There are 3 schools in Effingham: Effingham Unit 40 School District: visit Unit 40 enrollment or call 217-540-1500 Sacred Heart Elementary and Jr. High School: visit Sacred Heart enrollment or call 217-342-4060 St. Anthony Elementary and High School: visit St. Anthony enrollment or call 217-342-6969
The district community college for Effingham is Lake Land College. For admissions information, visit Lake Land College Admissions or call 217-234-5354.
All court proceedings are conducted at the Effingham County Courthouse, 120 W. Jefferson Avenue, Suite 101, in Effingham. For more information on the jury duty process, visit the County’s Jury Duty department or call 217-342-4065.
Anyone doing work on a building needs to register with us as a contractor. This applies to licensed contractors as well as if you are a homeowner doing the work yourself. Building permits cannot be issued if the person doing the work is not registered. Learn more about registering as a contractor.
What is Pick it up, Effingham? The City of Effingham is happy to provide a community service litter abatement program called "Pick It Up, Effingham!", and we hope your organization will take part in the cause. The idea is to provide volunteer community support for litter prevention and roadway beautification. This program will reduce litter...
Anyone wishing to view or obtain copies of fire incident reports or crash reports should submit a written request to the Fire Department either in person, by mail, fax, email, or submit online.
Anyone wishing to view or obtain copies of City records should submit a written request to the City Clerk’s Office either in person, by mail, fax, email, or submit an online request.
You can find a list of the construction rules and regulations enforced by the City of Effingham including building codes, fire codes, life safety codes, setbacks, and more.
After you apply for the enterprise zone, you can also apply for a separate Building Materials Exemption Certificate. This application is commonly referred to as Form B. Before you start Each contractor purchasing building materials State sales tax exempt must submit a Form B. We recommend that you apply at least 7 days in advance...
All items must be completed on this form before the Effingham/Effingham County Zone Administrator submits an application to Illinois Department of Revenue for Building Materials Exemption Certificate on behalf of the contractor or project owner for the address declared on this application. Each contractor must have their own Building Materials Exemption Certificate issued by the...
You can get a copy of your crash report online. For help, call the Quicket support line at 312-313-1231 or email them at support@quicketsolutions.com. For step-by-step details, please check out the instructions found on our crash report page.
Crime in Illinois Annual Uniform Crime Reports, published by Illinois State Police, include past crime statistics for Effingham. For the most recent crime statistics: Email Sandi, or call 217-347-0774 extension 5326.
