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  • Illinois GOP Senate Candidates Take Stage in First Major Debate
  • Pioneering Swipe Fee Law Survives First Legal Challenge
  • Several Personnel Moves Approved Wednesday by Unit #40 School Board
  • Bailey Criticizes Legislation Requiring Permits for Campfires
  • St. Sen. McClure Speaks to Noon Rotarians
  • Rivera Found Fit to Stand Trial for Fayette County Murder

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  • EHS Ends Regular Season Play With Girls Basketball Win Over Olney, Coach Schafer Earns 550th Win
  • National Trail Conference Seventh-Grade Volleyball Tourney Opens Play
  • Wooden Shoes Ranked No. 1 In Boys Class 2A State Basketball Poll
  • Effingham, Teutopolis Sixth, Seventh In Class 2A State Girls Poll, Cumberland Ninth In 1A
  • IHSA Board Announces State Final Host Sites in 1A/2A Baseball, Water Polo, Speech
  • Altamont’s John Niebrugge Reaches 300th Coaching Victory, Cumberland, SEB, Dieterich, Newton, North Clay, T-town Win Boys Games

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  • February 12, 2026
    Annual Tree Sale
  • February 12, 2026
    St. Francis Church Art and Architecture Historic Lecture
  • February 12, 2026
    Red Cross Blood Drives in February
  • February 12, 2026
    Auditions for ‘Pirate Island’
  • February 12, 2026
    Free Tax Preparation with Catholic Charities

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