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SPRINGFIELD — Harness racing got underway at the Illinois State Fair Friday. Fox Valley Barbie, owned by Altamont’s Penny White, captured a division of the Illinois Department of Agriculture ...

Cleveland at Chicago White Sox, 6:40 p.m. Philadelphia at Texas, 7:05 p.m. Kansas City at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m. New York Mets at Milwaukee, 7;10 p.m. Chicago Cubs at St. Louis, 7;15 p.m.

Front row, left to right, Lillian Weishaar, Miley Pontious, Emma Wendling and Annie Budde. Back row, left to right, Whitney ...

Winning Effingham County Dog Show winners were, front row, left to right, Kara Shouse, Noel Hoekstra, Ignacio Hernandez, ...

Front row, left to right, Emmett Carlson, Emerson Caraway and Everly Schackmann. Back row, left to right, Camden Polanin, ...

At Effingham High School–Start Time will be 7:45am on Aug. 13, 14 & 15. Dismissal Time will be 1:50pm. Beginning Monday, ...

Poultry winners, left to right, are Claresa Ruholl, Ava Donaldson, Ava Hecht, Easton Caraway, Kinsley Haarmann, Emerson ...

Winners were, left to right, Weslyn Stefanski, Pearl Huber, Gage Wernsing and Ariella Goldstein.

Effingham's News and Sports LeaderNEWTON — The last day to purchase reserved seats for Newton High School football is August 7. They need to be picked up by August 15.

Effingham County Fair 4-H Dairy Goat award winners were, front row, left to right, Clair Berg, Bryar Kreke and Dayton Tabbert ...