We continue our warm up today. We will start off with mostly cloudy skies but we will gradually clear after that and see a high of 71. Then, we'll see partly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 49. The warm up will continue as we'll see temperatures in the mid-70's for Friday and Saturday and possible reaching 80 ...

In Illinois, early voting begins 45 days before the election. There is also voting by mail and other options for people to be able to cast their ballots. But, despite all that, voter turnout in Fayette County for Tuesday's Primary Election was very low. There are a total of 14,574 registered voters in Fayette County....

After a lot of discussion and talking about some different possible solutions to the siltation issues at Vandalia Lake---but never really getting hard and fast prices on what is would cost--the City of Vandalia should finally start getting those answers this spring. During Monday's Vandalia City Council meeting, City E...

The Fayette County Farm Bureau Women's Committee will hold their annual Farmer's Share Breakfast on Friday morning. The breakfast will be from 7 am to 9 am at the Fayette County Farm Bureau Office at 1125 Sunset Drive in Vandalia. The breakfast includes biscuits & gravy, eggs, sausage and bacon and is just $1. To...

A Drive-Thru Food Giveaway will be held on Saturday morning at 10 am at Vandalia Junior High School parking lot at 1011 W. Fletcher Avenue in Vandalia. It is open to all residents of Fayette County, no registration is required and there are no financial or income requirements. It is one box per family--they ask that ...

Today at 2 pm, Holy Cross Lutheran Church in Vandalia invites you and the community to gather a short devotional and prayer in front of the Church. Following the devotion, those in attendance are welcome to stay for their own quiet prayer time in the Church. A devotional will be given at the door to use here or to ta...

(Frankfort, IL) -- A Chicago-area man is accused of threatening Governor Pritzker. Timothy Shemitis of Frankfort was arrested Tuesday on charges of threatening a public official and harassment by telephone. State police say on March 3rd, agents were notified about numerous voicemail threats received by the Governor's O...

Fayette County State's Attorney Brenda Mathis looks to have pulled out a close win in the Republican nomination for the 4th Judicial Circuit Judge Race. Over the 9 county circuit, Mathis received 8,118 votes with Judge Wesley Gozia receiving 8,093 votes. Effingham County State's Attorney Aaron Jones was 3rd with 6,956...

We will begin our warm up today. We will start off with clouds, but we'll see gradually clearing skies today with a high of 59. Winds from the south will gust better than 20 miles per hour today. Then, we'll see increasing clouds for tonight with a low of 39. We will continue to warm up through the rest of the work w...

In Tuesday's Primary Election, Republican challenger Kara Dugan defeated incumbent Jessica Barker in the Fayette County Clerk race. Dugan finished with 1,827 votes to 1,305 votes for Barker. Dugan will now run as the Republican candidate for Fayette County Clerk in the November General Election. As of this time, the...

15th Congressional District Congresswoman Mary Miller easily won a contested Primary on Tuesday. Miller finished with 73.5% of the vote to easily defeat opponents Ryan Tebrugge and Judy Bowlby. Miller did even better than that in Fayette County, taking 86% of the vote. Miller will face a contested race in the Novembe...

Illinois voters will have a rematch in the race for Governor after Darren Bailey beat out other candidates in Tuesday evening's Republican Primary election. Just as votes were being counted and before the race was called for Bailey--during a campaign event in Chicago, incumbent Governor J.B. Pritzker predicted that Rep...

Following Tuesday's Primary, Democrat Lieutenant Governor Julianna Stratton and Republican Don Tracy will face off in Illinois' U.S. Senate Race. But, among the candidates who fell short, a common frustration echoed across party lines--the outsized role of money in politics and what several described as an entrenched p...

Republican side Fayette County Clerk Jessica Barker (I) 1,305 Kara Dugan 1,827 * 4th Judicial Circuit (Fayette County numbers only) Brenda Mathis 1,413 Wesley Gozia 911 Aaron C. Jones 371 Phillip Givens 245 Treasurer Michelle Hagy 2,984 Sheriff Ronnie Stevens 2,947 Supervisor of Assessments Ryan Parks 2,825 C0unty Boa...

It looks like we need to deal with winter-type temperatures and weather for another day and night---and then after that we can get into some more spring-like weather. We will see increasing clouds for today with a high of 31. Then, snow is likely for tonight with a low of 27. South winds will gust better than 20 mile...