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 […]

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.

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!  

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 […]

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 […]

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, […]