(JANET OHNESORGE LISTENS AS EFFINGHAM CITY ADMINISTRATOR STEVE MILLER READS OFF HER ACCOMPLISHMENTS) Effingham City Council members Tuesday passed the Appointment Ordinance for the fiscal year that begins May 1. […]
Author: Greg Sapp
Students are pictured at a Rochester Elementary School pre-K classroom. (Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Campbell) The report found Illinois has made slow progress on funding and enrollment Article […]
CEFS Economic Opportunity Corporation is offering college and occupational training scholarships for low-income individuals with high academic potential. The Community Services Block Grant scholarship supplements the cost of tuition, fees, […]
Effingham Public Library board members re-elected their slate of officers at this week’s meeting. The officers are co-presidents Matt Greider and Lisa Koerner, Secretary Charlene Topel, and Treasurer Shelby Dasenbrock. […]
A 21-year-old Centralia man is in custody in connection with a fatal Sunday afternoon shooting in Centralia. Shavonte Samuels turned himself in at the Centralia Police station on Tuesday shortly […]
A Louisville woman has been sentenced to prison time. 44-year-old Melissa Schnepper pled guilty Tuesday to a count of unlawful possession of methamphetamine. Judge Josh Morrison sentenced Schnepper to 3-1/2 […]
The City of Effingham has released information on construction projects during the first quarter of 2026. Permits were issued for four new single-family residences…one each in January and March and […]