We are looking at partly sunny, windy and warmer conditions during the day today. We'll see partly sunny skies with a high of 89. Winds from the southeast will gust better than 20 miles per hour today. Meanwhile, we have a threat of severe weather tonight. Our forecast calls for scattered showers and storms for tonig...

Despite talk to the contrary, interest in solar and wind farm projects for the area remains strong. Fayette County Board member Merrill Collins says there is still a lot of interest in such projects. The Fayette County Board approved a solar farm project at Tuesday's meeting, that Collins will be about 200 acres south ...

A Fayette County Sheriff's Deputy was presented with a Life Saving Award during Tuesday's Fayette County Board meeting. Fayette County Sheriff Ronnie Stevens told the story of the event and also showed the board the body cam footage from the event. Sheriff Stevens says that on April 24th at 4:30 pm there was a call to...

State Representative Blaine Wilhour addressed the crowd during Illinois Gun Owner Lobby Day in Springfield. IGOLD has become the largest demonstration of citizens promoting gun owners' rights in the United States. After a downtown rally, the group marched to the Capitol Building for a second rally in front of the Linc...

(Springfield, IL) -- Lawyers for the former Sangamon County Sheriff's deputy charged in the killing of Sonya Massey last year are asking the Illinois Supreme Court to release him from custody as he awaits trial. Sean Grayson's defense argued for his release yesterday before the state's high court. They claim Grayson wo...

While there is a threat of severe weather on Thursday, the bigger threat of severe weather for the area is on Friday. The National Weather Service in St. Louis says severe thunderstorms are expected to develop largely along and south of I-44 (MO) and I-70 (IL) during the afternoon and evening on Friday. The main hazard...

Podcast #2 with Vandalia Mayor Doug Knebel and City Administrator LaTisha Paslay. We discuss infrastructure projects that are currently ongoing and others that will be coming up in the near future.

We will be sunny and warmer today. We could see an isolated shower today in the afternoon, but we will otherwise see sunny skies with a high of 82. Then, a chance of an isolated shower or storm tonight with a low of 67. Meanwhile, we have a threat of severe weather on both Thursday and Friday. The National Weather Se...

A Vandalia woman has been sentenced to prison time in Fayette County Court. 37 year old Veronica N. Stokes of Vandalia had her probation revoked and was sentenced to 3 years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for the offense of Aggravated Battery/Great Bodily Harm. Stokes was sentenced in Fayette County Court b...

The Fayette County Board has approved a new solar project. At their meeting on Tuesday night, the Fayette County Board approved a new solar project. Fayette County Board member Merrell Collins explains the details and the area of the project. Meanwhile, Collins says--despite rumors to the contrary--the interest in sol...

We hear more today on the Veteran's Assistance Commission, which will soon be in Fayette County. The Commission will be able to provide assistance and information to area veterans. Chairman Tom Lucken says so many Veterans are simply not aware of all the benefits they have. Lucken says they are currently looking for ...

House Republican members held a press conference in Springfield on Tuesday to discuss wasteful spending cuts and DOGE opportunities in Illinois. State Representative Blaine Wilhour says Illinois certainly has a spending problem. Wilhour added the state is spending more now than ever on education and the proficiencies a...

(Winnebago Co., IL) -- The West Nile Virus is present in Winnebago County. Health officials say a mosquito batch collected on May 9th in Rockford tested positive for the virus. It was the first mosquito pool to test positive for West Nile in Illinois this year. Last year, health officials reported that 72 counties...

We are looking at scattered showers and storms for today. We have a chance of showers and storms today--mainly this afternoon with otherwise mostly cloudy skies for today with a high of 76. Then, we could see some isolated showers and storms tonight with a low of 59. Meanwhile, warmer temperatures are on the way for t...

An American Red Cross Blood Drive is being held today in Vandalia. The blood drive is going on today from 11 am to 5 pm at the Vandalia Moose Lodge at 328 South 3rd Street in Vandalia. It is sponsored by the Vandalia Rotary Club.