TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 57 NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK 1215 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2025 TORNADO WATCH 57 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS ILC005-011-019-021-023-025-027-029-033-035-039-041-045-049-051- 053-057-063-073-075-079-091-093-095-099-101-105-107-113-115-121- 123-125-129...

..RED FLAG WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR EASTERN MISSOURI AND WESTERN ILLINOIS... * AFFECTED AREA...In Illinois, Fire Weather Zones 058, 059, 060, 064, 065, 069, 070, 074, 079, 095, 096, 097, 098, 099, 100, 101 and 102. In Missouri, Fire W...

It will be a wild weather day today. We have a chance of scattered showers and storms this afternoon with a high of 72. Winds from the south will gust up to 49 miles per hour. Then, a chance of rain tonight with a low of 34. Winds will shift to the northwest at better than 40 miles per hour. The National Weather Ser...

It is confirmed, a tornado did touch down in Fayette County in the severe storms that rolled through on Friday night. Fayette County Emergency Management Agency Director Rachel Denning and the National Weather Service surveyed damage in Fayette County on Tuesday and have confirmed the county did see a tornado. Denning...

An 18 year old, who was charged a little over a year ago in the shooting death of a 14 year old in St. Peter has been sentenced in Fayette County Court to 12 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections. In Fayette County Court this past week, a negotiated plea was presented where Kaden A. Phillips pleaded guilty to...

We continue to hear today from two candidates for Vandalia School Board. Therese Tate is running for another term on the Vandalia School Board. She talks about some areas she thinks the district needs to improve. Tate and Satterthwaite are joined by Joe Lawson and John Campbell as incumbents that are running for anoth...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois lawmakers are considering a plan that would create a task force on ADA requirements for prisons in the state. The task force would study number of inmates in correctional facilities who have sight, hearing and mobility issues and create the best accommodations for them. They would submit r...

Fayette County Emergency Management Agency Director Rachel Denning is out with the National Weather Service as they survey damage around the county today. The area was hit by severe storms on Friday night---with the biggest damage seemingly coming from large hail that led to a lot of damaged homes in the area.

We are looking at a very warm and windy day today. Our forecast for today calls for sunny skies with a high of 75. Winds from the south will gust better than 35 miles per hour today. Then, mostly cloudy skies tonight with a low of 56 and winds from the south gusting better than 30 miles per hour tonight. Meanwhile, W...

The Vandalia City Council addressed the influx of contractors coming into the area after Friday's storm. The storms late Friday night brought large hail to the area and resulted in damage to a large number of homes in Vandalia and Fayette County. At Monday's Vandalia City Council meeting, the issue was addressed as Ma...

The Fayette County Sheriff's Office dealt with a car vs. horse & buggy accident on Sunday morning. The report from the Fayette County Sheriff's Office says both a car and the horse and buggy were traveling northbound on U.S. Route 51. The report states the vehicle, driven by Sharon S. Bolyard of Ramsey, struck the...

We hear more today from Vandalia School Board members Therese Tate and Kevin Satterthwaite, who are both running for re-election in the contested race. Tate talks about some strengths she currently sees with the district. Tate and Satterthwaite are joined by Joe Lawson and John Campbell as the four incumbents running ...

The group working to restore the Vandalia Little Red Caboose will hold a fundraiser this Thursday. And, they are always looking for more help on the project. Thursday from 4 pm to 8 pm the Vandalia Railroads Museum Foundation will hold their "Dinner in the Diner" fundraiser at Vandalia Denny's. Bill Howard ...

(Springfield, IL) -- A man is dead after jumping into the Sangamon River off a bridge. Police say officers responded yesterday to a possible domestic violence call in the four-thousand block of Sand Hill Road. Officers found a woman with a serious head injury and she was taken to a hospital. Dispatch also received call...

We will be sunny, windy and warmer for today. We are looking at sunny skies for today with a high of 61. Winds from the south will gust better than 30 miles per hour today. Then, we'll see mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 47. Meanwhile, the area has an Elevated Fire Danger for today. The National Weather...