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...

The Vandalia Railroads Museum Foundation will hold their latest edition of their "Dinner in the Diner" fundraiser this Thursday. Speaking last week, Bill Howard discusses some of the details and their efforts in working to restore the Vandalia Little Red Caboose. The fundraiser will be from 4 pm to 8 pm on Th...

We continue to hear from candidates from Vandalia School Board as we hear from two more candidates beginning today. Therese Tate has served a term on the Vandalia School Board and is running for another term. She talks about her reasons for seeking another 4 years. Tate and Satterthwaite are joined by John Campbell an...

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is not saying if he'll run for reelection in 2026 or campaign for the U.S. presidency in 2028. The governor took questions from members of the media at an Illinois Education Association teachers union event Thursday. Pritzker said he had not made a decision or an announcement about runni...

(Neoga, IL) -- The National Weather Service is confirming that at least three tornadoes hit central Illinois. Severe storms swept through the region Friday night into early Saturday morning. The National Weather Service says preliminary findings of a damage survey determined one EF-2 tornado started south of Neoga and ...

After seeing temperatures reach 80 for a high just two days ago, we will have a big shift for today. We will see cloudy skies to start the day--eventually we should see some sunshine--with a high of 43. There is a chance of some snow this morning. Winds from the northwest will gust up to 25 miles per hour today. Toni...

The National Weather Service in St. Louis is asking for your damage reports. The NWS asked you to post on Facebook/X and tag @NWSStLouis If you have a picture, include it Report the time (can be approximate) that the damage or observation occurred Provide the nearest cross street to the location of the damage Please r...

Severe storms rolled through Fayette County on Friday night and into Saturday morning. Over a two hour period from 10 pm to just past midnight, Fayette County endured two separate Tornado Warnings and two separate Severe Thunderstorms Warnings. The storms brought extremely high winds, very large hail, frequent lightni...