We are looking at mostly sunny skies and warm conditions for today. We are looking at mostly sunny skies and a high of 75 today. then, partly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 52. Meanwhile, we will pay for this warm weather on Friday night as we will be hit with severe storms. The National Weather Service in St...

There will be two open house times today at the Fayette County Courthouse and Jail. The Open House times will be from 1 pm to 3 pm today and then from 5 pm to 7 pm today. Fayette County Board Member Merrell Collins talks about the open house. The county is proposing the 1% sales tax increase as a way to fund the new c...

We continue to hear today from two of the 5 individuals running for the 4 available seats for Vandalia School Board in the April 1st Consolidated Election. Aaron Janssen is the challenger in the race with the 4 incumbents running for a second term. Janssen talks about some positives he sees with the Vandalia School Di...

How courts are dealing with Illinois' end to cash bail is the subject of two cases heard by the Illinois Supreme Court. Tuesday, the court heard two cases that had different outcomes. In Illinois v. Antonio Cousins, Assistant Attorney General Eric Levin argued the trial court didn't give adequate time for pretrial det...

The National Federation of Independent Business is speaking out as the Illinois Pollution Control Board considers adopting some of California's vehicle emissions standards. Environmental groups have proposed phasing out the sale of new gasoline and diesel-powered vehicles, leading to a complete ban on the sale of most ...

News Release from FCI Greenville---- GREENVILLE, IL: On March 11, 2025, at approximately 8:15 a.m., Nathan Merdick Smith was found having injuries consistent with a perceived altercation at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) Greenville in Greenville, Illinois. Responding employees initiated life-saving measures...

(Springfield, IL) -- State lawmakers are advancing a bill that would expand access to Alzheimer's treatment in Illinois. The measure passed out of the House Insurance Committee yesterday. The bill would require anyone's health insurance plan in the state to cover medically necessary FDA-approved treatments and medicati...

We will be sunny, windy and warm today. We are looking at sunny skies with a high of 70. Winds out of the southwest will gust better than 20 miles per hour today. Tonight we'll see mostly clear skies with a low of 45. Meanwhile, severe storms will hit the area on Friday night. The National Weather Service in St. Lou...

The committee that has met a few times recently to work towards securing a contract for ambulance service in Fayette County is dissolving and a new committee will take up the work. At the February meeting of the Fayette County Board, the matter of the ambulance service was referred off to Committee 4 of the County Boar...

The Vandalia School Board will have a contested race in the April 1st Consolidated Election. There are 4 open seats for Vandalia School Board with all 4 current board members seeking another term and one individual running as a challenger with the top 4 winning the seat. The challenger running against the 4 incumbents...

Illinois lawmakers are pushing end-of-life bills for the second year in a row, but a group opposed to the legislation says people who are disabled would be harmed. Stop Assisted Suicide Illinois Coalition members say Senate Bill 9 and House Bill 1328 would legalize assisted suicide. Disability policy professional Jules...

We will be sunny, windy and warmer today. We are looking at sunny skies today with a high of 68. Winds from the southwest will gust better than 20 miles per hour for today. Then, we'll see clear skies for tonight with a low of 44. Winds from the south will gust better than 20 miles per hour tonight.

We hear today from Vandalia Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jennifer Garrison about some recently approved projects in the district and where the funding for this is coming from. Dr. Garrison talks about the start of the project, when they identified what needed attention at this time. If the borrowing would not have tak...

(Springfield, IL) -- Officials are revealing the harvest totals for the 2024-2025 Illinois bobcat season. The season concluded February 15th with 649 bobcats harvested by hunters and trappers. That is significantly more than last year when 370 were harvested. TR) Colin McIntyre/tr Copyright © 2025 TTWN Media Netwo...

We are looking at a sunny weekend. We are looking at sunny skies today with a high of 51. Then, mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 31. Sunday will be sunny and a bit warmer with a high of 56. We will be warming up even more this coming work week with temperatures in the mid to upper 60s on Monday and Tuesda...