We continue to see warm temperatures over the area as we are now nearly a week into October. We will see sunny skies today with a high of 78. Then, mostly clear skies tonight with a low of 52. Wednesday will be even warmer with sunny skies and a high of 86. We will stay in the lower 80's on Thursday and Friday before...

A Ramsey woman who was arrested last week in connection with a break in at Cain's Drug Store has now been arrested for Attempted Residential Burglary. Last Tuesday in Fayette County Court, 21 year old Daylee D. Jackson was charged with Burglary and Criminal Damage to Property in Fayette County Court, in connection with...

The Vandalia City Council has approved allowing variances on solar panels on roofs on homes in Vandalia, only if these are approved by the Building Code Official and the Vandalia Fire Chief. Currently it was stated the ordinance does not allow solar panels to be within 3 feet of the edge of the roof--but that could be ...

(Wood River, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is celebrating the construction of the new Hollywood River Studios in Wood River. Pritzker joined state officials to break ground on the Metro East's new premier production facility. The studio will house six state-of-the-art sound stages. Illinois' film industry continues to g...

(Whiteside Co., IL) -- A Whiteside County Sheriff's Office Sergeant is resigning over the possible misuse of the Flock camera system by a deputy. Sheriff John Booker says an internal investigation has been completed. The probe showed the sergeant used automated license plate reader data for personal purposes. Booker sa...

(Kendall Co., IL) -- Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is dead at the age of 84. The Kendall County coroner announced that Hastert died over the weekend of natural causes. The Republican was the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to ever serve a prison sentence. He was sentenced to 15 months in 2016 after bei...

Still no real signs of fall weather for the area. We will see sunny skies for today with a high of 76. Then, clear skies for tonight with a low of 47. We will be much the same on Tuesday before we start another warm up that will have us in the mid-80's on Wednesday and remaining in the 80's throughout the remainder of...

The City of Vandalia Civic Advancement Committee will hold their first "Mapping the future of our Community" meetings this Wednesday evening. Speaking on our podcast "Talking about Vandalia," Mayor Doug Knebel says there will be a series of these meetings each diving in to a different topic. The fi...

Illinois pumpkin production increased in 2025, but weather brought a mixed bag for growers this year. The USDA's Economic Research Service said Illinois produced about 533 million pounds last year, up from 485 million in 2024 and far more than any other state. Michael Dittmar said a late frost on May 7th wiped out the ...

The federal government has released proposed regulations to implement the education freedom tax credit, months after Gov. J.B. Pritzker said he wanted to see rules for the program. 23 states had already opted in by January of this year, when the governor questioned whether the program could be useful or a way to move m...

(Chicago, IL) -- The Illinois Department of Agriculture will host the first-ever Illinois Product Expo in Chicago this month. The event takes place October 16th and 17th at the Isadore and Sadie Dorin Forum on the East Campus of the University of Illinois Chicago. The Expo will bring more than 70 Illinois vendors to th...

After the rains move on, we'll be left with more fall-like weather. After 2 straight days of either get to, or just above, 90 degrees we will see a cool down for the next days. We have a chance of showers this morning. But, after the rain moves on we'll mostly cloudy skies today with a high of 71. Winds from the nort...

The National Weather Service in St. Louis says this was an extremely warm September. The NWS in St. Louis says this was the record warmest September on record at 78.4 degrees, breaking the old record of 77.8 degrees in 2019. We had 4 days with a low temperature of 80 degrees or better, which was a new record. We had ...

With us now moving into October, the Vandalia Lion's Club Halloween Parade is all set. The 84th annual Vandalia Lion's Club Halloween Parade will be on Thursday, October 29th at 7 pm in downtown Vandalia. The theme for this year's parade will be either "The Lord of the Rings" or "Harry Potter." Li...

Republicans in the Illinois statehouse are pushing back on multiple tax and fee initiatives passed this spring, saying they are "novel" and will make life more costly for everyday Illinois taxpayers. Reps. Travis Weaver, R-Pekin, John Cabello, R-Machesney Park, and Sen. Neil Anderson, R-Andalusia, spoke Thurs...