We will see a major change in weather as we go along today and tonight and that will include severe storms striking the area late tonight or early Friday morning. Today we will see sunny skies and a high of 87. Winds from the southwest will gust better than 30 miles per hour today. Then, showers and thunderstorms for...

The City of Vandalia has seen their General Sales Tax Revenue be up for this fiscal year. 10 months into FY '26, the General Sales Tax Revenue for the City of Vandalia is $2,119,943. Last year--which was a new all time high--was $2,293,685. So, with 2 months still left to report, the city will see a new high in the n...

As fuel prices continue rising , government leaders in Illinois have responded to growing concern over the impact high gas prices are having on residents. Leaders in the Illinois government are not yet committed to any specific action to ease the burden for residents. The average cost of a gallon of unleaded in the sta...

An agency focused on early childhood education created by state lawmakers in 2024 has made its first full year budget request for the upcoming fiscal year. Totaling over $4.4 billion, the request faced critical questioning Tuesday in a House Appropriations Committee Hearing. Illinois Department of Early Childhood Secre...

(Chicago, IL) -- Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias is warning the public about a surge in text-message scams. Giannoulias says scammers will impersonate the Secretary of State's Office and demand payment and personal information. Giannoulias urges Illinoisans not to click on any links. Illinoisans are e...

(Chicago, IL) -- The Illinois Commerce Commission is signing off on its annual five-year plan to implement safety upgrades at highway-rail crossings across the state. The plan authorizes 376-million-dollars in funding for grade crossing safety improvements and highway-rail grade separations at approximately 387 crossin...

Our warm up continues today. We are looking at mostly sunny skies for today with a high of 72. We do have a chance of showers and thunderstorms tonight with a low of 60. South winds will gust up to 20 miles per hour tonight. Meanwhile, the warm up will continue on Thursday as we'll get into the mid to upper 80's for ...

The upcoming final pre-trial date and jury trial date have both been confirmed in the case of a 44 year old Vandalia man charged with murder in the death of a Vandalia teenager this past fall. Arnold Rivera appeared in custody in Fayette County Court on Tuesday with public defender Lucas Mette and States Attorney Brend...

Illinois ranks near the bottom across the country for entrepreneurship and economic growth based on new research assessed based on its ability "to lift barriers to human flourishing." Archbridge Institute researchers rank the state No. 45 based on such metrics as taxes, regulations, business dynamism, housing...

(Chicago, IL) -- Governor Pritzker is acknowledging that there were "real failures" in the nation's immigration system that led up to the killing of Loyola University student Sheridan Gorman last week in Chicago. Pritzker said the failures go beyond the borders of Illinois. Jose Medina, a Venezuelan immigr...

(Springfield, IL) -- The Chicks are coming to the Illinois State Fair this summer. Governor Pritzker announced that the superstar trio will take the Grandstand Stage on August 22nd. The Chicks are known as the biggest-selling U.S. female band of all time, selling more than 30-million albums and winning 13 Grammy Awards...

Our pattern of temperatures rising to near-record levels and then taking dramatic drops will continue later this week. Today we are looking at mostly sunny skies with a high of 59. Then, mostly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 42. Meanwhile, we will continue our warm up on Wednesday and Thursday. We'll see a hi...

A St. Elmo man is facing four new Felony counts in Fayette County Court, following his arrest this past weekend. 51 year old Curtis D. Jennings is facing two drug charges---One is Unlawful Possession with Intent to Deliver 5 to 15 grams of Methamphetamine, which is a Class 1 Felony. He also faces a charge of Unlawful ...

State lawmakers on both sides of the aisle called for the wrangling of spiking gas prices this past Friday on the Illinois House floor. The average price of fuel in Illinois has remained steadily above the national average as the cost of oil has sharply increase in recent weeks. A contributing factor to higher than av...

(Danville, IL) -- A Chicago man is receiving a 60-year prison sentence for murdering a two-year-old Danville child in his care in 2022. Dantrail Johnson was sentenced yesterday after he was found guilty in January of first-degree-murder in Vermilion County court on Friday. Prosecutors say Johnson was responsible for th...