When I was a child in the 1960s, Altamont meant cows and farms, hayfields and apple trees, old houses and open spaces. We had ...

At the regular monthly meeting of Altamont American Legion Post 512, officers and members of the post honored 50-year member ...

Supervisor Peter Barber went through a long list of events happening in town near Earth Day, which is on Tuesday, April 22, ...

The National Weather Service confirmed an EF-1 tornado hit rural Effingham County on Wednesday, about three miles southeast ...

Voters on Tuesday chose a mayor in Altamont and village presidents in Teutopolis and Beecher City. The results will be certified April 16. According to County Clerk Michelle Kollman, voters have 14 ...

Severe weather swept through Central Illinois counties Wednesday evening, breaking tree limbs, bringing down powerlines and ...

Michael Walker, Richard S. Finn and Todd V. Slingerland are running for mayor of Altamont in the April 1 election. Election logo Walker, 57, a financial analyst, has served as mayor pro tem since Dan ...

The Illinois Department of Human Services (DHS) is pleased to share that the Illinois Equitable Access Towards Sustainable Systems (IL EATS) program has been reinstated effective 3/20/25. DHS in ...

CHAMPAIGN -- Athletes from Altamont, Brownstownn/St. Elmo, Cumberland, Newton and Teutopolis competed at the Gene Armer boys and girls track invitationals Saturday at the University of Illinois.

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Wells, 50, attended high school in Vandalia and Altamont and Lake Land College and Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. He has been a Traffic Control Supervisor with the Illinois Department ...