EFFINGHAM COUNTY, Ill. (WTWO/WAWV) — A 5-year-old Altamont child was seriously injured Sunday at the Effingham County Fairgrounds when a horse racing pace car's extended gate struck the child in the grandstand. Effingham County Sheriff, Paul Kuhns said a little after 1:00 P.M. Sunday they were called out to the fairgrounds with reports of an [.]
The accident Sunday afternoon at the Effingham County Fairgrounds in Altamont resulted in serious injury to 5-year-old Harper L. Finn of Altamont, according to a Monday morning press release from
Before the arrival of European settlers, the region now known as Effingham County was inhabited by the Kickapoo tribe. The Kickapoo, a nomadic tribe whose name translates to "stands here