It looks like we need to deal with winter-type temperatures and weather for another day and night---and then after that we can get into some more spring-like weather. We will see increasing clouds for today with a high of 31. Then, snow is likely for tonight with a low of 27. South winds will gust better than 20 mile...

The National Weather Service has confirmed several tornadoes throughout the region on Sunday. The National Weather Service in Lincoln is confirming that six tornadoes hit central Illinois over the weekend. A tornado hit the Nokomis/Pana area on Sunday, ripping off part of the roof of a local school. Funnel clouds also ...

It is Primary Election Day in Illinois. Polls open at 6 am today and will close at 7 pm. Locally, Republicans will be deciding on their candidate for Fayette County Clerk. Incumbent Jessica Barker is running for re-election and is challenged in the primary by Kara Dugan. Also, Republicans are deciding on 4th Judicial ...

Several contracts were approved at Monday night's Vandalia City Council meeting for bands, fireworks, a carnival and other features for SummerFest 2026--which is scheduled to be at Vandalia Lake July 2nd through 4th. Before each contract was officially voted on, City Economic Development and Tourism Director Amber Daul...

Our new poll question at www.vandaliaradio.com asks if you have changed your recreational driving habits with gas prices jumping up the past two weeks. You can find the poll questions on our website at www.vandaliaradio.com

(Chicago, IL) -- The family of the Reverend Jesse Jackson is disputing a claim that the late civil right leader endorsed Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton for the U.S. Senate. Stratton announced over the weekend that she had received a final personal endorsement from Jackson before his death last month. Yus...

Cornerstone Academy and Christmont Academy in Nokomis will have an E-Learning Day today

We are looking at bitterly cold and windy conditions for today. We will be about 30 degrees below the normal temperature for today as we'll see a high of just 27. We do have a chance of snow this morning and then some flurries possible into the afternoon. Winds from the northwest will gust up to nearly 40 miles per h...

Storms rolled through the area on Sunday evening. The storms brought in strong winds, some lightning and some heavy rains for a time. Although all of our neighboring counties were under severe weather warnings during the storm, Fayette County somehow was able to avoid the severe status as the storms made their way acr...

Vandalia Mayor Doug Knebel updates us on a couple of projects. In our most recent podcast "Talking about Vandalia," Mayor Doug Knebel updated a few different projects. One of those he updated was the progress on the new Water Treatment Plant. He says they just had their monthly update meeting on it last wee...

Early voting numbers are trending up in Illinois before the state's primary elections on Tuesday. Illinois State Board of Elections Public Information Officer Matt Dietrich told The Center Square on Friday that about 250,000 early votes had been cast, slightly higher than the state reported before the 2022 midterm. Die...

TORNADO WATCH 52 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ILC005-013-027-051-061-083-117-119-121-133-135-149-157-163-189- 160100- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0052.260315T1830Z-260316T0100Z/ IL . ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BOND CALHOUN CLINTON FAYETTE GREENE JERSEY MACOUPIN MADISON MARION MONROE MONTGOMERY PIK...

We will see a threat of severe weather and possibly some snow this afternoon and tonight over the area. Our forecast for today calls for rain and thunderstorms with a high of 65. Winds from the south will gust better than 40 miles per hour. Rain will then eventually change to snow for tonight with a low of 22. We wi...

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM SUNDAY TO NOON CDT MONDAY... * WHAT...South winds shifting to west 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central, southwest, and west central Illinois and central, east central, northeast, and southeast Missouri. * WHEN...From 10 AM Sunday to no...

We will have a relatively calm day today before a crazy weather day on Sunday. Today we will see partly sunny skies with a high of 58. Winds from the southeast will gust about 20 miles per hour today. Then, we'll see partly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 49 Winds from the southeast will gust better than 25 m...