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Today's News

  • Church Briefs

     Three-day revival set at New Bethel

    A three-day revival is planned for Sept. 21-23 at New Bethel Baptist Church northwest of Ramsey.
    Preaching during the revival will be David Keyes, an evangelist from Paducah, Ky., who formerly lived in Fillmore.
    Evening services will be held at 7 p.m. each night, and a basket dinner homecoming event will be held on Sunday.
    For more information, call the Rev. Larry Arndt at 217-851-1779 or 283-2396.

    Crown Point revival starts this Sunday

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  • Friendship Manor rated 5 stars

    Friendship Manor of St. Elmo recently received a five-star overall rating by Nursing Home Compare, a website within the medicare.gov website.
    The star ratings are given to each nursing home facility, based on their ratings in four categories: health inspections, staffing, quality ratings and overall rating. One star indicates “much below average,” two stars means “below average,” three stars is “average,” four stars is “above average,” and five stars means “much above average.”

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  • Engel Brothers partners with SCHS

    Engel Brothers Ford of Farina and South Central High School are partnering on Saturday, Sept. 22, to help raise up to $6,000 in support of SCHS athletes and Future Business Leaders of America members as a part of Ford Motor Co.’s “Drive One 4 UR School” program.
    Members of the community will have the opportunity to raise money for the organizations by test-driving a Ford or Lincoln vehicle. For every person who test-drives a vehicle at the one-day event, Ford Motor Co. and Engel Brothers Ford will donate $20 to SCHS athletes and FBLA.

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  • Beautiful Chaos Ribbon-Cutting

    A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held recently at Beautiful Chaos Dance Center in Vandalia.

    The new center is owned by Amanda McDowell, pictured in the front row to the right of Mayor Rick Gottman. It is located at 2525 Veterans Ave. She offers dance classes for children and adults from 3:30-8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday. The telephone number is 283-3269.

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  • Expert Service

    Two decades ago, Altamont boyhood friends Troy Poe and Steve Stoldt worked together as mechanics in an Effingham shop.

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  • Brownstown-Sefton News

    Hummingbirds Filling Their “Tanks”…
    …for the trip south for the winter.
    Several readers have commented on the increased activity around their hummingbird feeders, filling up with nutrients for their trip to their winter headquarters.
    They are amazing little creatures. One wonders if they make “pit stops” along the way south to refuel their delicate little bodies.
    Homestead Barn Critters Still in Summer Coats

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  • Frogtown News

    Visit Children
    Dane and Belinda Harpster of St. Peter spent the weekend with their daughter, Amanda Eller and family, in Jackson, Mo.
    On Saturday, the family enjoyed a cookout at the home of Ben, Amanda, Madison, and Dru Eller.
    Those attending were: Dane and Belinda Harpster of St. Peter, Mahala Harpster of Gray Summit, Mo., and her fiancé Nathan Jacquin of Washington, Mo., and Mitch, Gretchen and Owen Harpster of Cape Girardeau, Mo.
    Baptism

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  • St. Elmo News

    ANNOUNCEMENTS
    Thursday, September 13
    • Embarras River District United Methodist Women fall Annual meeting, 9:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m., Neoga United Methodist Church.

    • The Lunch Bunch, noon, Mary Ann’s Restaurant.
    • Funfest in observance of wine month will be held at the Summer Breeze Wine House in St. James from noon-10 p.m. on Thursday and Friday, noon to 5 p.m. to attend a concert on Saturday; and the normal hours of 1-5 p.m. on Sunday.
    • The St. Elmo District Library Board, 7 p.m., St. Elmo Public Library.

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  • ROE 3 receives grant for alternative education

    Regional Superintendent of Schools for Bond, Fayette and Effingham counties Julie Wollerman announced that her office was recently awarded two competitive grants to assist in funding ROE 3’s Alternative Education Programs.
    A Truants’ Alternative and Optional Education Programs grant was awarded to ROE 3 by the Illinois State Board of Education.
    This is a competitive grant that is awarded on an annual basis, and this is the 20th year that ROE 3 has received this grant to provide services to the at-risk students in the three-county area.

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  • Sheriff's Arrest Log

    • Tabatha L. Sides, 46, 825 Sunset Drive, Vandalia, was arrested on Sept. 11 for failure to appear in court or pay on a small claims judgment. Bond was $350 cash.
    • Andre D. Odell, 20, 211 N. Kennedy Blvd., Apt. G10, Vandalia, was arrested on Sept. 11 on charges of illegal consumption of alcohol and illegal possession of alcohol. Bond was $1,000, and he was released on a notice to appear in court.

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