We Thank Glenn Gurtner, Karel Black, Ken and Wanda Hubler, Paul at Kaskaskia Supply and Sheldon Schulte for submitting photos flying the flag. We will again be collecting photos again for Independence Day and hope you will participate.

..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING... * WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be possible. * WHERE...Portions of Illinois, including the following areas, Bond IL, Calhoun IL, Clinton IL, Fayette IL, Greene IL, Jersey IL, Macoupin IL, Madison IL,...

After seeing some dry and mild day strung together after the Sunday severe storms, we now get ready to see some heavy rains likely starting tonight and carrying into Friday. Our forecast for today calls for a chance of showers and thunderstorms with a high of 84. Then, showers and storms are likely for tonight with a ...

SummerFest at Vandalia Lake is now just one week away. The event is planned for next weekend--Thursday through Saturday--July 2nd through 4th at Vandalia Lake. City of Vandalia Economic Development and Tourism Director Amber Daulbaugh was the guest this week on our podcast "Talking About Vandalia" and says t...

Four years after a majority of The U.S. Supreme Court overturned the right to an abortion nationwide, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed legislation he and lawmakers said will protect reproductive freedom in Illinois. The Reproductive Health Records Privacy Act, sponsored by state Rep. Mary Beth Canty and Sen. Celina V...

An Illinois legislator is moving to repeal the state's recently-passed digital asset tax. State Rep. John Cabello filed House Bill 5798 on Monday. Cabello's bill would immediately repeal the tax, which is scheduled to take effect with other state revenue measures on July 1st. Story from Illinois Radio Network

(Winnebago Co., IL) -- A Winnebago County mother convicted of medically abusing her children won't get a new trial. The judge denied Kathryn Williams' motion for a new trial after she was found guilty last year on multiple charges, including Aggravated Battery to a Child. Prosecutors say authorities began investigating...

We will get one more dry and mild day today before rains start to move into the area. And, the potential for heavy rains exists on Thursday night and into Friday. Today we are looking at mostly sunny skies with a high of 81. Then, a chance of showers and thunderstorms for tonight with a low of 64. Meanwhile, the thre...

As they set up some of their long range planning, Vandalia Mayor Doug Knebel says they do need to look at increased staffing in some areas for the city and there are some areas where they may not need as much personnel going forward. During their June 15th Vandalia City Council meeting, a discussion was taking place an...

The cost to taxpayers when natural disasters hit is sometimes unclear in Illinois, but a meteorologist with the National Weather Service says a record number of tornadoes across the state may not be as impactful as some might assume. Brad Cole, director of the Illinois Municipal League, told The Center Square one cost ...

After legislation to heavily restrict the development of new data centers across Illinois failed to progress in the legislature, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signaled he is more than open to projects - but only if corporations pay for the impacts the developments bring. Pritzker said Monday he isn't against data center developme...

(Chicago, IL) -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is revealing charges have been filed against 17 individuals accused of stealing state funds by defrauding the Medicaid program. Raoul's Medicaid Fraud Control Unit is prosecuting the cases. The charges are part of a nationwide law enforcement effort that resulted i...

We will be sunny and mild again today. We are looking at sunny skies for today with a high of 78. Then, partly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 59. Meanwhile, we have small chances of showers and storms on both Wednesday and Wednesday night with increasing chances of showers and storms beginning on Thursday and ...

NWS storm survey teams have concluded two tornadoes touched down near Vernon on June 21. The first was at 3:48PM, and the second at 5:24PM. Both were rated EF-0, with the tracks only 1.5 miles apart from each other. This corrects an earlier post which indicated only one tornado occurred.

The National Weather Service in St. Louis says an EF-1 tornado tracked eastward across rural Marion County east of Kinmundy causing tree damage and significantly damaging a farm outbuilding. Video of the tornado shows that it was multi-vortex.