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  • Holiday Lights and Festive Sights Tour and Voting

    This holiday season, Visit Effingham invites you to celebrate the return of a beloved community tradition - the Holiday Lights & Festive Sights Tour!  Back for another year of sparkle and holiday cheer, this festive tour turns Effingham into a twinkling wonderland for all to enjoy. Only 20 homes have been selected for this year's […]

  • Journey to Freedom:  Illinois’ Underground Railroad

    A new exhibit highlighting the courageous stories of freedom seekers and the multi-racial conductors who assisted them on the Underground Railroad in Illinois are featured in a new exhibit Journey to Freedom:  Illinois’ Underground Railroad.  This will be on display in the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site's Visitor Center - Sargent Gallery, now through […]

  • Drive-Thru Advent Calendar at C.U.M.C.

    Celebrate the season with Centenary United Methodist Church's illuminated drive-thru Advent Calendar. The Drive-Thru is on display every evening through Wednesday, December 31st.

  • NYE Music at Effingham Legion

    A New Year's Eve Evening of Music will be at the Effingham American Legion Post 120. Snacks and finger foods will be served on December 31. Max Heuerman will be playing from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m. The public is welcome.  Come join the fun!  

  • First Day Hike in Illinois

    The Illinois Department of Natural Resources invites residents to step into 2026 with a First Day Hike at an Illinois state park on New Year’s Day. IDNR is hosting self-guided hikes at 17 state parks across Illinois on Jan. 1.  These free, family-friendly hikes are available to the public. Among the participating parks are these […]

  • Red Cross Blood Drives in January

    American Red Cross Blood Drives in January: January 1, Thursday, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, Charleston, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM January 4, Sunday, St Joseph Stringtown Community Club, Stringtown, 6:30 AM - Noon January 5, Monday, Teutopolis Banquet Hall, 12:30 PM - 6:00 PM January 6, Tuesday, Casey United Methodist Church, Noon - 6:00 […]

  • Emancipation Proclamation On Display

    A copy of the Emancipation Proclamation signed by Abraham Lincoln is now on display at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum, giving the public a rare chance to see the historic document. Lincoln’s proclamation ordered an end to slavery in Southern states that took up arms against the United States during the Civil War, […]