Effingham City Council members approved engineering work related to the second phase of the Fayette Avenue reconstruction project. The Council contracted with Civil Design of Effingham for design of sanitary […]
A Benton man has pleaded guilty in Effingham County Circuit Court to possession of 15 to 100 grams of cocaine. 24-year-old Kanen Finke was placed on 30 months of probation, […]
Effingham Park Board members voted this week to sell $750,000 in bonds. Park District Director Jeff Althoff said $430,000 of the funds would be to pay down the amount owed […]
Teutopolis village board members Wednesday discussed establishing a third Tax Increment Financing District in the village. The third district would concern a land acquisition. The Board tabled action on purchasing […]
Altamont captured two victories over Windsor in junior high boys basketball action Wednesday. Altamont won the seventh-grade contest 58-24. The winners were led by Neu with 32 points while Huston […]
OLNEY — Effingham High School won A and B freshman/sophomore boys basketball games against Olney Wednesday evening. In the A contest, Effingham was a 44-43 winner in overtime. Olney held […]
TAYLORVILLE — Effingham traveled to Taylorville and fell to the homestanders in both seventh- and eighth-grade volleyball matches Wednesday evening. The seventh-grade squad won its opening set 25-19 but fell […]