The Village of Farina is under a Boil Order until further notice. They will let everyone know when the boil order is lifted.

We will see sunshine and mild conditions for today. We are looking at mostly sunny skies for today with a high of 62. Then, increasing clouds for tonight with a low of 43. Meanwhile, we will have a further, brief warm up coming on Friday and Saturday. We will mostly sunny skies and temps in the lower 70's on Friday a...

Olde Tyme Christmas is set for Friday and Saturday in Vandalia. City of Vandalia Economic Development Director and Tourism Director Amber Daulbaugh says they have put a lot of effort into making this year's event a great one. Activities will kick off on Friday with the lighting of the City's Christmas Tree and then the...

The Liberty Theatre Foundation has quietly been working over the last year to move forward with its goal of rebuilding and reopening the Liberty Theatre in downtown Vandalia to serve as a community landmark once again. The foundation has held fundraisers and Foundation President Dana Leskera says they have been able to...

(ogle Co., IL) -- An Ogle County woman is pleading guilty to killing her seven-year-old son. Sarah Safranek entered a guilty plea to first-degree murder yesterday. Authorities say Safranek suffocated her son, Nathaniel Burton, in their Oregon home in 2021. She previously pleaded guilty to the crime last year, but she w...

The Northern Lights were visible in the area on Tuesday night. Fayette County Sheriff Ronnie Stevens captured these photos and share them with us. Meanwhile, the Northern Lights are visible over several states at this time. NOAA has issued a severe geomagnetic storm alert as it reports at least 21 states could see the...

We will be sunny, windy and mild today. We are looking at sunny skies today with a high of 61. Winds from the northwest will gust better than 20 miles per hour today. Then, we'll see mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 35. Meanwhile, we have an elevated fire danger over the area this afternoon. The National...

The First United Methodist Men will hold their annual Drive Thru Fish Fry on Thursday--with all the proceeds to go to a worthy cause with a growing need. Jeff Endres says the proceeds from the dinner goes toward their Coats and Shoes for Kids program. He says the needs has grown to nearly 400 this past year. And, he ...

The new Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hospital Medical Center is officially in us with a grand opening for the building on Monday evening celebrating the next chapter for the hospital in Vandalia. Karen Dyer serves as the CEO of Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hospital and says the new medical center will allow t...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has expanded his campaign to regulate auto insurance rates. Giannoulias visited Chicago churches Sunday to push his campaign aimed at restricting insurance companies from using certain data to determine premiums. During a virtual town hall last month, Giannoulias said auto ...

Today is Veterans Day in the United States. Today is a federal holiday to honor all those who served in the military. It is a federal holiday, so non-essential federal government offices are closed and mail is not delivered. The day is dedicated to celebrating America's veterans for their patriotism, love of country ...

We will begin our warm up today. After a cold morning, we will see things warm up today. We are looking at mostly cloudy skies for this Veterans Day with a high of 50. Winds from the south will gust better than 20 miles per hour today. Then, we'll see mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 33. Meanwhile, our w...

A large crowd gathered Monday night as Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hospital held a grand opening celebration and ribbon cutting ceremony for its new Medical Center. Services have been able to move into the building and patients have begun to be seen in the center that was built adjacent to the existing building. ...

The First United Methodist Church of Vandalia's Men will hold their annual drive thru Fish Fry this Thursday. Proceeds from the event go towards their coats and shoes program, which has provided Fayette County children and youth in need for over 30 years. Jeff Endres says the community has supported them well througho...

Chicago is back in the mind of President Donald Trump, but this time the commander-in-chief's focus is on the Obama Presidential Center. Trump referred to former President Barack Obama during a speech last week at the American Business Forum in Miami. The cost of the Obama center has grown from initial estimates around...