Fayette County is experiencing flooding throughout the county today. Fayette County Sheriff Ronnie Stevens says emergency responders have already responded to a vehicle in flood waters today and he says flooding appears to be especially bad in the southern half of the county. Sheriff Steven ask that people please don...

Showers and storms will be over the area this afternoon and tonight and we could see severe storms over the area. Our forecast for today calls for Showers and thunderstorms likely with a high of 83. Winds from the south will gust better than 25 miles per hour today. Then, a chance of showers and storms for tonight wi...

The Class of 2026 at Vandalia High School is officially done and they are now High School Graduates after Graduation Ceremonies were held on Saturday night. VCHS Class of 2026 member Jack Lewis delivered the commencement address and officially addressed his fellow graduates. As for Scholarship Winner-- Vandalia Alumni...

The first Vandalia Farmer's Market and Picker's Market held just over a week ago were a success and the City of Vandalia is gearing up for an even bigger market day coming up in June. Vandalia Economic Development and Tourism Director Amber Daulbaugh spoke last week about the first weekend and its changes with moving t...

A new report ranks Illinois 46 out of 50 states for financial transparency, partly due to the state's slow fiscal reporting. Truth in Accounting's Financial Transparency Score 2026 report evaluates how effectively each state discloses its true financial condition through audited reports. Truth in Accounting founder &am...

Major bills in both the Illinois Senate and House may heavily regulate data centers in the state. With the proposal spanning hundreds of pages, both those in favor and against the bill have significant arguments. The bill would expand what permits data centers will be required to obtain, require them to report their en...

We will be mostly sunny and warmer today. We are looking at mostly sunny skies for today with a high of 86. Then, mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 70. Meanwhile, showers and storms will return to the forecast on Monday & Tuesday, along with the threat of severe storms on Tuesday. Sunrise today with at ...

The Fayette County Sheriff's Office is reporting an accident on Interstate 57 this evening. The Sheriff's Office says that I-57 at the southbound mile marker 137 is down to one lane due to an injury accident. The Sheriff's Office says to please use caution in this area and attempt to use alternate routes to avoid thi...

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Fayette County in south central Illinois... Marion County in south central Illinois... * Until 500 PM CDT. * At 403 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from over Farina to near Shattuc, or along a ...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 208 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ILC005-023-025-027-033-035-047-049-051-055-065-079-081-101-121- 145-159-185-189-191-193-170300- /O.NEW.KWNS.SV.A.0208.260516T2045Z-260517T0300Z/ IL . ILLINOIS COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE BOND CLARK CLAY CLINTON CRAWFORD CUMBERLAND EDWARD...

We are looking at showers and thunderstorms for today with a chance for an isolated severe storm this afternoon and this evening. Our forecast for today calls for showers and thunderstorms with a high of 79. Winds from the southwest will gust better than 20 miles per hour today. Then, a chance of a shower or storm to...

Showers and storms will move through this morning before we're left with some sun and warmer temperatures. Showers and storms are likely this morning, but once they move on we'll see partly sunny skies today with a high of 78. Winds from the southwest will gust better than 20 miles per hour today. Then, we'll see mostl...

The Vandalia City Council will skip their regular meeting on Monday. During the Mayor's report at the May 4th meeting, Mayor Doug Knebel indicated he would be unavailable for the potential May 18th meeting and had a suggestion of skipping the meeting. The City Council concurred. So, there will be no Vandalia City Counc...

Fiscal Year 2026 finished up recently, and the City of Vandalia did see solid tax numbers during the year. On the General Sales Tax side, the City of Vandalia collected $2,513,533.80 during Fiscal Year 2026. That is a new all time high for one fiscal year. As for Hotel/Motel Tax, the City of Vandalia collected $117,287...

Based on the multiple billions of dollars lost to scams and exploitation of elderly and disabled adults each year, victims, lawmakers and interest groups are seeking to move legislation that would require Illinois banks provide new protective measures to prevent fraud. The proposed law would require bank and credit uni...