The Effingham County Chamber, along with Effingham County schools, have organized the annual Manufacturing Day for Effingham County on Thursday, Oct. 7.

St. Elmo Class of 1976

The Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE) is asking educators, parents, students and community organizations to give their input on fiscal year 2023 state funding for public education.

St. John’s Lutheran

The Effingham Event Center will host a Community Blood Drive from 1 to 4:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 11, at 1501 W. Fayette Ave. inside the Banquet Room.

First Presbyterian

Garden Tractor Pull

Grain prices as reported by Effingham Equity and the Chicago Board of Trade last night:

Grain prices as reported by Effingham Equity and the Chicago Board of Trade last night:

Lakeview College of Nursing

Mediacom Communications is a recipient of Content & Creativity Human Resources (C2HR) 2021 Social Impact Award. This year the award focused on how corporations responded to the unique circumstances of the COVID pandemic.

Waterfowl hunting

Grain prices as reported by Effingham Equity and the Chicago Board of Trade last night:

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

In-class curriculum materials, teacher aids and specialized training modules developed by Ameren Illinois are helping more than 50,000 elementary and high school students and their families to be safer around electric and natural gas infrastructure.

Linemen from Shelby Electric Cooperative participated in the annual AIEC Lineman’s Safety Rodeo sponsored by the Association of Illinois Electric Cooperatives on Wednesday, Sept. 8.

Blood drive

First Presbyterian

Book signing

Community members across the region are invited to register and attend a free online workshop, “Building Community Resilience in Southern Illinois — Why Now?” hosted by Southern Illinois Coalition for Children and Families.

SWAN, a social service organization based out of Olney, is celebrating 40 years of service.

For the Gold Star Mission, the physical pain of pedaling a bicycle for 500 miles within five days pales in comparison to the emotional pain of those who lost loved ones who were serving overseas for the U.S. military.

University of Illinois Extension is offering free STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) take-home kits. These kits are developed for children and provide teachers, parents, and caregivers an easy way to engage children in meaningful learning experiences about the world aro…

The 40th Annual Reunion of the Gottfried & Wilhelmine (Dublin) Bandelow family was held on Sept. 5, 2021 at St. Paul ELCA Lutheran Church social hall on Rt. 40, Altamont.

Grain prices as reported by Effingham Equity and the Chicago Board of Trade last night:

At a time when the impacts of COVID-19 continue to devastate communities around the state, Illinois Humanities is awarding its largest grant pool in the organization’s history for pandemic relief and recovery: $1.4 million to 254 organizations in 72 counties.

Grain prices as reported by Effingham Equity and the Chicago Board of Trade last night:

Book signing

Roy and Kathy Weber, Philip and Linda Mette of Effingham and John Burford of Teutopolis attended the American Legion’s national convention in Phoenix, Arizona, on Aug. 27 to Sept. 2 at the Phoenix convention center.

Master gardeners, members of conservation agencies and organizations, stormwater professionals, landscape architects and consultants and community members in Effingham County and surrounding areas can learn landscape design and management practices that reduce pollution from runoff at a work…

The Effingham County Chamber Foundation announced the Effingham County Job Opportunities for Business Success (EC-JOBS) web-based platform in August. To launch this new initiative, the Chamber Foundation and EC-JOBS is kicking off a Founding Donor Campaign through Oct. 31.

Grain prices as reported by Effingham Equity and the Chicago Board of Trade last night:

Suzette Brumleve Memorial Effingham Public Library in partnership with Effingham Performance Center will present “This Moment in America – A Conversation with Governor Jim Edgar” at the Effingham Performance Center, 1325 Outer Belt W, Effingham, on Tuesday, Sept. 28, at 7 p.m.

The Sarah Bush Lincoln Health Foundation hosted Lincolnland Binga as a raffle in lieu of the annual in-person event, raising nearly $20,000 to support construction of a new Hospice House.