Events
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Annual Tree Sale
The public can call the Effingham County SWCD office to have an order form emailed or mailed to them.
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Tuesday’s Schedule
HIGH SCHOOL Boys Basketball National Trail Conference Tournament (LISTEN ON 979XFM) Game 1 -- CHBC vs. Neoga, 5 p.m. Game 2 -- SEB vs. South Central, 6:30 p.m. Game 3 -- Dieterich vs. WSS, 8 p.m. Effingham at Chatham Glenwood, 6 p.m. Teutopolis at Mount Zion, 6 p.m. Little Illini Conference Tournament At Robinson Game […]
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Conservation Cropping Seminar
Registration is open, so start making plans now to attend the Conservation Cropping Seminar. This year’s seminar brings together distinguished speakers and special guests including Ray Archuleta, Soil Health Specialist; Bryan Young, Professor of Weed Science at Purdue University; Tom Kilcer, Advanced Ag Systems; S.T.A.R Representatives; and an interactive panel of Illinois farmers from the […]
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Wednesday’s Schedule
HIGH SCHOOL Boys Basketball National Trail Conference Tournament Game 4 -- Cumberland vs. Neoga, 5 p.m. Game 5 -- St. Anthony vs. South Central, 6:30 p.m. Game 6 -- Altamont vs. North Clay, 8 p.m. Little Illini Conference Tournament At Robinson Game 7 -- Lawrenceville vs. Marshall, 6 p.m. Game 8 -- Casey-Westfield vs. Mount […]
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Traveling Holocaust Exhibit at EIU
Eastern Illinois University is hosting a Traveling Holocaust Exhibit in honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The Auschwitz Experience in the Art of Prisoners, a traveling exhibit about the Holocaust, will be displayed in the West Reading Room at Booth Library on the EIU Campus, located at 600 Lincoln Avenue in Charleston, from January 11th […]
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Thursday’s Schedule
HIGH SCHOOL Boys Basketball National Trail Conference Tournament Game 7 -- Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City vs. St. Elmo/Brownstown, 5 p.m. Game 8 -- Neoga vs. North Clay, 6:30 p.m. Game 9 -- Cumberland vs. Altamont, 8 p.m. Little Illini Conference Tournament At Robinson Game 9 -- Paris vs. Richland County, 6 p.m. (seventh place) Game 10 -- […]
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Bald Eagle Days at Pere Marquette State Park
Have you ever seen America's national bird, the bald eagle? Soaring on a 6 to 7 1/2 foot wing-span, eagles are magnificent! It is not necessary to travel all the way to Canada to see these fabulous creatures. Pere Marquette State Park is fortunate to play host to the winter season visitors. Eagles may be […]
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Friday’s Schedule
HIGH SCHOOL Boys Basketball Effingham at Charleston, 6 p.m. Teutopolis at Breese Mater Dei, 6 p.m. National Trail Conference Tournament Game 10 -- South Central vs. Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, 6:15 p.m. Game 11 -- St. Anthony vs. Dieterich, 7:30 p.m. Little Illini Conference Tournament At Robinson Game 11 – Richland County vs. Robinson (fifth place), 5 p.m. […]
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Enduring Freedom Ministries January Dates
Enduring Freedom Ministries January Dates: Tuesday, January 6th, 4 - 6pm, Shumway Saturday, January 10th, 9a.m. - noon, Mason Tuesday, January 13th, 4 - 6pm, Shumway Wednesday, January 14th, noon - 2pm, Shumway Wednesday, January 21st, noon - 2pm, Shumway Saturday, January 31st, 8:30 - noon, Shumway Please call 217-868-5293 or 217-240-0059 to sign up, […]
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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, […]


