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...

The City of Vandalia's Water Department says they will be flushing hydrants in the community next week.

The City of Vandalia has now gotten figures for their first month of the 1% grocery tax they enacted back last summer. And, without approving that tax, it looks like the city would have lost far more revenue that was originally estimated. Better than one year ago, the State of Illinois said they would be eliminating th...

Plans to cut red tape and create less restrictive zoning laws statewide has been a major focus for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker this year. The governor's plan, defended by many Democrat state lawmakers, has been put under the microscope in recent days. The Building Up Illinois Developments initiative would make sweeping c...

New data shows that violent retail crime is on the rise, and taxpayers can be counted among the victims. Illinois Retail Merchants Association President and CEO Rob Karr told The Center Square that violent retail incidents are up seven percent over last year in Illinois. According to the data, the top ten percent of re...

(Champaign, IL) -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign is postponing all final exams and assignments through the weekend as it deals with an ongoing cybersecurity threat involving Canvas. The U of I is one of thousands of institutions impacted by the threat. The cybersecurity incident happened last week and is ...

We'll see clearing skies and cool conditions today. We are expected to remain cloudy through mid-morning, but we will see some gradual clearing after that with a high today of 64. Then, mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 46. We are expected to see a bit of a warm up on Friday and Saturday and increasing cha...

Multiple items were discussed at Wednesday's monthly Saint Elmo City Council meeting. The first item the Council discussed was the resignation of Loretta Cameron as City Clerk, and the appointment of Rick Mills as the new City Clerk. Saint Elmo Mayor Kim Baron discussed the reasoning for the change. The next item the C...