Halloween Parade Float Winners- 1st Place-($300)-Experience the Magic of Chevrolet Hecht Chevrolet-Delmar Mills 2nd Place-($200)-Great Hall Buffs Tree Service-Cindy Lutz 3rd Place-($200)-Wizarding Word of Walmart-Angie McCormick 4th Place ($125)-MeMaws Wizard Custom Cosmetics-Sandy Townsend 5th Place ($100)-Platform 9 ...

Halloween Parade Band Winners-- Class A- First Place-Breese Central High School Second Place-Bond County High School Class B- First Place-Ramsey High School Second Place-Teutopolis High School Third Place-Greenville Junior High School Best Color-Breese Central High School Guard Best Drum Major-Ramsey High School

We will have another dry and mild day today before rain begins to move into the area on Saturday night. We are looking at partly sunny skies for today with a high of 73. And, then we'll see mostly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 57. Meanwhile, rain starts to move into the area this weekend. We start to have ha...

There will be Halloween activities for tonight and throughout the day tomorrow in Vandalia. Tonight from 5 pm to 8 pm will be the Vandalia Lake Trunk or Treat at the Vandalia Lake Campground. All are invited to the event. Downtown activities will be going on Saturday. The day on Saturday will start with Halloween Sto...

Representation and taxation are behind a ballot referendum in 12 Illinois counties to consider breaking off from Cook County and forming a new state. Coles County Board Chairman Darrell Cox told The Center Square he and his colleagues voted to include the referendum on the ballot due to representation. State Rep. Brad ...