The City of Effingham has been awarded $373,500 in state funds for housing units along Heritage Avenue. The funds will facilitate the purchase of 2.6 acres of property along Heritage. […]
Author: Greg Sapp
A Salem man was found dead in his vehicle at Effingham Wednesday night. Effingham County Coroner Kim Rhodes said 73-year-old Gerald L. Crist was found dead at 7:49pm. Rhodes said […]
Personnel matters took up much of the time at Wednesday night’s Stewardson-Strasburg school board meeting. The Board approved Cody Drone as boys varsity basketball coach for Windsor/Stew-Stras. Time was also […]
St. Elmo school board members approved a three-year collective bargaining with the St. Elmo Educational Support Personnel at this week’s meeting. The agreement will govern the coming three school years. […]
Effingham County has been issued a tentative property assessment equalization factor of 1.0000. The equalization factor, also known as the “multiplier”, is the method used to achieve uniform property assessments […]
Three vehicles were involved in a collision on Illinois Route 33 in the northwest part of Effingham County. The Effingham County Sheriff’s Office reported the crash happened just after 6pm […]
(THE FIRE-DAMAGED SOUTH CENTRAL SCHOOL BUS JUST WEST OF LOOGOOTEE AT THE INTERSECTION WITH ILLINOIS ROUTE 185) Fire damaged a South Central School District bus Thursday morning, but no one […]