Beecher City, Illinois

The event begins at 8:30 a.m. at the Farm Bureau office on Sunset Drive, with local farmers, bank personnel and representatives of local agri-businesses canvassing the county.

Florence Richards of Effingham will celebrate her 85th birthday on September 14 with her family.

Melvin and Sandy Pope of Beecher City will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary on September 21 with an open house from 2 - 4 p.m. at the First Christian Church of Cowden.

Local man found guilty of felony sex crimes A Vandalia man faces a lengthy prison sentence after being convicted of three sex offenses.

Chase and Mandy Watson of Beecher City announce the birth of their daughter, Timber Lynn.

Carbondale, Ill. - A Southern Illinois University student killed last week when a tractor-tractor slammed into his stopped car in a construction zone will get his degree posthumously. via CW11 St. Louis KPLR-TV News

A truck driver whose rig slammed into the back of a stopped car driven by a college student, killing that young man, has been ticketed for failing to reduce speed. via Belleville News

A construction-zone traffic accident on Tuesday claimed the life of a Southern Illinois University student.

State police say 22-year-old Ryan Rendleman of Batavia was stopped by a flagman in a construction zone on Illinois Route 127 when a tractor-trailer slammed into back of car.

The force of the impact shoved Rendleman's car into the back of another tractor-trailer truck, which in turn struck a third truck.

State police say the driver of the truck that slammed into Rendleman's car, 51-year-old Kevin Morrison of Beecher City, was not injured. The drivers of the other two trucks also escaped injury. Read more