...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL ILLINOIS... The National Weather Service in St Louis has issued a Red Flag Warning for wind and low relative humidity, which is in effect until 8 PM CST this evening. * AFFECTED AREA...In Illi...

We will be sunny, windy and warmer today. We are looking at sunny skies for today with a high of 66. Winds out of the south will gust better than 30 miles per hour today. Then, mostly clear skies for tonight with a low of 30. Winds from the northwest will gust better than 20 miles per hour tonight. Meanwhile, much c...

There is a new brand new edition to the downtown Vandalia Lincoln Park. A new pergola was delivered on Thursday by Kaskaskia College. Corey Wellen talks about how this all came about. The addition is to the downtown Lincoln Park, which sits right across Gallatin Street from the Vandalia Statehouse. The park got it's ...

Ideas on how to generate more tax revenue for the state to spend differ among Democrats and Republicans at the Illinois Statehouse. Standing with the Illinois Revenue Alliance on Wednesday, State Senator Karina Villa pushed to end corporate loopholes. Republicans offered a package of proposals to do things like end tax...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois public schools will continue teaching LGBTQ+ issues, Black, and Asian American history despite a federal warning. State Superintendent Tony Sanders says despite a recent federal government warning, accurately portraying the contributions of these groups is required by the Illinois' Inclusi...

It will be sunny, windy and mild today. We are looking at sunny skies today with a high of 57. Winds from the west will gust better than 30 miles per hour for today. Tonight we will see mostly clear skies with a low of 32 and then we'll get into the mid 60s for a high on Friday. But, we are going to see a cooler week...

Changes are coming to the weather and our daylight are coming over the next few weeks. We have seen much warmer weather this week, just as we reach the end of February. Although March 20th will be considered the first day of spring, climatological spring begins on March 1st and runs through May 31st. A lot more daylig...

The Illinois House Gun Violence Prevention Committee continues to hear proposals about gun control. State Representative Bob Morgan has a bill to increase the fee from $2 to $10 for when someone transfers a firearm to someone else. He said the extra funds would be used to go after those with expired or revoked Firearm...

The fight over taxpayer subsidies for non-citizen migrant health care in Illinois continues as a new audit shows Illinois taxpayers' costs ballooned beyond estimates. An Auditor General report on health benefits for Immigrant Seniors and Adults showed overall costs over two years was up to 286% higher than estimated, ...

(Chicago, IL) -- Illinois is touting a growing amount of medical debt relief in the state. The Illinois Medical Debt Relief Program has abolished more than 220-million-dollars in medical debt for another 170-thousand individuals statewide. The average amount of debt abolished per person during this round is nearly 13-h...

(Springfield, IL) -- Attorneys for the former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy charged in the killing of Sonya Massey last year want his trial to be relocated. Sean Grayson's lawyers filed a motion saying they don't believe he can get a fair trial in Sangamon County due to multiple factors, including extensive media co...

We could see some light rain today as we'll see highs creep up even a little more for today. We have a chance of light rain pretty much throughout the day today. But, we would otherwise see mostly cloudy skies for today with a high of 63. Winds from the south will gust up to 20 miles per hour for today. Those winds ...

There is a new poll question up at www.vandaliaradio.com In our previous poll, the vast majority of individuals voted they were concerned with Fayette County currently not having a contract with an ambulance service. As has been discussed, some kind of support may be needed to help an ambulance service to survive in F...

Illinois municipalities are waiting for full funding of state income tax revenues as they lose money from the elimination of the state's grocery tax. Illinois Municipal League CEO Brad Cole said Local Government Distributive Fund rates have grown incrementally to between six and seven percent. Cities have until October...

A new report says economic stability and reparations are key priorities for Black residents of Illinois. BlackRoots Alliance interviewed Black people across the state and found that compensation was only part of the package they hoped for with reparations. Respondents also cited financial literacy and generational weal...