More showers and storms are on the way for today and we also have a chance of severe storms this afternoon. Our forecast for today calls for showers and thunderstorms during the day with a high of 60. Then, showers and storms are likely tonight with a low of 53. In their latest Weather Briefing, the National Weather Se...

The Vandalia City Council approved several road closures for a trio of events in the city this year. During its consent agenda, the council approved the closure of Gallatin Street from 3rd to 7th Street for the annual Lions Club Halloween Parade that will be held on Thursday, October 29 this year at 7:00pm and approved...

Representative Blaine Wilhour was able to get away from Springfield over the weekend to attend the annual Lincoln Day Dinner. With so many issues going on across the state at any given time, many of them come down to the finances of the state and Wilhour says the problem he sees right now is that there is plenty of mon...

The state of Illinois has lost at least 100,000 jobs over the last six months, leaving upwards of 300,000 residents desperately looking for work by the end of 2025. While the rest of the country was adding 584,000, Illinois lost a net of 1,700 jobs over the last year, with the hardest hit industries being in retail tra...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he was never on a plane with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. During a U.S. House Oversight Committee hearing last Friday, former President Bill Clinton was asked who he normally brought on Epstein-connected flights. A former Clinton staffer posted a social media clarification of the form...

(Springfield, IL) -- More grisly details being revealed surrounding a Springfield woman's death. Now, officials say that Lillie Prindle may have been dead in her home for as long as three years before she was discovered last November. Her primary caregiver, Gena English-Wheat, is charged with concealing Pindle's death....

Our pattern of rain and thunderstorms will continue throughout the day today. We are looking at rain and thunderstorms throughout the day today with a high of 53. Then, showers and possibly a thunderstorm for tonight with a low of 47. The rain and thunderstorms pattern will stay with us throughout the work week.

The Vandalia City Council on Monday night approved an agreement with Small Town Solutions for consulting services that will address housing and revitalization as well as blight in the city. Small Town Solutions owner and Principal Consultant Alexander Benishek was on hand for the meeting to address the council and he e...

Two of the four Republican candidates for Fourth Judicial Circuit Judge At Large in the upcoming March Primary were on hand for Saturday's Fayette County Lincoln Day Dinner as the countdown to Primary Day is now at two weeks. Judge Wes Gozia currently sits in the position after being appointed last year to fill the pos...

State lawmakers gathered with victims, parents and advocates Thursday in support of a bill requiring Illinois schools expel any student who commits or attempts to commit sexual assault for a minimum of one year. State Senator Steve McClure introduced the bill after hearing of a case within his district, which alerted h...

(Mattoon, IL) -- Video footage of an officer-involved shooting in Mattoon last month is now public. State Police released the body cam footage of the incident back on February 13th, when officers responded to an armed robbery. The video shows officers coming up on 38-year-old De'von M. Coleman-Canady, of Kalamazoo, who...

We could see just a bit more wintry precipitation before moving on to rain most of this week. We are looking at the chance of some light rain or freezing rain this morning, then changing over to just rain as we'll see a high today of 41. Then, showers and storms are likely for tonight with a low of 37. Meanwhile, we wi...

We hear more today from Vandalia Police Chief Jeff Ray as we discuss alternative vehicles on the road. One type that draws some attention is E Bikes and Chief Ray says they have the same rights on the roadway as a standard bicycle. Chief Ray was our guest on our podcast "Talking about Vandalia" this past week...

The annual Fayette County Lincoln Day Dinner was held on Saturday in Vandalia and among attendees were Fayette County States Attorney Brenda Mathis and Wesley A. Gozia, an At-Large Circuit Judge in the Fourth Judicial Circuit. Both are running for the Republican nomination for Circuit Fourth Judicial Circuit in the upc...

A bipartisan group of Illinois lawmakers have introduced energy legislation to protect consumers from costs associated with the state's planned phaseout of natural gas. Democratic state Sen. Javier Cervantes said Senate Bill 3979 requires a thorough review of customer bill impacts before large-scale gas transition proj...