Effingham

Strange lights have been spotted over a southeastern Illinois farm every night for the past 18 months and there's video to prove it.

It would appear that FedEx is scaling back its facilities in Illinois as there is a report that workers have been informed of 3 facility closings this year.

As the historic total solar eclipse in April draws closer, Illinois has issued urgent travel warnings for those who plan to witness the totality of the sun through the southern part of the state.

It began when a man saw something bright in the late afternoon sky, but it wasn't a planet, star or anything he'd seen before. He then noticed military jets in formation nearby. The unidentified object then moved as it appeared to be fleeing from the approaching planes over Illinois.

A woman who was abducted in Cape Girardeau has managed to escape in Effingham, Illinois.

The Effingham County sheriff says a man who reported he was shot in the leg while running in the Little Wabash River Bottoms has confessed to accidentally shooting himself.