Category Archives: Local News

For Immediate Release - May 20, 2021 SBL WomenConnected Reaches 17 Years of Giving Sarah Bush Lincoln community programs received additional funding through the generosity of WomenConnected, a women's...

There will be a free Illinois Department of Public Health vaccine clinic with the one-time Johnson & Johnson shot at Mattoon First United Methodist Church on the corner of Charleston Avenue and 16...

An informational meeting for contestants of the Miss Effingham County Fair Queen pageant is happening at St. John's Lutheran Church of Effingham June 5th at 7:30. The pageant is open to young ladies b...

Altamont will host a summer kick-off party this Sunday (5/23) from 11-3 at Heritage Park. Highlights include the barbecue cook-off, cake and pie auction, pork burger meals, homemade ice cream, miniatu...

Effingham Junior High will present "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat" May 28th and 29th at 7:00 p.m. and 2:00 on the 29th and 30th at the Effingham Performance Center. Tickets are availab...

Advice from a hermit crab: "Come out of your shell and make a handprint hermit crab at the Charleston Carnegie Public Library!" Join us for a Kid's Take and Make Craft designed for ages 3-12 with pare...

For Immediate Release - May 20, 2021 Statewide Unemployment Rate Unchanged, Payroll Jobs Stable in April SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) announced today that the un...

For Immediate Release - May 20, 2021 Public Health Officials Announce 1,542 New Cases of Coronavirus Disease SPRINGFIELD - The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) today reported 1,542 new conf...

For Immediate Release - May 20, 2021 Paris Clinic Offers COVID Vaccines (Paris, IL)-COVID-19 vaccines are available and ready for use at the Paris Clinic. The Moderna vaccine, which is a two-shot seri...

For Immediate Release - May 20, 2021 May is National Stroke Awareness Month EFFINGHAM- Every minute a person's brain is without oxygen due to a stroke, 2 million brain cells die. This can often lead t...