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The property includes a restored hunting cabin from 1927.

EFFINGHAM — A significant milestone has been reached for the historic Heart Theatre in downtown Effingham, which has long been a source of memories for countless residents since it opened

A longtime federal prosecutor has reached a settlement in his lawsuit alleging retaliation for calling out racially discriminatory actions and language at the U.S. attorney’s office for the Central District of California.

Carpenter Street between Walnut and 11th Streets within the medical district could be one of the most important stretches of road in all of Springfield. Since the November 2005 master plan was unveiled for the now Mid-Illinois Medical District (MIMD) by RTKL, no building or structure built to date has given us what the master plan urged and illustrated. When will the property owners along Carpenter Street, the developers that may help them develop these properties, and most importantly the MIMD...

Murder accused describes life or death struggle with knife A DRUG runner lashed out with a knife in self defence in a life or death struggle with a man who would later die of stab wounds, a court heard. Reece McHutcherson, 20, said he feared he was going to die during a confrontation with Murdoch Brown in Greenstead, Colchester, in May 2019. Taking to the witness box during the fourth week of a trial at Chelmsford Crown Court, McHutcherson described how he had agreed to take up a job for ...