Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Effingham County's Tax and Finance Committee met Thursday and reviewed a proposal to help fund a Lake Sara beach expansion. Christo Schultz, representing Lake Sara Forever, reported $100,000 raised so far, with a $25,000 shortfall remaining. Schultz positioned the expansion as a tourism...

Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Effingham Noon Rotarians celebrated the Christmas season at their gathering on December 10. Special guests were the Effingham High School Choir and the FACE Chorus and Orchestra. Noon Rotarians Norma Lansing and Beth Debolt organized the party that featured special music, singalongs, an...

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Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The Lake Land College Broadcasting Club recently held its 19th annual campus-wide food drive to support the Lake Land College food pantry. Throughout the month of November, the club accepted non-perishable food donations, with priority items including canned foods, pastas, spices and mo...

Chicago, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan is asking President Trump for a pardon of his federal corruption conviction. Madigan recently filed a clemency petition with the Office of the Pardon Attorney. The Chicago native is currently serving a seven-and-a-half-year sentence in federal...

Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Effingham County Board's newly renamed Administrative Committee, formerly called the Legislative Committee, presented its updated meeting schedule to the full board this week. Alongside the schedule, committee members advanced four proposed revisions to the county employee handbook. How...

Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- The Effingham County Transportation Committee met on Wednesday and heard updates from Effingham County Public Transportation (ECPT), E-Trax, CSS, and PCOM. ECPT is still looking for more full-time drivers, E-Trax reported their number of riders are up slightly from last month, and the r...

Local Sports Results For Friday December 12th High School Boys Basketball Teutopolis 49, Bloomington Central Catholic 8 FINAL National Trail Conference Altamont 65, South Central 22 FINAL Cumberland 58, Neoga 22 FINAL St. Anthony 55, St. Elmo / Brownstown 32 FINAL Dieterich 72, Cowden Herrick / Beecher City 48...

Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Donations of personal health and hygiene items for the new Community Cabinet at the Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham Public Library will be accepted through Dec. 15. Among the items needed to stock the Community Cabinet are socks, gloves, hats, rain ponchos, travel size deodorant an...

Effingham, IL-(Effingham Radio)- Effingham County residents in need of a warm room this weekend can reach out to the Effingham County EMA with any needs or concerns this weekend. If you are in need of a warming center to escape the cold, please reach out to the non-emergency line at the Effingham County EMA at 217-347-...