Local News

Effingham Unit 40 Announces Recent Personnel Moves
Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The Effingham Board of Education announced their recent personnel moves at their Monday meeting. EFFINGHAM COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT #40 May 19, 2025 Board Meetin...
12h ago

Centenary United Methodist Church Temporarily Removing Recycling Bins
Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- From the staff at the Centenary United Methodist Church: The recycling bins at Centenary United Methodist Church in Effingham will temporarily be removed while Rumpke ...
16h ago

Lake Land College Partnering With Local SBDC At New Effingham Technology Center
Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- During the regular May meeting, the Lake Land College Board of Trustees approved a partnership with the Illinois Small Business Development Center (SBDC) at Eastern Il...
20h ago

SBA Offers Disaster Relief To Illinois Businesses, Private Nonprofits, And Residents Affected By Severe Storms And Flooding
Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced the availability of low interest federal disaster loans for Illinois small businesses, private nonprofits, and r...
20h ago

Thursday Police Blotter
EFFINGHAM COUNTY JAIL May 22, 2025 Effingham City Police arrested 33 year old Tomas S. Canfield of Effingham for domestic battery. Tomas was taken to the Effingham County Jail. Effingham City Police a...
20h ago

Pavement Patching On Banker Street Overpass In Effingham Beginning Tuesday
Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that pavement patching on the Banker Street overpass between Fayette Avenue and West Clark Avenue in Effingham begi...
23h ago

Kids Have Talent Award Winner
Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Sebastian Looman has been selected to represent Effingham County schools by St. Anthony JHS for the Tingley Insurance Agency Kids Have Talent Award. Sebastian is a big...
May 22, 2025

Virginia Man Facing Multiple Charges Following May 20th Incidents
Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- On Tuesday, May 20, 2025, at approximately 10:03 p.m., the Effingham Police Department responded to reports of a male subject damaging property at Land of Lincoln Cred...
May 21, 2025
Local Sports

Class 1A & 2A Boys Track And Field Altamont, Central A & M, Tolono Unity Sectional Results And State Qualifiers
Class 1A Altamont Sectional Team Results 1st Vandalia 92 2nd Cumberland 78 3rd Altamont 73 3rd Casey-Westfield 73 5th Flora 68 6th Newton 66 7th St. Anthony 45 7th Teutopolis 45 9th Neoga 28 10th Cow...
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Local Sports Schedule For Saturday
Local Sports Schedule For Saturday May 24th High School Baseball Class 1A Dieterich Regional Championship 6 Seed Dieterich vs. 5 Seed Casey-Westfield 10:00 A.M. Class 1A South Central Regional Cha...
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Local Sports Schedule For Friday
Local Sports Schedule For Friday May 23rd High School Baseball North Vigo at Charleston Mahomet Seymour, Taylorville at Champaign Central Charlie Due Invite Olney at Marion High School Softball Class ...
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Local Sports Results For Thursday
Local Sports Results For Thursday May 22nd High School Baseball Class1A Okaw Valley Regional (4 Seed Nokomis) 3, (5 Seed) Cowden Herrick / Beecher City 2 FINAL Class 1A Argenta Regional (1 Seed) Arco...
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Class 1A & 2A Boys Track And Field Deer Creek, North Mac, Bethalto Civic Memorial, Metamora Sectional Results And State Qualifiers
Class 1A Mackinaw Deer Creek Sectional Team Results 1st Maroa-Forsyth 117 2nd Astoria 84 3rd Mackinaw Deer Creek 82 4th Heyworth 64.5 5th Delavan 56 6th Champaign St. Thomas More 52.5 7th Urbana Univ...
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Local Sports Schedule For Thursday
Local Sports Schedule For Thursday May 22nd High School Baseball Class1A Okaw Valley Regional 4 Seed Nokomis vs. 5 Seed Cowden Herrick / Beecher City 4:30 P.M. Class 1A Argenta Regional GameS Moved ...
May 22, 2025

Local Sports Results For Wednesday
Local Sports Results For Wednesday May 21st High School Baseball Class 1A Dieterich Regional (6 Seed) Dieterich 1, (2 Seed) Edwards County 0 FINAL (5 Seed) Casey-Westfield 4, (3 Seed) Altamont 2 FIN...
May 22, 2025

Lake Land College Baseball Wins NJCAA Division I Midwest District Championship
Mattoon, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The Lake Land College Lakers Baseball team defeated Iowa Western Community College on Saturday, May 17 to win the NJCAA Division I Midwest District Championship. After l...
May 21, 2025