Calendar 

  • Summer Sundown Music Festival

    The Stage at Lake Sara, 8725 East Marine Road, Effingham This event is about bringing together music lovers and artists of the eclectic music scenes across Illinois and the greater Midwest (and beyond) to help foster an even tighter, larger community. Enjoy 3 days of rock, folk, blues, funk, Americana, songwriter music -- on the […]

  • Fall Festival Pancake Breakfast in Newton

      Start your day with a delicious pancake breakfast and then stay for the Jasper County Fall Festival parade that begins at 10 a.m. with even more festival events following the parade!

  • Saturday’s Schedule

    HIGH SCHOOL Football Newton at Casey-Westfield, 7 p.m. Baseball Woodlawn at Brownstown/St. Elmo, 10 a.m. Webber Township at Neoga, 10 a.m. North Clay at Teutopolis, 10 a.m. Putnam County-Granville at Teutopolis, noon Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg at Neoga Round Robin, 9 a.m. Cross Country St. Anthony, Altamont, Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City, Cumberland, Dieterich, Neoga, Newton at Shelbyville Trail Invitational, 10 […]

  • National Day of Remembrance For Aborted Children

    Effingham Area Right to Life will host the 13th Annual National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Babies on Saturday, September 13, at 8:30am at the Teutopolis Memorial to the Unborn (in front of the seminary tower), located at 210 Pearl Street. Father Hyland Smith from Sigel will lead us in prayer and song as we […]

  • Watson School Reunion

    The Watson School Reunion will be held on Saturday, September 13th, from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m.  

  • North of Slavery: The Matson Slave Trial Presentation

    This Saturday, September 13, historian Samuel Wheeler will discuss the critical role that the Illinois Supreme Court played in ensuring Illinois developed as a free state, during a presentation of North of Slavery: The Matson Slave Trial.  At 2:00 pm in the Lincoln Log Cabin State Historic Site Auditorium, Wheeler will explore why the future […]

  • Pulling For Change in Uganda

      Team sign-ups will be taken on the day of the event. The air-conditioned Parish Hall will be open for those who need to cool off.