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  • Audio on Demand: Local News & Archives
  • Applications Available for Effingham Noon Rotary Club Scholarship
  • County Board Committee Sends Measure Opposing Physician-Assisted Suicide Bill to Full Board
  • Illinois Supreme Court Weighs Challenge to State Gun Restriction
  • Plan Commission Recommends City Council Approve Text Amendment Regulating Short-Term Rentals
  • Arrest Announced in Drug Lab Investigation
  • Teutopolis District Continues Moving Ahead w/Construction Projects

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  • Audio on Demand: Local Sports & Archives
  • Shoes’ Season Ends on Last-Second Sectional Championship Stunner
  • Seventh-Grade Volleyball Sectional Results — March 9
  • Eighth-Grade Volleyball Regionals — March 10 Scores
  • Newton, St. Elmo/Brownstown Open H.S. Softball Season With Victories
  • Chicago Cubs, St. Louis Cardinals Schedules Are Now Here At Station
  • Nokomis Hands CHBC Softball Loss

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  • March 11, 2026
    Enduring Freedom Ministries March Distributions
  • March 11, 2026
    Free Tax Preparation with Catholic Charities
  • March 11, 2026
    Food Pantry at Calvary Baptist Church
  • March 11, 2026
    Tuskegee Airmen and Airwomen Display
  • March 12, 2026
    Free Tax Preparation with Catholic Charities

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