We will be sunny and mild again today. We are looking at sunny skies for today with a high of 78. Then, partly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 59. Meanwhile, we have small chances of showers and storms on both Wednesday and Wednesday night with increasing chances of showers and storms beginning on Thursday and ...

NWS storm survey teams have concluded two tornadoes touched down near Vernon on June 21. The first was at 3:48PM, and the second at 5:24PM. Both were rated EF-0, with the tracks only 1.5 miles apart from each other. This corrects an earlier post which indicated only one tornado occurred.

The National Weather Service in St. Louis says an EF-1 tornado tracked eastward across rural Marion County east of Kinmundy causing tree damage and significantly damaging a farm outbuilding. Video of the tornado shows that it was multi-vortex.

After tabling the matter at their meeting last week, the Vandalia City Council met in special session on Monday evening and approved the street closure for a Pride Event in August on Gallatin Street. A good sized crowd was on hand at Vandalia City Hall for the meeting. This N That Owners Karen and John Becker spoke fi...

Voters say taxes and economic concerns top the list of issues facing Illinois. The Illinois Policy Institute's newest Lincoln Poll found that more than half of Illinois voters selected high taxes as a top one-or-two issue facing the state. Next-highest was the economy, selected by 41% of respondents. IPI policy analyst...

(Chicago, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is firing back at President Trump over his comments about weekend gun violence in Chicago. Pritzker was asked yesterday about a social media post in which Trump asked why the governor wasn't calling him for help after a Juneteenth holiday weekend that included a mass shooting. Prit...

We will have a calm day after the storms today. We will see mostly cloudy skies for today with a high of 74. Then, we'll see gradually clearing skies for tonight with a low of 58.

Multiple rounds of severe storms and heavy rains struck Fayette County for several hours on Sunday afternoon and evening. The storms started rolling in during the 1 pm hour on Sunday afternoon and continued with some breaks here and there for the next several hours. They led to multiple Severe Thunderstorm and Tornado...

(Jefferson Co., IL) -- Two people are dead after severe weather hit Jefferson County in downstate Illinois. Storms rolled through the region yesterday. Authorities say two people died after two homes were destroyed near Dix and in Mount Vernon. Five other people were sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening injur...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois is already setting records for most tornadoes in a year. Weather officials say the state has experienced at least 147 tornadoes so far in 2026. That breaks the previous record of 142 set in 2024. Illinois also leads the country in tornadoes according to preliminary data from the National O...

The City of Vandalia will hold a special meeting this evening where their only item on the agenda will be to address the tabled potential closure of Gallatin Street for a Pride Event. The request is to close Gallatin Street from 4th to 5th Street on Saturday, August 22nd for a downtown Pride Event. With several differ...

A law set to legalize physician-assisted suicide in Illinois come September is being challenged by disability-rights advocates and organizations in federal court in the Northern District of Illinois. Ernest Galvan, a lawyer representing the group in their lawsuit against Gov. J.B. Pritzker, the Illinois Department of H...

The national average price for a gallon of gas has steadily dropped in the past week, falling below $4 for the first time since the end of March. Illinoisans have, as a result, also seen lower prices at the pump. Illinois' average cost per gallon Friday was $4.24, higher than the national average. The price decrease fo...

(Peoria Co, IL) -- The former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy convicted of killing Sonya Massey is seeking his release from prison. Sean Grayson is set to appear before the Illinois Prisoner Review Board on July 31st after filing an application for early release. Grayson was sentenced to 20-years in prison in January ...

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Southeastern Bond County in south central Illinois... Southwestern Fayette County in south central Illinois... Northwestern Marion County in south central Illinois... * Until 545 PM CDT. * At 507 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of prod...