Events
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Gym Bob’s Jamboree Show
The Gym Bob’s Jamboree Show will be held on Sunday, February 1st, beginning at 1:00pm! It will be a great afternoon of all your favorite Classic & 90’s Country, and classic rock music, performed by the Gym Bob’s Jamboree Band and singers. Our special guest will be Bryor Rhodes of Beecher City! The Jamboree Show […]
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Volunteer Walkers/Visitors at Memory Care Facility
Volunteers are needed to walk with, or even just visit with, residents at Willowbrook Memory Care Facility in Effingham, on weekends. If interested, call Molly Fearday at 217-994-3364.
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Free Throw Contest – Effingham Knights of Columbus
Entry Forms can be completed at onsite registration OR can be found and filled out on the K of C website at: https://www.kofc.org/en/resources/faith-in-action-programs/community/free-throw-championship/1598-score-sheet.pdf
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Sunday’s Schedule
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL University of Illinois at Nebraska, 3 p.m.
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Luminaries for Life
St. Anthony Church will be displaying their annual “Luminaries for Life” on Saturday, January 31st, and Sunday, February 1st. From dusk to dawn, the church steps will be illuminated with decorated bags shining pro-life messages about respecting life from the moment of conception to natural death. Every January at the National March for Life, countless […]
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‘Cram the Cars’ for Catholic Charities Food Pantry
In recognition of February being National Canned Food Month, HSHS Home Care is teaming up with Dan Hecht Chevrolet Toyota, Roy Schmidt Honda, Northside Ford-Lincoln, Goeckner Bros. Inc. - Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, and Russ Braunecker Cadillac Buick GMC Inc. in Effingham to “Cram the Car” with nonperishable food items, hygiene products, and monetary donations […]
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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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Monday’s Schedule
HIGH SCHOOL Girls Basketball North Clay at St. Anthony, 6 p.m. Altamont vs. Neoga at Lake Land College, 6 p.m. Cowden-Herrick/Beecher City at Brownstown/St. Elmo, 6:15 p.m. South Central at Cumberland, 6 p.m. Dieterich at Robinson, 6 p.m. Pana at Newton, 5:30 p.m. Ramsey at Windsor/Stewardson-Strasburg, 6 p.m. Breese Mater Dei at Teutopolis, 6 p.m. […]
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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, […]
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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 […]


