"After I saw what I was capable of during the season, I knew I could be a contender for the top-five, even top-three at ...

"Winning two individual state titles was a great feeling," Hoene said. "Seeing my hard work pay off feels so good. Also, ...

Water Street near Teutopolis Junior High School will be closed to through traffic starting July 30. The street is expected to reopen sometime next week. Please use alternate routes during ...

Brock Seymour was 5 the first time he drove a combine. It was pouring rain, and his grandfather had jumped out to fetch the ...

Thomas Perkins is a fifth-generation farmer. His farm roots began when his great-great-grandfather, a section foreman for the ...

A four-row planter trolls through a field just off the highway in Miami, Oklahoma. Panic hits the drivers passing by as they ...

The federal government is shelling out record levels of financial support for American farmers amid concerns about the ...

More than 46 million acres of farmland in the United States are under some type of foreign ownership — including companies ...

The financial picture of American farms is a fragmented story, with different sectors around the country diverging sharply, ...

State Treasurer Michael Frerichs has announced the winning photographers for the 2026 Cream of the Crop Photography Contest, ...

There were 1,224 farms in Effingham County in 2022, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Census of Agriculture, ...

At approximately 9:01 p.m. on Monday, July 27, 2026, the Effingham Police Department responded to a reported threat at the Effingham Walmart, located at 1204 Avenue of Mid-America. An unknown ...