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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 […]

  • 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.

  • Monday’s Schedule

    HIGH SCHOOL Boys Basketball Tolono Unity at Effingham, 6 p.m. Cisne at Altamont, 6 p.m. Girls Basketball Dieterich at Altamont, 2 p.m. St. Elmo/Brownstown at Casey-Westfield, 6:15 p.m. Cumberland at North Clay, 6 p.m. Newton at Sullivan, 6 p.m. Arthur-Lovington/Atwood-Hammond Knights Classic East Gym Game 13 – Fourth place in Pool A vs. Fourth place […]

  • The Eleventh Hour Extended Shopping Hours

    Downtown Effingham, December 22, 10:00 - 7:00 and December 23, 10:00-7:00. Join us for extended holiday shopping hours in downtown Effingham! Hours vary by store, with many offering free gift wrapping, special promos, and festive fun as you finish your Christmas list!  

  • Tuesday’s Schedule

    HIGH SCHOOL Boys Basketball Richland County, Olney at St. Anthony, 6 p.m. (LISTEN ON 979XFM) North Clay at Cumberland, 7:30 p.m. Sandoval at South Central, 6 p.m. FRESHMAN/SOPHOMORE Boys Basketball Richland County, Olney at St. Anthony, 5 p.m. North Clay at Cumberland, 5 p.m.

  • The Eleventh Hour Extended Shopping Hours

    Downtown Effingham, December 22, 10:00 - 7:00 and December 23, 10:00-7:00. Join us for extended holiday shopping hours in downtown Effingham! Hours vary by store, with many offering free gift wrapping, special promos, and festive fun as you finish your Christmas list!

  • 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 […]

  • Annual Effingham County FISH Christmas Day Dinner

    Effingham County FISH Organization is sponsoring the Annual Effingham County Christmas Day Dinner on Thursday, December 25, 2025.  A congregate meal, as well as delivery and curbside pickup, is available.  The congregate meal will begin at 12:30pm at the Effingham Event Center, 1501 W. Fayette Ave., Effingham, IL.  Delivered meals will be delivered after 10am.  […]

  • 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.

  • Tinsel & Tails for E.A.R.S.

    EARS is excited to unveil for another year “Tinsel & Tails,” a festive holiday experience, hosted in partnership with Cardinal Golf Course.  Running November 28 - December 27, this holiday family event will be open every Friday and Saturday night from 5:30PM to 8:30 PM. “Tinsel & Tails” will light up Cardinal Golf Course with […]