A fond farewell to school system's retirees
Effingham County High School Principal Yancy Ford pays respects to his elementary school teacher Tamara Nichols, who was one of the honored retirees. Nearly 500 years of experience in education were...
View ArticleNo summer break ahead for Effingham's GHP crew
A quartet of South Effingham High School students - Chantel LaFleur, Katie Garner, Marissa Powell and Dallas McCorkendale - are headed to the Governor's Honors Program, held at Valdosta State...
View ArticleSLIDESHOW: SEHS Pre-K has Rock and Roll fun
South Effingham High School Pre-K students join with other students in dancing to the Elvis Presley hit, "Jailhouse Rock," during musician tribute week in the media center. Special needs and Pre-K...
View ArticleSEHS Pre-K has reading fun
DeAnn Komanecky/Effingham Now SEHS Pre-K student Riley Brinson checks out a library book in the school's media center. It was the first day Pre-k students were allowed to check out books and they were...
View ArticleMail carriers cited for accident-free driving careers
Photo by Bridget Weishaar Rural mail carriers Bonita "Sid" Clark, Valley Falls, and Dennis Wenzl, Effingham, have received National Safety Council awards recognizing them for driving 1 million...
View ArticleCounty's graduation rates continue to climb
... pleased with that percentage, when you look back at 2005-06 when our graduation rate was 69.4 percent." South Effingham High School's graduation rate for 2015 was 89.9 percent, with 337 of 375...
View ArticleSetting a gold standard
Rylee Kirk and Ashley Kieffer show off the books they will load up for Kirk to deliver for pre-kindergarten lending library. During breakfast every Wednesday, Pre-K students at Rincon Elementary...
View ArticleRyan wheels in a new Harley for ECCA
Flanked by state Sen. Jack Hill, far left, and state Reps. Jon Burns and Bill Hitchens, Michael Ryan shows off the Harley-Davidson motorcycle he won for the Effingham College and Career Academy.
View ArticleSouth Effingham NJROTC holds inspections
Bradly Phillips/ For Effingham Now South Effingham High School's NJROTC 2nd platoon, led by Platoon Commander Brisco Olsen, Assistant Platoon Commander John Monroe and squad leaders Jason Saturday,...
View ArticleLenora Kalous
... failure. She was born the second day of August 1934 in Horton, Kan., to Anna and Lester Jerome. She graduated from Effingham High School in Effingham, Kan., in 1952. She married Robert Kalous March...
View ArticleEffingham teacher finalist in $1M 'Nobel Prize of teaching'
Joseph Fatheree, a high school teacher in Effingham, is a finalist for the Varkey Foundation's Global Teacher Prize. A former teacher of the year from downstate Effingham who has used hip-hop,...
View ArticleLake Land College announces GED class schedule
... Arthur: GED classes will begin Tuesday, March 8 at 4:30 p.m. at the Arthur Public Library, 225 S. Walnut St. Effingham: GED classes will begin Tuesday, March 1 at 4 p.m. at the Kluthe Center for...
View ArticleSouth Effingham Fashion Show
South Effingham High School students presented their 10th annual Fashion Show on Saturday.
View ArticleGOP sends Shawnee County residents corrected caucus reminders
Revised notices from the Kansas Republican Party directing people Saturday to the correct presidential caucus site in Shawnee County ought to be arriving in mailboxes, a state GOP executive said....
View ArticleChamber to hold candidates' forum
The Effingham Chamber of Commerce has announced that a candidate forum will be held May 5 at 6 p.m. at the Mars Theatre in downtown Springfield.This forum, sponsored by Hussey, Gay and Bell, will...
View ArticlePhotos: Class 3A Boys State Golf Tournament
... during the Class 3A Boys State Golf Tournament at Salina Municipal Golf Course in Salina on Monday, May 23, 2016. Effingham-Atchison County's Patrick Sullivan tees off on hole 3 during the Class 3A...
View ArticleMustangs tennis banquet
Tennis players at South Effingham High School were honored recently at a team banquet.
View ArticleMan wanted in Effingham Co. hit and run turns himself in
The Georgia State Patrol says Dennis Lee Stuart turned himself in around 8:15 Sunday night. They say he was involved in a fatal hit and run in Effingham Saturday.
View ArticleDiscovering Central Illinois: Effingham
The Effingham County Cultural Center and Museum is home to hundreds of artifacts and rich in history. The museum, itself, also has a story to tell.
View ArticleState's College and Career Ready Index is released
... continued improvement. "I'm particularly impressed with the strong gains shown by Blandford Elementary and South Effingham Elementary with the nearly 7 point increases in each of their CCRPI...
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