EFFINGHAM, Ill. (WCIA) — Two employees of an Effingham hotel were recently honored by the Effingham Police Department for their role in stopping a child’s kidnapping earlier this year. Department officials posted to Facebook that Franklin Kirkpatrick and Trevor Mattka were given Citizens Service Citations for their intervention on Jan. 19. On that day, Matthew […]
Effingham County Sheriff’s Department reported the following jail bookings. Anyone facing charges is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.