Audio on Demand: Local Sports & Archives Roedl’s Perfect World Wins $50,000 Kentucky Derby Proud Series Final Harness Racing Begins Sunday At The Effingham County Fair Wyatt Avenatti, Jacquavyian ...

Poultry winners, left to right, are Claresa Ruholl, Ava Donaldson, Ava Hecht, Easton Caraway, Kinsley Haarmann, Emerson ...

The Unit #40 outdoor athletic facilities will be closed on Monday, July 28 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Tuesday, July 29 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ALTAMONT — Eleven races highlighted the opening day of harness racing at the Effingham County Fair Sunday. Casey Leonard started the day driving back-to-back victories. Leonard took Fox Valley Tamara ...

Floyd D. Lawhorn, 63, of Casey, IL passed away at 5:59 pm on July 23, 2025, at Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana, IL. A memorial visitation will be from 6:00 to 7:00 pm on Thursday July 31, 2025, at ...

Guiding four horses to victory was Jamaica Patton. Patton won behind Jim’s Big Boy in the ISA 3-Year-Old Colt/Gelding Pace in the sixth race. The duo won in 2:02.1. He then claimed the seventh race, ...

LEWISTOWN — Once again Wyatt Avenatti pulled in multiple driving victories, this time at the Fulton County Fair Thursday. The card went four races before Avenatti drove Shady Maple Bridgt to victory ...

Allan L. Gillespie, 68, of Teutopolis, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, July 22, 2025, surrounded by his family. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10:30 am on Saturday, July 26, ...

Effingham's News and Sports LeaderPARIS — Darla Martin Lohman drove a winner at the Edgar County Fair harness racing Monday. Martin Lohman, the trainer and driver, went the distance in the ISA ...

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