{"id":40203,"date":"2026-06-10T15:09:52","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=40203"},"modified":"2026-06-10T15:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:31:16","slug":"law-enforcement-torch-relay-kicks-off-in-effingham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/local-news\/40203-law-enforcement-torch-relay-kicks-off-in-effingham\/","title":{"rendered":"Law Enforcement Torch Relay Kicks Off in Effingham"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p>On Wednesday morning, the Law Enforcement Torch Run kicked off in downtown Effingham.\u00a0 As Greg Sapp reported live from the scene, Special Olympic Athletes, organizers, and law enforcement personnel were cheered on as they began the relay along 3rd Street, north out of Effingham towards Mattoon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40205 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1065\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1-.jpg 1065w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1--300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1--1024x738.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1--768x554.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1065px) 100vw, 1065px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40207 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1059\" height=\"784\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2.jpg 1059w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-300x222.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-1024x758.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/2-768x569.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1059px) 100vw, 1059px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40206 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1064\" height=\"508\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3.jpg 1064w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-1024x489.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/3-768x367.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1064px) 100vw, 1064px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-40208 additional-class\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1060\" height=\"755\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-1024x729.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/4-768x547.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1060px) 100vw, 1060px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em>Photos by Greg Sapp<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Wednesday morning, the Law Enforcement Torch Run kicked off in downtown Effingham.\u00a0 As Greg Sapp reported live from the scene, Special Olympic Athletes, organizers, and law enforcement personnel were [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40203","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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