Northwestern University spends $40,057 per player on student aid for its sports team athletes -- the highest rate among Illinois colleges -- according to an Illinois Business Daily analysis of U.S. Department of Education data.

Connecting Central and Southern Illinois to Washington through the SBA Office of Advocacy.

The Effingham Regional Career Academy (ERCA) was recently named one of the top 20 examples of Shared Services Best Practices across the State of Illinois.

On August 27, the HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital and HSHS Medical Group will welcome Suzanne Clarke, MD, to the HSHS Good Shepherd Family Health Clinic at 207 S. Pine St., Shelbyville, Ill.

HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital needs your help to make the 2018 Scarecrow Daze Parade a huge success! Entries are free.

Tim Plappert has a genetic joint deterioration disease and waited for 10 years to receive a hip.

Drs. Brian Miller, Virginia Dauz and Urbano Dauz have served at the Shelbyville hospital, now HSHS Good Shepherd Hospital, for more than a 100-years, collectively.

Teutopolis Unit #50 is accepting bids on two used vehicles.

We are proud to introduce a new cafeteria program at Dieterich Unit #30.

The City of Flora will begin Phase 3 of North Avenue asphalt resurfacing August 20th.

Over the last four years, 11 individual donors living in Marshall gave $12,915.46 to political candidates, according to a East Central Reporter analysis of state campaign finance data.

Effingham Community Unit School District 40 accumulated $19.08 million in debt between fiscal years 2008 and 2017, according to a East Central Reporter analysis of public schools data.

According to BlockShopper.com, there were four reported residential sales in Robinson for the week of July 29-August 4, 2018.

Over the last four years, 4 individual donors living in Ashmore gave $16,291.71 to political candidates, according to a East Central Reporter analysis of state campaign finance data.

Beecher City Community Unit School District 20 accumulated $2.83 million in debt between fiscal years 2008 and 2017, according to a East Central Reporter analysis of public schools data.

According to BlockShopper.com, the following home sale was reported for the week of July 29-August 4, 2018.

City of Olney Board of Appeals met Monday, Aug. 6.

City of Olney Fire Pension Board met Tuesday, Aug. 21.

City of Olney Council met Monday, Aug. 13.

Charleston Community Unit School District No. 1 Board Education met Wednesday, Aug. 15.