Remembrance roses to all of those who lost their lives during the 9/11 attacks and in the years since as they battled health problems that per…

This unprecedented time is challenging and there are those around us who have risen to the challenge the coronavirus pandemic has imposed, whe…

Roses are in order for Jim Schultz, who lives in Effingham. He took some heat this week because the EDN published a guest column by someone wi…

Add roses to the righteous recognition this week of Effingham City Police Officer Andrew Meyers. His prompt actions saved the life of an Effin…

Friday was the last day at the EDN for reporter Kaitlin Cordes. While Kaitlin was earning her journalism degree at Eastern Illinois University…

Roses to the Effingham County Dive and Rescue Team for averting what could have been a tragedy early Friday morning. As EDN reporter Charles M…

Roses to the return of Major League Baseball. Your EDN editor is writing this hours before his Chicago Cubs were scheduled to take the field a…

It’s looking thorny for Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, a Chicago Democrat who has held that position since 1983, except for a brief s…

It seems nearly every day now the Effingham County Health Department is reporting new cases of COVID-19. For months, we seemed to be relative…

The Effingham Park District has kept its recreational finances in the red by just a few cents. That’s a roseworthy accomplishment in these eco…