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...

(Hammond, IN) -- Speculation that the Bears may be moving to Indiana is heating up. Indiana lawmakers advanced legislation that would create a stadium finance authority to help the team build a stadium in Hammond, Indiana. The Bears released a statement calling the passage of the bill the most meaningful step forward i...

(Chicago, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is "very disappointed" in the Bears for their response to Indiana's efforts to lure the team out of Illinois. After Indiana lawmakers advanced legislation that would help the team build a stadium in Hammond, Indiana yesterday, the team released a statement calling the bill's...

...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CST FOR SOUTHEASTERN FAYETTE COUNTY... At 549 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located 8 miles south of Brownstown, or 11 miles southeast of Vandalia, moving east at 35 mph. HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicat...

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a * Tornado Warning for... Southern Fayette County in south central Illinois... * Until 630 PM CST. * At 540 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over Shobonier, or 9 miles south of Vandalia, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...Tornado ...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST FOR SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY... At 533 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Shobonier, or 7 miles south of Vandalia, moving northeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...People...

The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Bond County in south central Illinois... Southwestern Fayette County in south central Illinois... * Until 600 PM CST. * At 515 PM CST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Tamalco, or 6 miles southeast of Greenvill...