We are looking at mostly sunny skies and warmer conditions for today. We'll see mostly sunny skies for today with a high of 76. Then, mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 55. We will remain much the same over the next couple of days before rain and storms come back into the forecast on Thursday night and Friday...

Three men are facing multiple Felony counts after they are alleged to have beaten two individuals over the weekend. 25 year old Christopher L. Bailey of Carlyle, 25 year old Jacob C. Korves of Vandalia and 27 year old Michael R. Korves of Vandalia all face three Felony counts. Two counts of Aggravated Battery in a Publ...

The Vandalia City Council continued discussion on and heard options for beginning to deal with siltation issues in some areas of Vandalia Lake. Engineer Lee Beckman of Milano & Grunloh took time during his Engineer Report to laid out the three options that they have looked at to pursue in terms of silt removal. And...

As closure of coal and natural gas powered energy plants loom, a group of GOP lawmakers have called for major shifts in Illinois' energy policy. They said closures would have a negative impact on state and regional power at a time when energy consumption - and costs - are on the rise. The Climate and Equitable Jobs Act...

Two months after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down some of President Donald Trump's tariffs, roughly $8 billion in collected duties, plus interest, could be returned to the Illinois businesses that paid them. U.S. Customs and Border Patrol began the process of returning tariffs it collected on imports from companies o...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois lawmakers are taking further action to keep the Chicago Bears in the state. The Sun Times reports State Representative Kam Buckner plans to brief Illinois House Democrats today on a new amendment that would allow the team to renegotiate their property taxes on a proposed stadium with Arlin...

It will be a calm and mild day today with a warm up on the way for the remainder of the work week. We are looking at sunny skies for today with a high of 65. Then, mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 48. Meanwhile, we are looking at a warm up after today that will take us into the mid to upper 70's for the nex...

The Vandalia City Council will meet this evening. And, this will mark exactly one year of meetings for Doug Knebel as Mayor of Vandalia. Speaking on our podcast "Talking about Vandalia," Mayor Knebel says he knows one big thing they were able to get accomplished relatively early in Year 1 was filling the Econ...

Community colleges in Illinois could soon offer Bachelor's degree programs to Illinois residents. Officials, lawmakers and students all say the initiative would make higher education more accessible, affordable and benefit the state's economy. Proposed legislation in Springfield would let community colleges provide fou...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker has ramped up his campaign for new housing in Illinois, and he expects taxpayers to pitch in. After announcing the Building Up Illinois Developments Plan during his budget address in February, the governor urged support for it on Friday at the City Club of Chicago. Pritzker said most of the BUILD Pla...

(Effingham, IL) -- Work begins today at the I-57 Neoga interchange. The nearly 55-million-dollar project will consist of the southbound bridge being reconstructed in 2026 and the northbound bridge being reconstructed in 2027. A barrier wall will be constructed on the northbound bridge to separate the driving lane and p...

We will stay cool again today. We will see increasing clouds during the day today with a high of 63. West winds will gust up to 30 miles per hour during the day today. Then, we'll see partly cloudy skies tonight with a low of 36. Sunrise today was at 6:14 am and sunset will be at 7:38 pm.

Now that the rain is moving out of the area, we will be left with eventually some sunshine along with cooler and windy conditions. We'll see gradually clearing skies for today with a high of 55. Winds out of the northwest will gust better than 20 miles per hour today. Then, we are looking at clear skies tonight and a...

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