We are looking at partly sunny skies for tonight with a high of 49. Tonight we will have a chance of rain and that rain will mix with snow likely in the early Thursday morning hours as we'll see a low of 32. The National Weather Service in St. Louis says most of the region will see some light rain late this evening t...

The Vandalia Fire Department has been called out to multiple fires in the past several days. With the stronger winds over the past week, the Fire Department has been called out to fires of that nature multiple times along with other fire situations. On Monday evening, Vandalia Fire Chief Zac Stombaugh says they were ca...

The Vandalia School Board handled several personnel moves at their February meeting. The Board approved the retirement of Vandalia Junior High Principal Brian Kern for September 30th of 2031 and Junior High Assistant Principal Brian Holliday for June 30th of 2031. The board also approved the retirement for Junior High...

An internet freedom advocate says Gov. J.B. Pritzker's proposed social media platform fee may be unlawful and will raise costs for Illinoisans. The governor said the fee would generate $200 million per year to support K-12 public education. NetChoice Vice President of Government Relations Amy Bos said the tax would rai...

A newly introduced bill in the Illinois Senate would add new child-safety education, warning labels and storage requirements for cannabis products, prompting cautious support, and questions, from the state's cannabis industry. Senate Bill 2866, sponsored by Sen. Michael Hastings would expand child-safety requirements f...

(Chicago, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is still optimistic the Bears will stay in Illinois. The governor says there is a "broad agreement" about legislation that would allow the team to negotiate what it pays in property taxes for the proposed stadium in Arlington Heights. A committee hearing on that legislati...

(Clark Co., IL) -- A man is pleading guilty to charges stemming from a Clark County crash that left a Coles County Board member and his wife dead last fall. State police say Edwin Pacheco-Meza was driving a van in October on West Lincoln Street when he hit a Ford 150 near South Division Street in Westfield. Two people ...

We begin a warm up today. We will see mostly cloudy skies for today with a high of 47. Winds out of the south will bring that warmer air today and will gust at better than 35 miles per hour. Then, we'll see mostly cloudy skies with a low of 30 tonight. Also, there is an elevated fire danger around the area today. Th...

At their meeting this past week, the City of Vandalia's Economic Development Committee learned that residential home sales were down in Vandalia and Fayette County in 2025---as compared to 2024. And, the median home prices were also down for those homes that did sell in 2025. Speaking on our podcast "Talking Abo...

A Vandalia Alderman would like to see the addition of a Storm Water Management Study added to the City of Vandalia's Comprehensive Plan. Speaking during last week's Vandalia City Council meeting, Alderman Bret Brosman stated he thought it would be a good idea to add the study to the plan. Several Alderman and Mayor Dou...

The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and the Illinois Municipal League are opposed to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's plan to cut the state's distribution rate to local governments. The governor's budget proposal reduces the Local Government Distributive Fund rate from 6.47% to 6.28% of individual income tax revenue. Illinois Municipal...

(Oak Park, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is pushing for a cellphone ban in Illinois classrooms. The governor joined students, educators, and state leaders at Oak Park and River Forest High School on Friday to advocate for the ban. Pritzker's proposed legislation would require all school districts and charter schools in I...

(Peoria Co, IL) -- The Illinois Department of Corrections isn't revealing where former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson is serving his 20-year prison sentence for the killing of Sonya Massey. Grayson was sentenced last month after he was convicted in October of second-degree murder. Authorities say the for...

We are looking at another cold and windy day today. We will start off with clouds this morning, but we'll see gradually clearing skies today with a high of 32. Winds from the northwest will gust better than 20 miles per hour today. Then, mostly clear skies for tonight and cold with a low of 18. We will begin a warm u...

The February Economic Development Commission meeting looked at housing sales in Vandalia, Fayette County and surrounding areas for this past year. And, those numbers were down. Tyler Schmitt presented the information to the group showing that residential home sales were down for both Vandalia and Fayette County in 202...