We begin to get out of the deep freeze today. After dangerous cold since Saturday night, we will get above freezing today as we'll see sunny skies with a high of 34. Then, mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 21. Meanwhile, we will see a warm up this week as we'll get into the mid-40's for a high on Tuesday, u...

A Ramsey man has been charged with 3 counts of Criminal Sexual Assault in Fayette County Court. 19 year old Cameron W. Snider is charged with the 3 counts, which are all Class 1 Felonies. The charges are from alleged acts in June of this year. The first count states that Snider is alleged to have committed an act of ...

The City of Vandalia will revamp their system on selling lake lots starting in May. Currently, the City of Vandalia has a list that residents can be on and when someone is selling their lake lot, the City will notify them. Lot owners are required to notify the city when wish to sell the improvements of their lot. And...

(Undated) -- Physician-assisted suicide will be legal in Illinois. Governor JB Pritzker signed Senate Bill 1950, the "Medical Aid in Dying" bill on Friday. The law will take effect on September 12, 2026. Illinois will become the 12th state, plus Washington, DC, to have a law regarding physician-assisted suici...

(Undated) -- Illinois is in the Federal Trade Commission's top five list of states with the most robocall complaints. According to data released by the FTC late last week, its National Do Not Call Registry said it fielded over two-point-six million complaints in 2025. Illinois was fourth with 943 complaints per 100-tho...

Centre Pointe Church in Vandalia has canceled their Sunday services Mount Moriah Church in Coffeen will not have services on Sunday First Presbyterian Church in Vandalia will not have services on Sunday Farina United Methodist Church has canceled services **if you would like to add a cancellation you can email it to to...

With the dangerous cold and wild chills on the way to the area tonight and Sunday, the Fayette County Emergency Management Agency is providing information on warming centers--- The below information from Fayette County EMA---- Due to the predicted wind chill temperatures forecasted to be between 15-20 below, warming ce...

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations up to 2 inches. * WHERE...Fayette IL, Montgomery IL, Greene IL, and Macoupin IL Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM this morning to 6 PM CST this evening. * IMPACTS...Plan on slipp...

We are looking at some snow over the area today. We have a chance of snow during the day today with a high of 20. Temperatures will start falling later on today. Then, we'll see clearing skies for tonight with a low of zero and wind chill values as low as -15. Winds out of the northwest will gust better than 20 mile...

...WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM TO 6 PM CST SATURDAY... * WHAT...Snow expected. Total snow accumulations up to two inches. * WHERE...Fayette IL, Montgomery IL, Greene IL, and Macoupin IL Counties. * WHEN...From 10 AM to 6 PM CST Saturday. * IMPACTS...Plan on slippery road conditions. * ADDITIONAL DETAIL...

...COLD WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM SATURDAY TO NOON CST SUNDAY... * WHAT...Very cold wind chills between 15 and 20 below expected. * WHERE...Portions of south central, southwest, and west central Illinois and northeast Missouri. * WHEN...From 9 PM Saturday to noon CST Sunday. * IMPACTS...The dangerously cold ...

THE FNB COMMUNITY BANK WELCOMES MAYORAL AS BRANCH MANAGER The FNB Community Bank recently announced the addition of Joe Mayoral as Branch Manager. "We're excited to welcome Joe to The FNB Community Bank as the new Branch Manager of our Downtown Branch," said Meagan Eyman, Operations Manager. "Joe's years...

Today's weather will be fairly mild. But, a lot will be changing for this weekend. We will see cloudy skies for today with a high of 33. Then, mostly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 19. For Saturday, snow is likely during the day with a high of 24. New snow accumulation during the day on Saturday of around an...

The Vandalia Statehouse will hold its holiday tradition of Candlelight Tours on Saturday evening. The public candlelight tours will be from 5 pm to 7 pm tomorrow evening. Visitors will be illuminated by more than 150 candles and trimmed with holiday decorations along the tour. The first 100 families to visit will rec...

Wreaths Across America is set to be at two Fayette County cemeteries on Saturday. The program is to lay wreaths on the headstones of military veterans. In Fayette County, they will be laying wreaths at Fairlawn Cemetery in Vandalia and at Griffith Cemetery in Brownstown. LaTisha Paslay talks a little about their prog...