The Vandalia City Council will hold a work session on Monday with more discussion on Business Districts. The meeting will be at 3:30 pm on Monday, November 18th at Vandalia City Hall. Adam Stroud with PGAV will be on hand to explain the process of a Business District. The public is invited to attend.

We will see some sunshine later on today. We are looking at gradually clearing skies for today with a high of 55. Then, mostly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 38. Meanwhile, we'll have a bit of a warm up this weekend. We will see a high around 60 on Saturday and up to 65 on Sunday.

The City of Vandalia's Olde Tyme Christmas Celebration is set for two days of events in downtown Vandalia and will kick off with some favorite events to open the festivities tonight. The celebration will be open 4:30 to 9:00pm Friday evening with the nights largest events starting at 5:30 with the official lighting of ...

The current longest tenured City of Vandalia Alderman will seek another term. On Thursday, Mike Hobler turned in his petition to run for re-election. Hobler has served as a City of Vandalia Alderman since May 29th of 1997. Hobler will have a contested race as Charles "Chuck" Fitch has turned in his petition...

We hear again today from Jody Osborne of the Tiger Lily in downtown Vandalia as they are celebrating 35 years in business. Osborne talks about the progression of the business over the years. Also, Tiger Lily will be open for Olde Tyme Christmas both this evening and again on Saturday.

Prosecutors have introduced a series of new witnesses, documents and recordings at the corruption trial of the former speaker of the Illinois House. Government attorneys displayed documents related to Michael Madigan and codefendant Michael McClain's dealings with ComEd and payments to Madigan's allies for jobs which p...

(Chicago, IL) -- Illinois is touting a growing amount of medical debt relief in the state. Illinois' Medical Debt Relief Pilot Program has relieved more than 72-million-dollars worth of medical debt for over 52-thousand Illinois residents. This debt abolishment is part of the state's commitment to erase around one-bill...

(Lake Co., IL) -- Lawyers for the Highland Park July 4th parade shooting suspect are asking a Lake County judge to ban hours of police interrogation video from the upcoming trial. During a court hearing yesterday, Robert Crimo the third's defense argued that police violated his constitutional rights by not giving him c...

We are looking at a mostly cloudy, windy and cool fall day today. We do have a chance of some light rain this morning, but we'll otherwise see cloudy skies for today with a high of 55. Winds out of the northwest will gust better than 20 miles per hour for today. Then, we are looking at mostly cloudy skies for tonight...

The "Hope For Hudson" Bake Sale will be held today in Vandalia. The benefit is to help support Hunter Winters and his family during a difficult time. There will be Lemonade and Bake Goods for sale at Little Lambs 2 at 1805 West Fletcher Street in Vandalia and will be going on from 11:30 am to 2:30 pm. Also, ...

The Fayette County Board has approved Bellwether to remain as the County Administrator. During the meeting, Board Chairman Jacob Harris talked about the benefit of having Bellwether handling financial issues for the county. The cost remains the same at $7,000 per month. The issue was unanimously approved.

The City of Vandalia's Olde Tyme Christmas Celebration is set for two days of events in downtown Vandalia this weekend and will kick off with some favorite events to open the festivities on Friday night. The celebration will be open 4:30 to 9:00pm Friday evening with the nights largest events starting at 5:30 with the ...

The Tiger Lily in downtown Vandalia is celebrating 35 years in business. The Tiger Lily Flower and Gift Shop at 131 North 5th Street in downtown Vandalia is celebrating the milestone. Owner Jody Osborne talks about how she got started in the business. Meanwhile, Osborne and the Tiger Lily are gearing up for Olde Tyme ...

(Springfield, IL) -- Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Colorado Governor Jared Polis are forming a coalition of governors which they say is to strengthen democracy during Donald Trumps' second term as president. The goal of Governors Safeguarding Democracy is to protect state-level institutions of democracy. The nonpar...

Showers and storms will set up over the area for today and tonight. The forecast for today calls for showers and thunderstorms with a high of 58. Winds out of the southeast will gust better than 20 miles per hour for today. Then, showers and storms for tonight with a low of 49. The National Weather Service in St. Lou...

The Fayette County Board is looking at funding options for a new Courthouse and Jail. A few different issues in regards to the potential new courthouse and jail were discussed during Tuesday's monthly Fayette County Board meeting. One issue that was brought up was to see a further increase in solar projects for the co...

Tuesday was the first day to file petitions for the April 1st Consolidated Election. There will be a contested race for Vandalia Mayor. Doug Knebel and Bobby Pate both filed their petitions on Tuesday morning. There will be a lottery to determine who will appear first on the ballot on Tuesday, November 19th at 8:30 a...

(Chicago, IL) -- A key prosecution witness will return to the stand today in the racketeering trial of former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Fidel Marquez testified for a fourth day yesterday, facing several hours of cross-examination from Michael McClain's defense attorney. The ComEd executive wore a wire for...

(Chicago, IL) -- Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is launching the first-ever Conviction Integrity Unit within his office. The unit is designed to evaluate the integrity of convictions throughout the state. The CIU will investigate claims of innocence to determine whether new evidence proves the innocence of indiv...

It will be sunny and mild today. We are looking at sunny skies for today with a high of 55. Then, partly cloudy skies for tonight with a low of 39. Meanwhile, rain in on the way to the area for Wednesday and Wednesday night. The National Weather Service in St. Louis says widespread showers are expected Wednesday, wit...