...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM MIDNIGHT TONIGHT TO 8 AM CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as the upper 20s expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central, southwest, and west central Illinois and central, east central, northeast, and southeast Missouri. * WHEN...From midnight tonight to...

We are going to see a cool down over the next few days and nights. We will see gradually clearing skies today but with a high of just 52. The temp will dip even lower tonight as we'll see clear skies and cold with a low of 28. Saturday will be a bit the same, though it will be sunny with a high of 54. We'll warm up i...

The entire City of Vandalia is now considered an Opportunity Zone. on Thursday, the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity announced federal approval of 240 Illinois Opportunity Zones will go live on January 1st, 2027. Speaking on our podcast "Talking about Vandalia," Mayor Doug Knebel gives...

The Vandalia Veteran's Ceremony and Parade will be held on Saturday morning. In honor of Veteran's Day, which is coming up on Wednesday, the Veteran's Ceremony will be held at 9 am on Saturday morning at the Veteran's Memorial in downtown Vandalia. The parade will then be held in downtown Vandalia at 10 am on Saturday...

Illinois now has 44 counties plus eleven townships in a 45th that approved a referendum to consider separating from Cook County and forming a new state. Eleven townships in Adams County joined eleven full counties that voted in favor of nonbinding ballot questions on Tuesday. Illinois Separation Director Loret Newlin t...

A legal advocacy group is preparing to sue an Illinois school district over gender support policies, arguing they violate parental rights and raise concerns about student privacy on overnight school trips. Liberty Justice Center sent a demand letter to Community High School District 128, which serves students in Lake C...

(Chicago, IL) -- Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch won't seek reelection to his leadership post in January. The announcement comes after 26 current and incoming Democratic lawmakers called for new leadership. Welch has faced months of criticism over his handling of sexual harassment allegations aga...

We'll be pretty mild again today and a bit of a cool down coming on Friday and Saturday. We are looking at increasing clouds for today with a high of 61. Winds form the southwest will gust about 20 miles per hour today. Then, we could see some light rain tonight but we'll otherwise be cloudy with a low of 42. Meanwhile...

The City of Vandalia now has some guidance in place concerning Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) after the Vandalia City Council approved an ordinance at their first meeting of November on Monday night. With there being interest shown by at least one entity in submitting a special use permit request to use BESS in ...

The official kickoff to Christmas in Vandalia is just over a week away, but one event will start to get the holiday spirit going as the Olde Tyme Christmas Festival of Trees will be held on Friday night at the Vandalia Moose Lodge. Vandalia Tourism Director Amber Daulbaugh says the theme for Olde Tyme Christmas this ye...

State Senate races for the 105th Illinois General Assembly saw some shakeups Tuesday night, with some Democratic candidates in Republican districts flipping seats and bringing tight challenges in those they lost. Democrats held a supermajority of 40 seats in the Senate compared to the GOP's 19 in the 2025-2026 General ...

(Effingham, IL) -- A former Effingham teacher is pleading guilty to multiple child sex crimes. Dakota Czerwonka entered a guilty plea to grooming and child porn charges. Police say Czerwonka was arrested earlier this year for sending inappropriate electronic messages to a child. Czerwonka is the founder and a former te...

We will see some cooler temperatures settle over the area for the next several days. We could see some areas of light rain during the day today, but we'll otherwise see mostly cloudy skies today with a high of 60. Winds out of the west will gust up to 20 miles per hour. Then, we'll see gradually clearing skies for to...

Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker won reelection for a third term, beating his two-time GOP challenger Darren Bailey. Multiple media reports called the race for Pritzker as soon as the polls closed at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. At his campaign event at Navy Pier in Chicago, Pritzker said his opponent "ran hard and gave it his a...

Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton has been elected to the U.S. Senate. Stratton was the projected winner almost immediately after the polls closed on Tuesday evening. "The work of being a voice for working families, however, does not end when the ballots are counted. Those families still need an advoca...