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 ...

Illinois saw 1.16 million early ballots cast as of Wednesday, roughly on par with the previous midterm election. One political science professor says early voting may not be an important indicator for the state's voters this year. Ballots cast in the election come from two sources, mail-in voting and early in-person vo...

(Chicago, IL) -- After months of threats to build their new stadium in Indiana, it looks like the Chicago Bears will stay home. Crain's Chicago Business reports the team is close to a deal to place their proposed domed facility in suburban Arlington Heights. Illinois lawmakers could vote on a bill that clears the way f...

(Chicago, IL) -- Illinois is making a big investment in housing in the state. Governor Pritzker announced 156-million-dollars in investments for housing initiatives to address Illinois' housing crisis and support Illinois working families. One-hundred-and-three-million-dollars of the funding is part of the BUILD progra...

We will be sunny and warm again today. We will see partly sunny skies to start the day--eventually clearing to all sunshine--with a high of 80. There is a chance of an isolated shower this evening, but we'll otherwise see partly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 55. As for weather during the Halloween Parade toni...

The Halloween Parade is set for tonight in downtown Vandalia. Tonight will be the 84th annual Vandalia Lion's Club Halloween Parade running on Gallatin Street in downtown Vandalia. The theme for this year's Parade floats and walking groups is "The Lord of the Rings" or "Harry Potter." Lion Ardith ...

Election Day is coming up on Tuesday. And, there are still plenty of opportunities to either vote on Election Day or vote early. This mid-term election sees pretty much everything on our local ballot being at the statewide level. Republican Darren Bailey and his running mate, Aaron Del Mar, are challenging Democrat i...

(Springfield, IL) -- The wife of Republican candidate for Illinois Governor Darren Bailey is speaking out about a recent JB Pritzker campaign ad. Cindy Bailey addressed the commercial yesterday during a media gathering in Springfield. The ad says the GOP nominee views women as inferior, and he opposes abortion in ca...

A retail business advocate is hoping a proposed tax incentive program for independent grocery stores and pharmacies will expand to include other retailers. House Bill 5828 creates an income tax credit for eligible pharmacy or grocery store projects in Illinois. State Rep. Will Guzzardi said small, independent businesse...

An ethics investigation into Illinois' Department of Child and Family Services recently revealed nearly six years of regular overpayments to some employees, totaling $1.4 million. The investigation was sparked by an anonymous complaint alleging OES Manager Jerry Mathis conducted personal business on the taxpayer's dime...

(Chicago, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is naming Raven DeVaughn as a Senior Advisor. DeVaughn will oversee the legislative and policy portfolios within the Governor's Office. She currently serves as Director of the Illinois Department of Central Management Services. Her new role begins November 16th. TR) Colin McIntyre/acc...