We are looking at sunny skies an much more mild temperatures for today. We will see sunny skies for today with a high of 81. Then, mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 61. Meanwhile, although temperatures will remain mild on Saturday a chance of storms comes back into the forecast in the afternoon and evening....

The June edition of the Vandalia Farmer's Market is set for tomorrow morning. The Farmer's Market will be on 5th Street next to Vandalia City Hall and there will be 16 vendors on hand for this month's event. The Fayette County Farm Bureau and Prairie Farms will be distributing free dairy boxes to the first 300 familie...

The potential for Community Geothermal in Vandalia could lead to big savings on heating and cooling bills. There will be an engagement meeting coming on Tuesday evening in Vandalia to learn more about the project. Kyle Smith with Supplied Energy in Greenville says there can be some major savings on heating and cooling...

We hear more today from Aaron Del Mar, who is the running mate of Republican Darren Bailey for Governor. Del Mar is from northern Illinois and he says he believes they are making more in roads with picking up votes in the Chicago area than Bailey was able to do 4 years ago when he lost to Democrat incumbent J.B. Pritz...

Officially dubbed the "Child Social Media Safety Act," the bill was sponsored by state Rep. Jennifer Gong-Gershowitz, D-Glenview, and state Sen. Willie Preston, D-Chicago. In a statement this week, Gong-Gershowitz reiterated she believes the law will allow parents the ability to better control the content sho...

The Illinois General Assembly passed legislation extending a program that allows retiring public servants to be paid out a large portion of their pension, forfeiting a portion back to the state. The buyout program's extension comes as the state has made a small dent in the largely unfunded $144 billion pension liabilit...

(Mattoon, IL) -- Rural King is building a new headquarters in Coles County. Governor Pritzker announced that the farm equipment supplier will invest 75-million-dollars to construct a new Store Support Center Campus in Mattoon. The new location will hold the company's leadership and support departments. The project will...

We will be hot and humid again today with the threat of severe storms over the area for tonight. We are looking at mostly sunny skies for today with a high of 92 and heat index values as high as 100. Winds from the south will increase during the day today and will up to 20 miles per hour this afternoon. For tonight w...

An opportunity to learn more on Community Geothermal and the product coming to Vandalia will be coming up on Tuesday with a meeting in Vandalia. Kyle Smith of Greenville is with Supplied Energy. He says they work with heating and cooling products for distribution like geothermal systems and other products. He explain...

We hear today from Aaron Del Mar, who is the running mate of Darren Bailey on the Republican ticket for Governor. Del Mar says their campaign is going well and they are spending a lot of time focusing on the Chicago area. The ticket of Bailey and Del Mar will face Democrat incumbent J.B. Pritzker and his new running m...