We will continue our trend of sunny and mild days and cooler nights. We are looking at sunny skies for today with a high of 73. And, then mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 46. That will be pretty much the trend--within a few degrees--over the next 5 or 6 days. Meanwhile, the National Weather Service in St....

Vandalia Mayor Doug Knebel took some time during Monday's Vandalia City Council meeting to update the Council on the ongoing MAPPING meetings behind held by the Vandalia Civic Advancement Group. Mayor Knebel says they have held two meetings and now get ready for meeting #3 tonight. Tonight's meeting is titled "How...

The Vandalia Lake has dealt with a new issue at the Marina. During Monday night's Vandalia City Council meeting, Lake Manager Scott Workman reported the Lake Marina was broken into sometime this past Thursday night/Friday morning. He says there was about $200 in theft but he said more than that in damages and he was a...

The Vandalia Police Department is freshening up their squad vehicles with 2 new ones being purchased. At the Monday night Vandalia City Council meeting, approval was reached for the purchase of two vehicles---a Dodge Ram 2500 Truck for $48,411 and a Durango AWD 6 Cylinder for $42,104--both from Hosick Motors in Vandali...

Gov. J.B. Pritzker celebrated the "best of the best" in Illinois education Tuesday, awarding 24 schools the Governor's Blue Ribbon award amid a backdrop of widening state funding gaps and lagging math and reading scores. The state award, now in its second year, replaced the federal Blue Ribbon program discont...

An Illinois state rep says the attempted closure of Choate Mental Health and Developmental Center in Anna shows that the state's Department of Human Services is failing vulnerable residents and failing taxpayers. Union County State's Attorney Tyler Tripp announced on Tuesday that DHS withdrew its request to shut down C...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinoisans are getting back some money thanks to the state's cryptocurrency regulations. The Pritzker administration announced more than 450 refund requests have been submitted to crypto companies since August last year, resulting in over 750-thousand dollars in returns. That's an average of more ...

We will continue with our dry and mild conditions throughout this work week. We will start off with some clouds this morning, but those will eventually clear out for us and we'll see a high of 71. Then, clear skies for tonight with a low of 44. The National Weather Service in St. Louis has tempered our highs for the w...

After many years of discussion, including very deep discussion over this past year, and going through the bidding process a second time--the City of Vandalia has moved forward with the first siltation removal work at Vandalia Lake. This first round of work that was approved will be in a cove of the lake that was deemed...

There is someone interested in opening a grocery store in the former Kroger building in Vandalia. And, the City of Vandalia will be attempting to land a grant to help make that happen. During Monday's Vandalia City Council meeting, Economic Development Director Amber Daulbaugh gave the City Council what update she is ...

Third-party candidates in statewide races are criticizing their opponents and a PBS station after being excluded from the only debates in their races. Both Independent party gubernatorial candidate Collin Corbett, a former Republican strategist, and American Center Party U.S. Senate candidate Whitfield Harrington were ...

Voters in at least three Illinois counties are considering sales tax referendums. Sales taxes would go up in Adams, Lake and Tazewell counties if voters approve the schools facilities tax. Megan McCombs, Democratic candidate for Tazewell County board, said in a statement to The Center Square that she 100% supports the ...

(Decatur, IL) -- Michael Wallace is headed to prison for the 2011 murder of Caleb Witty in Decatur. Wallace pleaded guilty to first-degree murder as part of a plea deal yesterday. Witty was shot and killed in August of 2011 on the city's east side while he was protecting his younger sister during a robbery. As part of ...

After a fairly chilly last few days with some pretty cold nights, we'll warm up a decent amount this week. Today will be our coolest day of the week as we'll see sunny skies and a high of 71. Then, mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 42. The warm up this week won't be big or dramatic. We'll be just a few deg...

This Wednesday will push pass the halfway point for the Vandalia Civic Advancement's Mapping project. Speaking on our podcast "Talking about Vandalia," Mayor Doug Knebel says meeting #2 this past Wednesday went well. This Wednesday's meeting is titled "How Do We Get There?" The meetings are from 5...