The rains will continue today. We will see showers today and a high of 66. Then, a chance of showers and storms for tonight with a low of 55. Meanwhile, severe weather is still a possibility over the area on Friday. The National Weather Service in St. Louis says thunderstorms are possible area-wide Friday evening and n...

Several topics were discussed on Wednesday night at the monthly Saint Elmo City Council Meeting. The first item that was discussed was the approval of reappointing Lucas Underwood to the zoning board for a 5-year term. The Council then approved hiring resident Gavin Koontz to design a new website for the City. When giv...

State Representative Blaine Wilhour made a visit to Vandalia on Saturday evening as he was in attendance at the annual Lincoln Day Dinner. With work going on in Springfield, Wilhour says its always good to take a break and be back home with his constituents. When looking at the overall issues with funding and taxes amo...

Some Illinois municipal leaders are pushing for the ability to impose local gas taxes. Mt. Vernon Mayor John Lewis says only non-home rule communities in Cook County or those with a population more than 100,000 can impose local motor fuel taxes without a referendum. According to AAA, the average regular gas price per g...

(Sangamon County, IL) -- A former Ball-Chatham School District employee is facing charges for allegedly spraying three Glenwood Elementary School students' eyes with cleaning fluid. A Freedom of Information Act request revealed that 62-year-old Susan Perko was arrested by Chatham Police back on February 27th. The incid...

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...