Release from Vandalia Economic Development/Tourism Director Amber Daulbaugh-- VANDALIA, IL. - The City of Vandalia would like to extend its sincere appreciation to the student volunteers from Vandalia Community High School, Coach Jason Clay, Superintendent Jennifer Garrison, Tammy Westendorf, Kim Bogle, Theresa Knebel,...

We will be sunny and warmer during the day with a chance of showers & storms tonight. We will sunshine and a high of 79 today. Then, a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight with a low of 56. We'll come back on Wednesday with sunshine but a bit cooler temps, as we'll just be around 70.

We hear more today from Vandalia Mayor Doug Knebel on siltation work expected to begin soon at Vandalia Lake. The matter has been one that has been discussed quite heavily over Mayor Knebel's first year in office. He says he knows it's going slower than many would like, but he says they are making progress. The City of...

New analysis of the proposed 2027 state budget revealed the spending plan to be middling, with a short term balance that doesn't fully address fiscal concerns in the long term. Paula Worthington, senior policy advisor for the Civic Federation, produced a report on the long-term effects. She found that based on current ...

State lawmakers want to ban the ability for Illinoisans to carry a firearm while at the polls, citing a rise in political violence around elections. State Rep. Bob Morgan told lawmakers during a joint hearing last week that his bill seeks to address the safety of poll workers and voters during a rise in political intim...

(Princeton, IL) -- Illinois State police are investigating a deadly officer-involved shooting in Bureau County. Authorities say officers responded on Sunday to a report of a domestic disturbance at a home in the 27-hundred block of East Street in Princeton. Officers were informed that a person was armed with a knife an...

(Chicago, IL) -- The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation is launching a new online portal for consumer financial complaints. The new submission option is designed to simplify and modernize the way Illinois consumers file complaints against financial institutions. The portal will now accept comp...

We will start off the week with a very nice weather day today. We are looking at sunny skies for today with a high of 72. Then, mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 48. Meanwhile, we have rain on the way on Tuesday night. And, much warmer temperatures look to be on the way to the area for this weekend. Sunrise ...

It looks like this summer will see the first cover undergo siltation work at Vandalia Lake. Last week, the matter was discussed at the City's Lake Committee meeting in front of a fairly large group of Vandalia Lake residents. Mayor Doug Knebel says, although the timeline is not fully defined, it does look like they wil...

Reasons for Illinois residents losing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits depend on who you ask. During a Senate Revenue Committee hearing on Wednesday evening, state Senator Don DeWitte asked state Senator Lakesia Collins why she thought 150,000 people lost SNAP benefits in Illinois. DeWitte said Illino...

A multi-year effort made progress this week in Springfield, which would place new rules on Illinois schools requiring a full-year expulsion of a student who commits an act of sexual assault. Though the Senate passed the bill, some lawmakers had concerns that the bill is an overreach. Republican state Sen. Steve McClure...

(McDonough Co., IL) -- A man is dead after barricading himself inside a home in McDonough County. Authorities say on Friday, the McDonough County Sheriff's Department received a call for a domestic disturbance at a home in the 400 block of Monmouth Street in Good Hope. Officers located a woman with severe injuries outs...

(Peoria Co, IL) -- A Sangamon County judge is rejecting a request to reduce the sentence of the former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy convicted of killing Sonya Massey. A motion to reconsider or reduce the sentence of Sean Grayson was denied by a judge on Friday. Grayson was sentenced to 20-years in prison in January...

We'll see a little cooler day for Mother's Day. We are looking at increasing clouds for today with a high of 68. Then, we'll see partly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 44. The work week will start with a high in the lower 70's on Monday. Sunrise today will be at 5:48 am and sunset will be at 7:58 pm.

After a fairly brief dry period, rain will return to the area this afternoon and tonight. We have a chance of a shower of thunderstorms coming into the forecast this afternoon and we'll see a high of 71. Showers are likely for tonight, and possibly a thunderstorm mixed in, with a high of 51. Meanwhile, Mother's Day wee...