Altamont’s tax rate for 2025-26 is set to increase 2.25 percent, from about $2.20 per $1,000 of assessed value to $2.25 per $1,000. The corresponding tax levy will increase from $329,271 to $338,976.

Join University of Illinois Extension in Elizabeth for our Spring Break Gardening Series. Choose from many different gardening topics over the upcoming months. Vermicomposting April 15 at 1:30 p.m. at ...

With warmer temperatures finally appearing to be consistent here in the metro, local kids got out to the baseball field and ...

Altamont and Neoga high schools use the “Indians” nickname and would be affected by a bill that passed the Illinois House on Thursday that would ban Native American nicknames. “We feel like our ...

Three hundred and twenty-three pitches thrown. Twenty innings. Fifty-two strikeouts. Two runs. In other terms, a pitcher's duel. That was what the Altamont and Teutopolis softball game was on Thursday ...

SPRINGFIELD – K-12 schools may soon be required to pick new mascots to replace those that reference Native American names and ...

The NWS storm survey determined that an EF-1 tornado touched down southeast of Altamont between 6:08pm and 6:11pm. The tornado track was along North 500th Street, about a half-mile north of East 700th ...

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

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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 ...

The federal government is pulling back $125 million in funding from the Illinois Department of Public Health and 97 local health departments for activities related to COVID-19 and other infectious ...