Effingham County News

Effingham County has been awarded federal funds through the American Recovery and reinvestment Act of 2009 for the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board Program.

Leaders of Savannah Christian Church have announced plans to open an Effingham County "campus" in 2010, according to a e-mail newsletter sent today.

Effingham County residents told their county commissioners that pay raises for county employees pale in comparison to their property taxes.

Effingham County Sheriff's investigators have recovered 23 suspected stolen firearms including rifles, shotguns and handguns at a residence in north Effingham County.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LINCOLN HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN CLAY COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN EFFINGHAM COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... * UNTIL 1045 PM CDT.

The Effingham County school board approved the first reading of its fiscal year 2010 budget during its regular meeting Thursday evening.

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.

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

Not surprisingly, this snafu originates in Chicago. Lucky for the wrongfully accused wasn't hunted down by a Chicago Cop Torture Task Force.

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

The Illinois National Guard says Staff Sergeant Joshua Melton, and Sergeant Paul Smith were both killed in action last Friday in Afghanistan.A Commanders say the two died when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle in Kandahar.A Two other Illinois Guardsmen were hurt in the blast.A Staff Sergeant Melton, who is from Germantown in southern ...

As American Citizens refuse to take police misconduct that favors cops and their families but wrongfully convicts or otherwise damages innocent citizens, more advisory boards are getting formed due to citizens taking action to protect themselves.

For the women reportedly affected via police sexual assaults, the story at the link below is one of the more terrifying you might imagine for a woman or a parent to suffer through -- and according to one woman claiming a cop brutalized her in a sexual manner, the threats of continued assault are not stopping.

In Phoenix, citizens are being educated as to how to protect themselves against their police department.

Police brutality and false arrest cases are common in Phoenix. While sometimes difficult to prove, with the right Arizona personal injury attorney, your case could result in compensation and bringing corrupt officers to justice.

Be careful when you're traveling in rural areas today...what wasn't underwater last night might be underwater today.

It's crunch time for planting corn in the Wabash Valley. A cool, wet spring has put corn planting well behind the normal schedule, according to data provided by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.