It will be sunny and hot today as fall temperatures continue to stay away from us. We are looking at sunny skies today with a high of 86. Then, mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 53. We will be in the lower 80's on Thursday and back in the mid-80's on Friday. We do have a chance of showers coming into the f...

The Vandalia City Council moves forward with the process of eventually approving an ordinance for Battery Energy Storage Systems. During their meeting on Monday night, the Vandalia City Council discussed the matter and was probably their longest topic of discussion during Monday's meeting. Alderman Kenny Lewey asked s...

Between General Sales Tax and the new Grocery Tax, the overall tax revenues look to be up for the City of Vandalia so far this fiscal year. Just looking at the General Sales Tax Revenues, you would assume that revenues are down this year. But, beginning on January 1st of this year the State of Illinois was no longer c...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and four county state's attorneys are being asked to investigate whether 24 local taxing bodies used taxpayer resources to campaign for more taxpayer money. Americans for Prosperity Illinois Deputy State Director Brian Costin told The Center Square that local governments are violat...

(Chicago, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is taking action to help Illinois farmers affected by rising fuel costs. Pritzker issued a state disaster proclamation and signed an Executive Order to provide relief on diesel fuel costs for the agriculture industry during the fall harvest season. The order directs the Illinois Depar...

(Springfield, IL) -- Both state fairs in Illinois continue to be a big draw. Governor Pritzker announced the attendance for the Illinois State Fair and Du Quoin State Fair totaled over one-million for a second consecutive year. Springfield welcomed over 714-thousand attendees to the Illinois State Fair, including a new...

We continue to see warm temperatures over the area as we are now nearly a week into October. We will see sunny skies today with a high of 78. Then, mostly clear skies tonight with a low of 52. Wednesday will be even warmer with sunny skies and a high of 86. We will stay in the lower 80's on Thursday and Friday before...

A Ramsey woman who was arrested last week in connection with a break in at Cain's Drug Store has now been arrested for Attempted Residential Burglary. Last Tuesday in Fayette County Court, 21 year old Daylee D. Jackson was charged with Burglary and Criminal Damage to Property in Fayette County Court, in connection with...

The Vandalia City Council has approved allowing variances on solar panels on roofs on homes in Vandalia, only if these are approved by the Building Code Official and the Vandalia Fire Chief. Currently it was stated the ordinance does not allow solar panels to be within 3 feet of the edge of the roof--but that could be ...

(Wood River, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is celebrating the construction of the new Hollywood River Studios in Wood River. Pritzker joined state officials to break ground on the Metro East's new premier production facility. The studio will house six state-of-the-art sound stages. Illinois' film industry continues to g...

(Whiteside Co., IL) -- A Whiteside County Sheriff's Office Sergeant is resigning over the possible misuse of the Flock camera system by a deputy. Sheriff John Booker says an internal investigation has been completed. The probe showed the sergeant used automated license plate reader data for personal purposes. Booker sa...

(Kendall Co., IL) -- Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert is dead at the age of 84. The Kendall County coroner announced that Hastert died over the weekend of natural causes. The Republican was the highest-ranking elected U.S. official to ever serve a prison sentence. He was sentenced to 15 months in 2016 after bei...

Still no real signs of fall weather for the area. We will see sunny skies for today with a high of 76. Then, clear skies for tonight with a low of 47. We will be much the same on Tuesday before we start another warm up that will have us in the mid-80's on Wednesday and remaining in the 80's throughout the remainder of...

The City of Vandalia Civic Advancement Committee will hold their first "Mapping the future of our Community" meetings this Wednesday evening. Speaking on our podcast "Talking about Vandalia," Mayor Doug Knebel says there will be a series of these meetings each diving in to a different topic. The fi...

Illinois pumpkin production increased in 2025, but weather brought a mixed bag for growers this year. The USDA's Economic Research Service said Illinois produced about 533 million pounds last year, up from 485 million in 2024 and far more than any other state. Michael Dittmar said a late frost on May 7th wiped out the ...