The Unit #40 outdoor athletic facilities will be closed on Monday, July 28 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Tuesday, July 29 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Author: Millie Lange
The Effingham Athletic Department will be utilizing an online registration process for the 2025-26 school year. This will be for 5th grade through 12th grade students participating in extracurricular activities […]
Former Brownstown/St. Elmo High School track athlete Trenten Monnet is joining the Southern Illinois University-Carbondale track team this coming year as a walk-on. Monnet will have an “unofficial” signing ceremony […]
Perfect World, owned by Jacob and Elizabeth Roedl, pulled off a 75-1 upset last Sunday to win the $50,000 Kentucky Proud Series Final for three-year-old pacing fillies at The Red […]
BY MILLIE LANGE ALTAMONT — Harness racing begins at the Effingham County Fair Sunday with a post time of noon. There will be 11 heats of racing for the afternoon. […]
LEWISTOWN — Once again Wyatt Avenatti pulled in multiple driving victories, this time at the Fulton County Fair Thursday. The card went four races before Avenatti drove Shady Maple Bridgt […]
ST. LOUIS — The second inning was a big one for the St. Louis Cardinals as they tallied a 9-7 victory over San Diego Thursday. The Cardinals trailed San Diego […]


