We will be sunny and warm again today. We will see partly sunny skies to start the day--eventually clearing to all sunshine--with a high of 80. There is a chance of an isolated shower this evening, but we'll otherwise see partly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 55. As for weather during the Halloween Parade toni...

The Halloween Parade is set for tonight in downtown Vandalia. Tonight will be the 84th annual Vandalia Lion's Club Halloween Parade running on Gallatin Street in downtown Vandalia. The theme for this year's Parade floats and walking groups is "The Lord of the Rings" or "Harry Potter." Lion Ardith ...

Election Day is coming up on Tuesday. And, there are still plenty of opportunities to either vote on Election Day or vote early. This mid-term election sees pretty much everything on our local ballot being at the statewide level. Republican Darren Bailey and his running mate, Aaron Del Mar, are challenging Democrat i...

(Springfield, IL) -- The wife of Republican candidate for Illinois Governor Darren Bailey is speaking out about a recent JB Pritzker campaign ad. Cindy Bailey addressed the commercial yesterday during a media gathering in Springfield. The ad says the GOP nominee views women as inferior, and he opposes abortion in ca...

A retail business advocate is hoping a proposed tax incentive program for independent grocery stores and pharmacies will expand to include other retailers. House Bill 5828 creates an income tax credit for eligible pharmacy or grocery store projects in Illinois. State Rep. Will Guzzardi said small, independent businesse...

An ethics investigation into Illinois' Department of Child and Family Services recently revealed nearly six years of regular overpayments to some employees, totaling $1.4 million. The investigation was sparked by an anonymous complaint alleging OES Manager Jerry Mathis conducted personal business on the taxpayer's dime...

(Chicago, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is naming Raven DeVaughn as a Senior Advisor. DeVaughn will oversee the legislative and policy portfolios within the Governor's Office. She currently serves as Director of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services. Her new role begins November 16th. TR) Colin McIntyre/acc...

The warmers temperatures look to be sticking with us for a while, but our rain chances will increase this weekend. We are looking at sunny skies for today with a high of 77. Then, clear skies for tonight with a low of 51. We will remain with sunshine and warm conditions for the remainder of the work week with highs i...

The penultimate MAPPING meeting is set for this evening in Vandalia. The Vandalia Civic Advancement's MAPPING meetings have now reached their 4th week with just next week remaining. Speaking during our podcast "Talking About Vandalia," Mayor Doug Knebel says their meeting last week went well. Those six ident...

Gas prices have taken a big jump in some spots this week. Vandalia is one of those spots that has taken a jump. As of this morning, according to the website GasBuddy.com, gas prices in Vandalia range from $4.57 per gallon to $4.74 per gallon. According to the website, prices in Greenville are quite a bit lower--with ...

(Byron, IL) -- The Byron Nuclear Plant will be receiving major upgrades. The U.S. Department of Energy agreed to loan up to five-billion-dollars to finance nuclear updates and modernization across Constellation Energy's nuclear fleet in Illinois, Maryland and Pennsylvania. That includes the Byron Plant. The projects wi...

We'll be mostly cloudy and mild today. We are looking at mostly cloudy skies for today with a high of 74. Then, we will see gradually clearing skies for tonight with a low of 49. Meanwhile, we'll see just a bit of a warm up for the remainder of the work week. We'll see highs in the upper 70's and some lower 80's over...

We hear again today from Vandalia Mayor Doug Knebel. Speaking on our podcast "Talking about Vandalia," Mayor Knebel addressed the false rumor on social media of a data center coming to the City of Vandalia. He says his focus right now is on several things the City of Vandalia is working on to improve the com...

With close races for the Illinois General Assembly taking place across the state, some downstate races receive less attention than some of the races in the Chicagoland area - even as many downstate races may be just as close this year. In the 76th House district, former staff of Rep. Amy Murri Briel, D-Ottawa, has come...

(Chicago, IL) -- The 2026 Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday is saving Illinois families millions of dollars. Governor Pritzker announced that the holiday provided more than 11-million-dollars in savings for families in the state. That exceeds the 10-million-dollar savings estimate. The tax holiday took place in August, ...