We are looking at potentially a few inches of rain over the next several days. Our dry period looks like it will come to an end later today or tonight. The forecast for today calls for a chance of rain and storms this afternoon. We'll see a high today of 81 with southwest winds gusting better than 30 miles per hour t...

We hear again today from Vandalia Mayor Doug Knebel about Data Centers. Earlier this year, a group made a presentation to the City's Economic Development Commission about the possibility of a data center locating here. Since that time there hasn't been a lot more discussion on the matter locally. But, regionally and...

A bill that would require Illinois workers to be provided more protections from excessive temperatures made progress in the state's General Assembly this week. Sponsored by state Rep. Edgar González Jr, the bill would require the Illinois Department of Labor to adopt extreme temperature safety standards for empl...

A state lawmaker says a proposal to ban law enforcement from using biometric information systems would put crime-fighting efforts back in the Stone Age. House Bill 5521 would prohibit the use of biometric tools like facial recognition technology or identifiers like finger prints, voice prints and eye scans. Police offi...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois State Police is unveiling upgrades to 9-1-1 call centers around the state. The 169 9-1-1 call centers in Illinois have transitioned to Next Generation 9-1-1. The new system upgrades the traditional 911 service from voice-centric networks to secure, IP-based infrastructure designed to suppo...

We may be looking at our only dry day of the week today. We are looking at partly sunny skies for today with a high of 78. Winds will gust out of the south better than 30 miles per hour. Then, partly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 62. Meanwhile, rain comes in the forecast on Tuesday afternoon and will be stay...

An early morning fire in Farina has claimed the lives of two men. Fayette County Coroner Dave Harris reports that 19 year old Brandon Fulk and his brother, 18 year old Zachary Fulk, were both pronounced dead at the scene by the Fayette County Coroner's Office. Harris adds that a younger sibling was able to escape the ...

It's been pretty quiet on the "Data Center" information front and it probably will stay that way for a while. Speaking on our podcast "Talking about Vandalia," Mayor Doug Knebel gives an update on a potential Data Center in Vandalia. A group came to meet with the City's Economic Development Commiss...

An Illinois House committee has passed a bill to create the Illinois Future of Energy Choice and Economic Impact Commission, but environmental groups are opposed. Ramiro Hernandez of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce told the House Energy and Environment Committee that businesses are increasingly making decisions based ...

Three Illinois Senate Republicans called for the passing of a legislation package they say would bring relief to small businesses and their employees across the state. In a press conference, State Sens. Seth Lewis, Dave Syverson and Craig Wilcox said they want to make Illinois a place where people want to live, instead...

(Orland Park, IL) -- An Illinois man is accused of threatening several public officials. Michael Henry of Orland Park was arrested on multiple charges, including Threating Public Officials and Intimidation. State police say he sent threatening and intimidating emails to Tinley Park Mayor Michael Glotz, Cook County Comm...

...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING... The National Weather Service in St Louis MO has issued a Red Flag Warning. * AFFECTED AREA...Portions of south central and southwest Illinois and southeast Missouri. * TIMING...Until 7 PM CDT this evening. * WINDS...South winds 15 mph with gusts up to 25 mph....

After dropping below freezing on Friday night/Saturday morning, we will be sunny and cool for the day today. We are looking at sunny skies for today with a high of 54. Winds will be much calmer during the day today. Then, we'll see partly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 37. Sunrise will be at 6:47 am and sunse...

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures of 25 to 32 expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central, southwest, and west central Illinois and central, east central, northeast, and southeast Missouri. * WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Frost and fr...

After record heat on Thursday, we'll see a much cooler day today. The rains didn't arrive in our area until about 2 am, so we'll see rain stick with us for a while yet this morning. About mid-morning, the rain is expected to taper off. And, then after that, we'll see gradually clearing skies with a high today of 50. ...