By whatever measurement you use, we will be into fall after this evening. At 7:04 pm this evening, the Autumn Equinox will arrive---putting us into the fall season. Today we are looking at partly sunny skies with a high of 71. Then, mostly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 58. Meanwhile, this might not be a perma...

The work to come to a solution concerning siltation at Vandalia Lake will continue after the Vandalia City Council voted to reject all bids it received for the project and to re-advertise to seek new bids. During his monthly engineer's report, Lee Beckman of Milano & Grunloh Engineering told council members that th...

The Fayette County Health Department will have 3 different times for Adult Drive-Thru Flu Clinics this Thursday. The times will be from 8:30 am to 9:30 am, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm and 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm. You enter FCHD's West Shed from South 5th Street. For child flu vaccines those available in-office only and you need t...

(Chicago, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is opening up about his use of a weight loss drug. Pritzker revealed yesterday that he has lost 80-pounds with the help of a GLP-1 drug. The 61-year-old Democrat began taking the medication after being diagnosed with type two diabetes two years ago. Since then, his glucose levels have...

The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression is urging Southern Illinois University Edwardsville officials to stop interfering with student journalists and respect the independence of the student newspaper. Marie McMullan of FIRE's Student Press Freedom Initiative said SIUE's communications office insisted on be...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois is one of the highest binge drinking states in the US. According to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, Illinois ranks seventh with a binge drinking rate of nearly 20-percent. The study examined the age-adjusted binge drink...

The Vandalia Police Department will have a scheduled phone outage on Tuesday, September 22, beginning around 9:00 to 9:30 a.m. and lasting approximately four to five hours. During this time, VPD administrative phone lines will be unavailable while 911 call-taking equipment is moved to the department's new IT room. 911 ...

All Boil Orders for the City of Vandalia have been lifted

Cooler temperatures have finally arrived. Overnight and early morning showers and storms have helped usher in the cooler temperatures for the area that are expected to at least stay with us through this week. For today, showers and storms should taper off this morning. Then, after that, we will see cloudy skies with a ...

The Vandalia Civic Advancement Group will be looking to get opinions from the community to help map out the future in a series of meetings beginning next month. Speaking on our podcast "Talking about Vandalia," Mayor Doug Knebel says the Mapping Program will be a series of meetings on different topics to get ...

The Illinois Racing Board denied a request from Hawthorne Race Course to conduct horse races next year. It was not clear how or where the applicants would conduct races, as the Stickney course was sold earlier this year. Illinois Racing Board Executive Director Domenic DiCera said that of the three applicants to reques...

Analysis of Medicaid programs in each state in the U.S. ranked Illinois a few spots below the middle, based on criteria like how the state has expanded the program's scope and spending growth. The Heartland Institute, a self-described nonprofit think tank focused on "free-market solutions to social and economic pr...

(Undated) -- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker is calling for a national effort to help regulate artificial intelligence. Pritzker warned of the dangers of the growing technology during an appearance on "ABC's This Week." This comes amid growing concern about the future of AI. President Trump has said he plan...

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northern Fayette County in south central Illinois... * Until 700 PM CDT. * At 603 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ramsey, or 12 miles southeast of Nokomis, moving southeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and...

All boil orders have now been lifted The City-wide Boil Order for the City of Vandalia has been lifted. A boil order does remain in effect for Jefferson Street from 5th Street to Riverview and 2nd Street from Jefferson Street and north until further notice.