The Southeastern Illinois Community Foundation is pleased to announce that six Effingham County nursing students have been ...

BY MARK HOSKINS A St. Elmo man is facing several charges stemming from an incident on Thursday, June 19 in which a SWAT team ...

PM Reverand Scott Niermann from Racine, Wisconsin was installed as the new Pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Altamont, IL ...

Local 4-H participants “learn by doing,” and the fair is their opportunity to demonstrate the knowledge and skills they have gained throughout their time in 4-H as they display their projects. 4-H ...

Boy to Madelyn and Andrew Brenner of Mascoutah on May 2; Girl to Tiffani Lackey of Germantown on May 2; Boy to Emily and Michael Beavin of Salem on May 7; Girl to Lindsey and Drake Utech of Breese on ...

Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hospital will offer sports physicals for athletes for the 2025-2026 school year.       The physicals will be performed in SBL FCH Express Care, located at 1442 North ...

STL Cardinals blood drive (sponsored by the Vandalia Rotary Club), from, 11-5, in the Vandalia Moose Lodge hall   -7/10, Ramsey American Legion blood drive, from 2-6, held at the Ramsey American ...

State Senator Jason Plummer (R-Edwardsville) is calling for the immediate withdrawal of Latoya Hughes’ nomination as Director of the Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC), citing ongoing safety ...

MGHS Alumni Banquet was held Saturday, June 14, 2025, in the Mulberry Grove Elementary gym. This year’s patriotic theme ...

Vandalia’s Tourism Center       When I think of a tourism center I think about our nation’s National Parks. Places like that receives millions of visitors each year. Building and maintaining a tourism ...

By Martha Diaz Aszkenazy, Chair, National Newspaper Association Publisher, The San Fernando Valley (California) Sun/El Sol Newspapers       The United States Postal Service is on the brink of a ...

DEBORAH SIMCOX Correspondent       The regular Tuesday, June 17 Vandalia Community Unit District #203 meeting was preceded by the Budget Hearing at which Superintendent Dr. Jennifer Garrison presented ...