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Different Tone to the QuikTrip Discussion at Council Meeting Tuesday Night Published on December 15 2020 7:41 pm Last Updated on December 15 2020 7:41 pm Written by Greg Sapp What a difference a week makes! A week after four hours of testimony at the City Plan Commission that generally opposed a proposed QuikTrip Travel Center on North 3rd Street at Technology Drive, comments from several Effingham City Council members Tuesday night showed support for the project. The proposal is for the travel center that would accommodate trucks and other types of vehicles on the northeast corner ...

One Taken for Treatment from Two Truck Collision on Interstate Outside Effingham Published on December 16 2020 11:36 am Last Updated on December 17 2020 7:11 am Written by Greg Sapp One person was taken for treatment after a two-truck collision just after 7am Wednesday on the interstate outside Effingham. The crash was on Southbound I-57/Westbound I-70, about a mile north of the Fayette Avenue interchange. Illinois State Police report a truck driven by 48-year-old Becky Pizzo of Lakewood was southbound when the truck ran off the roadway to the right and struck a guardrail. The truck...

Unit 40 Board Approves Student Expulsion Published on December 14 2020 8:11 pm Last Updated on December 14 2020 8:11 pm Written by Greg Sapp Effingham Unit 40 school board members approved a student expulsion at a special meeting Monday evening. The vote was to expel the student through the first semester of the 2021-2022 school year.

Altamont School Board Announces Administrator Plans Published on December 15 2020 10:09 am Last Updated on December 15 2020 10:09 am Written by Greg Sapp Upcoming changes in the administrative setup for the Altamont school district were announced by the school board Monday. Board President Shelly Kuhns said the changes are being prompted by the hiring of a different superintendent before the end of the school year, and the pending retirement of high school principal Jerry Tkachuk.  Board members heard that some 20 people have indicated interest in the superintendent's job. Current ...

107 New Positive COVID-19 Cases in County Over the Weekend; Two Deaths Published on December 14 2020 8:25 pm Last Updated on December 15 2020 7:23 am Written by Greg Sapp The Effingham County Health Department reported 107 new positive cases of Coronavirus Disease for the period from Saturday through Monday. The numbers include two COVID-related deaths, one of a man in his 80s, the other of a woman in her 90s. That brings the number of COVID-related deaths that have occurred in Effingham County to 41. The 107 positive cases reported included 16 on Saturday, 26 on Sunday, and 65 on M...