We will be mostly cloudy and warm today. We will see mostly cloudy skies for today with a high of 80. Then, we'll be mostly cloudy for tonight with a low of 63. We do have a slight chance of showers in the early Saturday morning hours. Meanwhile, we have some added rain chances now in our forecast for in the early mo...

The City of Vandalia is about to make things like paying your water bill or for a boat sticker a whole lot easier. City of Vandalia City Clerk Carla Huhn was the guest this week on our podcast "Talking about Vandalia." Huhn talks about the "Community Connect" program that will launch next month. Th...

State Senator Jason Plummer was part of a committee on Thursday morning reviewing the Governor's appointees to the Prisoner Review Board, appointees that Senator Plummer has been critical of in the past. During the meeting, Senator Plummer commented that when mistakes are made by the PRB then people die. He talks abo...

As part of Gov. J.B. Pritzker's Building Up Illinois Developments, or BUILD, housing proposal, a bill that could push private equity out of homeownership in the state, has progressed just before the end of the legislative season. The goal of the bill - as said by state Senate sponsor Rachel Ventura, D-Joliet - is to sh...

An Illinois lawmaker is seeking to create a law that would allow the state to take any funds paid out to an Illinois resident through the U.S. Department of Justice's $1.8 billion 'Anti-Weaponization Fund,' created as a result of a lawsuit President Donald Trump recently settled with the IRS. According to DOJ info on t...

(Champaign, IL) -- A Tennessee man is charged in the death of a retired Tilton police chief. Quamaine Fletcher faces one count of reckless homicide. Authorities say Fletcher was driving Wednesday when he hit and killed Steven Cornett on I-74 in Champaign. Cornett was working on a road-construction crew at the time of t...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois turkey hunters are breaking records. Turkey hunters harvested a preliminary record total of nearly 21-thousand wild turkeys during the 2026 spring turkey season. That surpasses the previous record of just over 18-thousand birds harvested last year. The top counties for turkey harvest durin...

(Decatur, IL) -- Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe is running for reelection next year. Moore Wolfe has been elected mayor three times and has served on the Decatur City Council since 2009. If she is re-elected, her top priorities are focusing on ways to reduce the property tax burden on residents, to enhance and grow th...

We may finally be getting out of spring-like weather and see some summertime dryness for the next week. Today we will see partly sunny skies and a high of 82. Then, we'll partly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 62. Meanwhile, we should be mostly dry over the next week. After today we are looking at highs in the...

When it comes to area gas prices, Vandalia's prices are in line with other area communities or a little cheaper in some instances. According to GasBuddy.com, Vandalia's gas prices range from $4.55 per gallon to $4.65 per gallon as of this morning. Effingham's prices are the cheapest with their prices ranging from $4.4...

The Illinois State Board of Education has changed its school rating system to measure student attendance instead of chronic absenteeism. 25% of Illinois students were chronically absent last school year, higher than the national average of 22%. Illinois Policy Institute Manager of Education Policy Hannah Schmid said th...

A push to regulate artificial intelligence products in Illinois has taken a step toward becoming law. The plan, which has broad support from industry leaders, would require transparency and expanded safety measures from many AI companies. 'The Artificial Intelligence Safety Measures Act,' would require AI companies suc...

(Springfield, IL) -- U.S. Senator Dick Durbin is saying goodbye in Springfield ahead of his retirement. While giving his farewell address yesterday to state lawmakers at the Illinois Capitol, the Illinois Democrat gave said he will miss helping people. The 81-year-old has continuously introduced the DREAM Act, which...

(Champaign, IL) -- The road crew member who was hit and killed by a vehicle on I-74 in Champaign is being identified as the former Chief of the Tilton Police Department. Steven Cornett died following the incident yesterday morning on I-74 near mile marker 180. Authorities are investigating. Cornett served with the Tilt...

We are looking at some more rain moving through today. But, after that, we should be looking at a longer dry period. We have a chance of showers and thunderstorms today with a high of 78. Then, mostly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 61. Meanwhile, our forecast is calling for several dry and mild days to follow a...