Anthony Barns of Altamont have announced their engagement and upcoming marriage.

An Ohio man was sentenced Tuesday to 19 years in prison for his part in an assault rifle attack on a police officer after the judge heard a long, strange tale of an abused Bulgarian immigrant and a man with mental health issues on a trip to the Nevada desert.

Kala Bullard was crowned 2009 Miss Effingham County Fair in ceremonies Tuesday night at the fairgrounds at Altamont.

Not long after Gene and Joan Seifrid of Aurora checked into their downstate Best Western on a mid-June evening, they received a knock on the door -- a knock almost 70 years in the making.

The Effingham County Fair Twilight Parade will be held Sunday evening, August 2.A Parade sponsors Terry and Cristi White are encouraging pre-registration of your entry.

David and Shirley Hall will celebrate their 50th anniversary on July 10. The couple were married July 10, 1959, at the Free Methodist Church in Taylorville by the Rev.

The 42nd Middleton Reunion tool place June 14 boasting a new look in a new location, The Cowden Municipal Building in Cowden.

Editorial - Unparalleled and Denied - NYTimes.com : "In an appalling 5-to-4 ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court's conservative majority tossed aside compelling due process claims, the demands of justice and a considered decision by a lower federal appeals court to deny the right of prisoners to obtain post-conviction DNA testing that might prove ...

In an appalling 5-to-4 ruling on Thursday, the Supreme Court's conservative majority tossed aside compelling due process claims, the demands of justice and a considered decision by a lower federal appeals court to deny the right of prisoners to obtain post-conviction DNA testing that might prove their innocence.

A Supreme Court decision increases the risk that the wrongly convicted could be kept behind bars.

Better for you to die wrongfully in a vote-wealthy state-sanctioned murder than obtain true due process.

Eloise Halsey hugs her son Byron Halsey and Halsey's brother James Roundtree during a press conference outside the courthouse.

Tom Feddor has the lowest vehicle license plate number in Illinois on his Range Rover.