All Precincts Counted and All Votes In Bear Grove Township Highway Commissioner Tex R. Ringering -R 94 Tanner Chumley-D 29 South Hurricane Township Trustee (Vote for 4) Russell Dale Siebert-R 35 Bryan Williams-D 33 Clifford R. Snider-R 30 Thomas J. Sommers-R 29 Nathan E. Navel-R 20 Ramsey Township Supervisor Luke E. Mo...

All Precincts and Votes In Evans Public Library 6 year Term--Top 2 Elected Joanna Helm (I) 1,305 Kim Shanks (I) 1,176 Lewis Mitchell 393

Vandalia School Board All Precincts Reporting and All Votes In Top 4 Win Joe Lawson (I) 1,199 John Campbell (I) 1,114 Kevin Satterthwaite (I) 1,078 Therese Tate (I) 1,013 Aaron Janssen 750

All Precincts Reporting and All Votes in Mayor of St. Elmo Kimberly Baron (I) 172 Roy Evans, Jr. 62 St. Elmo City Clerk Loretta "Letty" Cameron 133 Emily Noll 96

All Precincts Reporting and All Votes In Vote on 1% Sales Tax Increase for 35 years to be used for new Fayette County Courthouse and Jail Yes 867 No 2,461

All Precincts Reporting--Final Numbers Vandalia Mayor- Doug Knebel 726 Bobby Pate, Jr. 93 Ward 2 Alderman- Kenny Lewey (I) 108 Amber Daulbaugh 102 Ward 3 Alderman- Mike Hobler (I) 132 Charles "Chuck" Fitch 52 Ward 4 Alderman- Andy Lester (I) 231 Jeremy Curll 95

((((Not Final Numbers)))) 17 of 17 precincts reporting Vandalia School Board--Top 4 Elected Joe Lawson (I) 790 John Campbell (I) 766 Kevin Satterthwaite (I) 726 Therese Tate (I) 675 Aaron Janssen 507 City of Vandalia All Precincts reporting Ward 2 Alderman Amber Daulbaugh 70 Kenny Lewey (I) 59 Ward 3 Alderman Mike Hob...

27 of 28 precincts reporting Voters asked whether or not to approve a 1% sales tax increase for new Fayette County Courthouse & Jail Yes 569 No 1790 1 of 1 precinct reporting Mayor of St. Elmo Kimberly Baron (I) 148 Roy Evans, Jr. 56 9 of 9 precincts reporting Mayor of Vandalia Doug Knebel 444 Bobby Pate, Jr. 50

8 of 28 total precincts reporting Vote of whether or not to approve a 1% sales tax increase for new Fayette County Courthouse & Jail Yes-174 No-550 4 of 17 total precincts reporting Vandalia School Board (top 4 win) Joe Lawson (I) 261 John Campbell (I) 244 Kevin Satterthwaite (I) 229 Therese Tate (I) 193 Aaron Jans...

We are looking at clouds and mild conditions today. We will see increasing clouds today with a high of 57. Winds from the southeast will gust better than 20 miles per hour today. Then, increasing clouds for tonight with a low of 52. Winds from the southeast will gust better than 30 miles per hour tonight. Meanwhile,...

The Fayette County Fair will have a concert on the Fair's Opening Night. Fair Board President Jason Smith makes the announcement of the Fair's concert. Rhett Walker will be the headline act with Lauren Watkins to open up the night on the first night of the 2025 Fayette County Fair. We will talk more later this week on...

It is Election Day. Voters throughout the State of Illinois are casting ballots today for this Consolidated Election. Voters throughout Fayette County are being asked to decide whether or not they are will vote for a 1% increase in sales tax over the next 35 years to pay for a new Fayette County Courthouse and Jail. T...

Although turnout is expected to be subpar, Illinoisans can send a clear message to lawmakers about his property taxes with several advisory questions on this Election Day. Local elections features Mayoral races around the state. Dylan Sharkey, Assistant Editor at Illinois Policy Institute, says over a half million re...

(Chicago, IL) -- Attorneys for Michael Madigan are calling for a new trial in his corruption case. The Chicago Tribune reports the former Illinois House speaker's lawyers made the request in a motion filed last Friday. They claim prosecutors failed to prove the Chicago Democrat knew about a scheme by ComEd to pay off h...

A professor who has studied public corruption says it might be a good thing that prosecutors are seeking $3.14 million in forfeiture from convicted former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Elmhurst University professor Connie Mixon says convictions and prison sentences have not kept many of the state's elected of...