Our warm up continues today. We are looking at mostly sunny skies for today with a high of 72. We do have a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight with a low of 60. South winds will gust up to 20 miles per hour tonight. Meanwhile, the warm up will continue on Thursday as we'll get into the mid to upper 80's for ...

The upcoming final pre-trial date and jury trial date have both been confirmed in the case of a 44 year old Vandalia man charged with murder in the death of a Vandalia teenager this past fall. Arnold Rivera appeared in custody in Fayette County Court on Tuesday with public defender Lucas Mette and States Attorney Brend...

Illinois ranks near the bottom across the country for entrepreneurship and economic growth based on new research assessed based on its ability "to lift barriers to human flourishing." Archbridge Institute researchers rank the state No. 45 based on such metrics as taxes, regulations, business dynamism, housing...

(Chicago, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is acknowledging that there were "real failures" in the nation's immigration system that led up to the killing of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman last week in Chicago. Pritzker said the failures go beyond the borders of Illinois. Jose Medina, a Venezuelan immigr...

(Springfield, IL) -- The Chicks are coming to the Illinois State Fair this summer. Governor Pritzker announced that the superstar trio will take the Grandstand Stage on August 22nd. The Chicks are known as the biggest-selling U.S. female band of all time, selling more than 30-million albums and winning 13 Grammy Awards...

Our pattern of temperatures rising to near-record levels and then taking dramatic drops will continue later this week. Today we are looking at mostly sunny skies with a high of 59. Then, mostly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 42. Meanwhile, we will continue our warm up on Wednesday and Thursday. We'll see a hi...

A St. Elmo man is facing four new Felony counts in Fayette County Court, following his arrest this past weekend. 51 year old Curtis D. Jennings is facing two drug charges---One is Unlawful Possession with Intent to Deliver 5 to 15 grams of Methamphetamine, which is a Class 1 Felony. He also faces a charge of Unlawful ...

State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle called for the wrangling of spiking gas prices this past Friday on the Illinois House floor. The average price of fuel in Illinois has remained steadily above the national average as the cost of oil has sharply increase in recent weeks. A contributing factor to higher than av...

(Danville, IL) -- A Chicago man is receiving a 60-year prison sentence for murdering a two-year-old Danville child in his care in 2022. Dantrail Johnson was sentenced yesterday after he was found guilty in January of first-degree-murder in Vermilion County court on Friday. Prosecutors say Johnson was responsible for th...

After a very warm weekend, we begin much cooler and breezy today for the new work week. We are looking at mostly sunny skies for today with a high of 52. Winds from the north will gust better than 20 miles per hour today. Then, we'll see mostly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 34. Sunrise today will be at 6:55 ...

A power line was down south of Vandalia High School on Sunday afternoon. And, there were power outages in the area and some are still being dealt with this morning. The report was of a power line down south of the high school that caused a fire in a tree in that area. Vandalia Fire Chief Zac Stombaugh says they were ...

What ends up being a 50 degree swing in temperature from Sunday afternoon to the low on Sunday night helped lead to strong to severe storms making their way through the area on Sunday night. During the 7 pm hour, heavy rains, strong winds and some small hail made their way through Vandalia and other parts of Fayette Co...

The Vandalia School Board handled a large number of personnel items during its monthly meeting on Thursday. Five district resignations were approved by the board from Spanish Interpreter Aide Yadira Roman, VES Cook Malissa Cole, VCHS TLC Program Teacher Kasondra Murray, VCHS Custodian Josh Baker and VJHS Paraprofession...

A Vandalia man has been sentenced to time in prison in Fayette County Court. 31 year old Colton J. Hagy of Vandalia pleaded guilty to the offense of Unlawful Possession of a Controlled Substance and was sentenced by Judge Allan Lolie to 3 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. Hagy also pleaded guilty to one...

A bill requiring anyone operating a power motorboat or personal watercraft to carry liability insurance recently passed the State Senate Transportation Committee. If passed into law, the new rule would impact a significant number of boat owners in Illinois. The bill mandates liability insurance for owners of particula...