It will be sunny and mild today, then we'll see some colder temperatures for tonight. We are looking at sunny skies for today with a high of 59. Winds from the northwest will gust about 25 miles per hour during the day today. Then, increasing clouds for tonight with a low of 36. Winds will remain out of the northwest t...

Vandalia Mayor Doug Knebel says he knows one area that frustrates him-and the public-is just the length of time it often takes to get something accomplished when you are talking about government. Speaking on our podcast "Talking about Vandalia," Mayor Knebel says that is one frustration that he has had in his...

The Freemasons Temperance Lodge #16 in Vandalia recently made a donation of school supplies to Vandalia Elementary School. The lodge did a Backpacks for Kids program for VES and donated $1000 worth of school supplies including backpacks, pencils, pens and more. Members of the Lodge including Trevor Kious, Bryce Braswel...

Supporters of a 3% surcharge on income more than $1 million have less than a month to move a constitutional amendment resolution through the General Assembly. House Joint Resolution 26 calls for a binding referendum to be placed on the ballot in November. Former Gov. Pat Quinn said people with homestead exemptions shou...

(Springfield, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is pushing for year-round E-15 gasoline. The governor made the request in a letter sent to Congress last week. Pritzker urged them to quickly pass legislation to permanently allow year-round sales of E-15 gas. He said higher ethanol blends could help reduce reliance on foreign pet...

(Springfield, IL) -- A Chicago man found guilty of shooting a state trooper in Springfield in 2023 is receiving 95-years in prison. Cristobal Santana was sentenced Friday after he was convicted on all five counts, including attempted murder. Authorities say Santana pulled out a gun and fired shots at Trooper Dakotah Ch...

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SUNDAY AFTERNOON TO WEDNESDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast. * WHERE...Kaskaskia River at Vandalia. * WHEN...From Sunday afternoon to Wednesday morning. * IMPACTS...At 23.0 feet, Agricultural levee begins to be slightly overtopped. No residences are affected at this leve...

Showers and thunderstorms will return to the area this afternoon and we have a threat of severe weather that looks like it would reach our area early Saturday morning. Our forecast calls for a chance of showers and thunderstorms today--mainly after 1 pm--with a high of 78. Winds from the south will gust better than 20...

The gas prices around the area are pretty similar heading into this Easter Holiday Weekend. According to gasbuddy.com, Vandalia was actually the lowest of area communities this morning as prices ranged in Vandalia from $3.87 to $3.89 per gallon, according to the website. As for Effingham, their prices ranged from $3.89...

According to a new report on energy affordability, burdensome mandates are making Illinois more expensive. The American Legislative Exchange Council's Energy Affordability Report ranks Illinois 31st out of 50. Lora Current, ALEC's senior manager of the Energy, Environment & Agriculture Task Force, says Illinois has...

(Hartford, CT) -- The governors of Connecticut and Illinois have a friendly wager over the outcome of Saturday's men's Final Four game. Tammy Trujillo has the details. John Carpilio/jbj/acc IL) SPT) Copyright © 2026 TTWN Media Networks Inc. Distributed: Apr 3rd 3:16 am

(Whiteside Co., IL) -- More information is being revealed about a deadly plane crash last month in Whiteside County. The National Transportation Safety Board released a report that said the pilot who died, Justin Wiggins, was a student pilot who was flying a private plane. The aircraft went down on March 20th in a fiel...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois' unemployment rate is up slightly. The state Department of Employment Security says the state's jobless rate in January was four-point-nine-percent, up point-two-percentage points from December. Non-farm payroll jobs jumped 18-thousand, the largest monthly increase since June 2023. TR) Col...

Showers and thunderstorms will be with us today. And, we have a threat of severe weather this afternoon and this evening. We will see showers and storms for today--more prominently this afternoon--with a high of 75. Winds from the south will gust as high as 45 miles per hour this afternoon. Then, showers and storms ...

Two individuals were sentenced to time in the Department of Corrections this week in Fayette County Court. On Tuesday, 50 year old John D. McGinness of Vandalia pleaded guilty to one count of Domestic Battery, while having a prior conviction. McGinnis was sentenced by Judge Alan Lolie to 2 years in the Illinois Depart...