After a very warm weekend, we begin much cooler and breezy today for the new work week. We are looking at mostly sunny skies for today with a high of 52. Winds from the north will gust better than 20 miles per hour today. Then, we'll see mostly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 34. Sunrise today will be at 6:55 ...

A power line was down south of Vandalia High School on Sunday afternoon. And, there were power outages in the area and some are still being dealt with this morning. The report was of a power line down south of the high school that caused a fire in a tree in that area. Vandalia Fire Chief Zac Stombaugh says they were ...

What ends up being a 50 degree swing in temperature from Sunday afternoon to the low on Sunday night helped lead to strong to severe storms making their way through the area on Sunday night. During the 7 pm hour, heavy rains, strong winds and some small hail made their way through Vandalia and other parts of Fayette Co...

The Vandalia School Board handled a large number of personnel items during its monthly meeting on Thursday. Five district resignations were approved by the board from Spanish Interpreter Aide Yadira Roman, VES Cook Malissa Cole, VCHS TLC Program Teacher Kasondra Murray, VCHS Custodian Josh Baker and VJHS Paraprofession...

A Vandalia man has been sentenced to time in prison in Fayette County Court. 31 year old Colton J. Hagy of Vandalia pleaded guilty to the offense of Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance and was sentenced by Judge Allan Lolie to 3 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Hagy also pleaded guilty to one...

A bill requiring anyone operating a power motorboat or personal watercraft to carry liability insurance recently passed the State Senate Transportation Committee. If passed into law, the new rule would impact a significant number of boat owners in Illinois. The bill mandates liability insurance for owners of particula...

(Shelby County, IL) -- A Shelby County man is facing charges after being arrested with what investigators say "appeared to be" a homemade explosive device. Thirty-three-year-old Quinton Wallace was taken into custody after a search warrant was executed at a home in Herrick Saturday. Wallace, who was out on pr...

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Fayette County in south central Illinois... Northern Marion County in south central Illinois... * Until 815 PM CDT. * At 748 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Patoka, or 13 miles south of Vandalia, moving ea...

Our much warmer days will come to an end today. Today we are looking at increasing clouds with a high of 86. Winds out of the southwest will gust better than 20 miles per hour during the day today. Then, we have a chance of showers and storms tonight with a low of 33. Winds will be from the northwest tonight and gust...

We will have a sunny and warm start to the weekend. We are looking at sunny skies for today with a high of 83. Then, mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 60. Sunday will be much the same before a pretty dramatic drop in temperatures on Sunday night and a start to the work week in just the lower 50's for a high...

We will see sunshine and warm conditions for today. We are looking at mostly sunny skies for today with a high of 80. Winds from the southwest will gust up to 20 miles per hour today. Then, we'll see partly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 47. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service in St. Louis says there are ...

The Vandalia School Board during their monthly meeting on Thursday night approved several items that will see renovations and construction projects for the district. For the two largest items, a bid was approved from Mettler Development in the amount of $824,440 for the OKAW 2.0 Project and a bid from D7 Roofing in the...

The City of Vandalia will very soon have a new website and mobile app. At Monday's Vandalia City Council meeting, it was mentioned that City Administrator LaTisha Paslay would be meeting with the new web company this week. Speaking on our podcast "Talking about Vandalia," Mayor Doug Knebel talks about the co...

A state lawmaker says it is time to change Illinois law that allows people who record or transmit video of minors without authorization to avoid registering as sex offenders. State Senator Darby Hills said Senate Bill 2381 would require people to register as sex offenders if they exploit a minor without unauthorized re...

(Springfield, IL) -- The Illinois film industry is booming. Governor JB Pritzker announced this week that film production companies spent more than 700-million dollars in the state last year. That, according to Pritzker, is the highest total in Illinois history. The governor stood alongside actor Joe Minoso, best known...