We begin a warm up today. We will see mostly cloudy skies for today with a high of 47. Winds out of the south will bring that warmer air today and will gust at better than 35 miles per hour. Then, we'll see mostly cloudy skies with a low of 30 tonight. Also, there is an elevated fire danger around the area today. Th...

At their meeting this past week, the City of Vandalia's Economic Development Committee learned that residential home sales were down in Vandalia and Fayette County in 2025---as compared to 2024. And, the median home prices were also down for those homes that did sell in 2025. Speaking on our podcast "Talking Abo...

A Vandalia Alderman would like to see the addition of a Storm Water Management Study added to the City of Vandalia's Comprehensive Plan. Speaking during last week's Vandalia City Council meeting, Alderman Bret Brosman stated he thought it would be a good idea to add the study to the plan. Several Alderman and Mayor Dou...

The Metropolitan Mayors Caucus and the Illinois Municipal League are opposed to Gov. J.B. Pritzker's plan to cut the state's distribution rate to local governments. The governor's budget proposal reduces the Local Government Distributive Fund rate from 6.47% to 6.28% of individual income tax revenue. Illinois Municipal...

(Oak Park, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is pushing for a cellphone ban in Illinois classrooms. The governor joined students, educators, and state leaders at Oak Park and River Forest High School on Friday to advocate for the ban. Pritzker's proposed legislation would require all school districts and charter schools in I...

(Peoria Co, IL) -- The Illinois Department of Corrections isn't revealing where former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy Sean Grayson is serving his 20-year prison sentence for the killing of Sonya Massey. Grayson was sentenced last month after he was convicted in October of second-degree murder. Authorities say the for...

We are looking at another cold and windy day today. We will start off with clouds this morning, but we'll see gradually clearing skies today with a high of 32. Winds from the northwest will gust better than 20 miles per hour today. Then, mostly clear skies for tonight and cold with a low of 18. We will begin a warm u...

The February Economic Development Commission meeting looked at housing sales in Vandalia, Fayette County and surrounding areas for this past year. And, those numbers were down. Tyler Schmitt presented the information to the group showing that residential home sales were down for both Vandalia and Fayette County in 202...

Remember the COVID-Era rule that allowed you to have a carryout cocktail or other alcohol beverage with your food order? Well, that rule will become permanent state law beginning on July 1st. During last week's Vandalia City Council meeting, City Attorney Ryan Connor spoke with the City Council about the rule. Connor ...

(Oak Park, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is pushing for a cellphone ban in Illinois classrooms. The governor joined students, educators, and state leaders at Oak Park and River Forest High School on Friday to advocate for the ban. Pritzker's proposed legislation would require all school districts and charter schools in Illi...

Our final week of February begins with a pretty rough day outdoors. We will see partly sunny skies today with a high of just 29. Winds out of the northwest will gust up to 30 miles per hour during the day today. Then, mostly cloudy skies and cold tonight with a low of 15. Winds from the northwest will gust about 25 ...

It won't be warm at all today but at least the wind will not be a major issue. But, it does return tonight. For today we are looking at sunny skies with a high of 39. It will be much less windy today with winds out of the north just at 7 to 11 miles per hour. For tonight we are looking at partly cloudy skies with a ...

We will see a very windy day around the area today. We will start off with mostly cloudy skies this morning, but they will eventually clear for us today and we'll see a high of just 41. Winds from the west will gust better than 35 miles per hour today. Tonight we'll see increasing clouds and the winds will die down a...

It was later than originally expected, but severe storms did make their way through the area. Originally, we were expecting severe storms to hit in the early afternoon hours. But, that round of storms did not form until just to our east--as Effingham County and areas to their east were under severe storm warnings earl...

Republican Gubernatorial Candidate Darren Bailey's fourth day of his 7 day bus tour around the state brought him to Vandalia Thursday morning. Bailey and running mate Aaron Del Mar answered questions from those on hand about the upcoming Primary Election. Bailey said that he has been happy with the turnouts on their st...