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  • Road Closure in Effingham Beginning Wednesday
  • All Three Teutopolis Schools Earn Exemplary Recognition in 2026 Illinois Report Card
  • Rep. Miller Announces $4.5 Million for Rural Water Infrastructure Expansion Benefiting Seven Illinois Counties
  • Champaign County Coroner Announces Death of Individual Over the Weekend
  • Lake Shelbyville announces temporary recreation area closures for annual deer hunt
  • Two-Vehicle Crash on Corner of Fayette and Willow

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  • Junior High Girls Basketball — November 2 Results
  • Junior High School Boys Basketball — November 2 Scores
  • Newton High School Pulls Out 28-22 Victory In Second Round Of High School Football Playoffs
  • Lake Land College Volleyball Team Clinches Region XXIV Championship Title
  • Area Competitors Advance To Cross Country State Meets
  • Windsor/Stew-Stras, South Central, Teutopolis, Newton Win Volleyball Regional Championships

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  • November 1, 2026
    Applications for FISH Holiday At Home
  • November 3, 2026
    Grief Support Group Meeting
  • November 3, 2026
    Enduring Freedom Ministries – November Distributions
  • November 5, 2026
    Frozen Jr. Presented by EJHS
  • November 5, 2026
    Family Bingo

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Breast cancer awareness month. Rogers Home Appliance is raffling off a Speed Queen washer and electric dryer. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. All proceeds will be divided between The Whoo Hoo Sisterhood (The Jolene Arend Giving Fund), St. Anthony Women's Wellness Center, and Crossroads Cancer Center. Drawing will be held on Friday, November 6th. Buy tickets at our locations.

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