Showers and Storms are on the way for today. Showers and storms are likely for today around the area. We will also see cooler temperatures than originally expected for today. Our forecast just yesterday called for us to see a high in the 70's today. But, our high will now be just 64. Showers and storms will stick w...

The Soroptimist of Vandalia is set for their awards banquet on Friday, April 10th. They will be presenting several awards to women in the community on that night--- Women of Distinction: Health-Karen Dyer Education- Amie Willenborg Economic Development-Shelly Ledbetter Social Development-Lisha Ledbetter and Angie Dugan...

There's still a couple of days left to vote in our poll question about the Primary Election. So far, the vast majority we've heard from in the poll voted in the March 17th Primary. But, we are hoping to hear more from the folks that didn't vote and why. The poll questions remains active until noon on Friday. Our poll...

The chair of the Illinois Republican Party is speaking out after a "disturbing act of vandalism" targeting a suburban GOP office, calling it a "symptom of escalating political hostility." Kathy Salvi condemned the incident at the Wheeling Township Republican headquarters in Arlington Heights, where ...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker says Illinois is open to foreign investment, but the Illinois House Republican leader says the governor needs to lower state income taxes. The governor addressed the Chicago Consular Corps General Assembly on Monday. Pritzker expressed hope for greater collaboration with the consuls' respective count...

(Peoria, IL) -- Authorities are investigating after skeletal remains were found in Peoria. The Peoria County Sheriff's office says the remains were located yesterday in a wooded area in the 15-hundred block of South Crest Drive. The remains will be turned over to the Peoria County Coroner's Office for examination and i...

We are looking at potentially a few inches of rain over the next several days. Our dry period looks like it will come to an end later today or tonight. The forecast for today calls for a chance of rain and storms this afternoon. We'll see a high today of 81 with southwest winds gusting better than 30 miles per hour t...

We hear again today from Vandalia Mayor Doug Knebel about Data Centers. Earlier this year, a group made a presentation to the City's Economic Development Commission about the possibility of a data center locating here. Since that time there hasn't been a lot more discussion on the matter locally. But, regionally and...

A bill that would require Illinois workers to be provided more protections from excessive temperatures made progress in the state's General Assembly this week. Sponsored by state Rep. Edgar González Jr, the bill would require the Illinois Department of Labor to adopt extreme temperature safety standards for empl...

A state lawmaker says a proposal to ban law enforcement from using biometric information systems would put crime-fighting efforts back in the Stone Age. House Bill 5521 would prohibit the use of biometric tools like facial recognition technology or identifiers like finger prints, voice prints and eye scans. Police offi...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois State Police is unveiling upgrades to 9-1-1 call centers around the state. The 169 9-1-1 call centers in Illinois have transitioned to Next Generation 9-1-1. The new system upgrades the traditional 911 service from voice-centric networks to secure, IP-based infrastructure designed to suppo...

We may be looking at our only dry day of the week today. We are looking at partly sunny skies for today with a high of 78. Winds will gust out of the south better than 30 miles per hour. Then, partly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 62. Meanwhile, rain comes in the forecast on Tuesday afternoon and will be stay...

An early morning fire in Farina has claimed the lives of two men. Fayette County Coroner Dave Harris reports that 19 year old Brandon Fulk and his brother, 18 year old Zachary Fulk, were both pronounced dead at the scene by the Fayette County Coroner's Office. Harris adds that a younger sibling was able to escape the ...

It's been pretty quiet on the "Data Center" information front and it probably will stay that way for a while. Speaking on our podcast "Talking about Vandalia," Mayor Doug Knebel gives an update on a potential Data Center in Vandalia. A group came to meet with the City's Economic Development Commiss...

An Illinois House committee has passed a bill to create the Illinois Future of Energy Choice and Economic Impact Commission, but environmental groups are opposed. Ramiro Hernandez of the Illinois Chamber of Commerce told the House Energy and Environment Committee that businesses are increasingly making decisions based ...