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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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       At the Monday, June 16 Vandalia City Council Meeting, Lee Beckman, of Milano & Grunloh Engineers presented an update of the Engineer’s Report which included:   ...

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 ...

Rotary Club meeting, Rotarian Zoriana Mills introduced Megan Hall, Director of Development at Eden’s Glory—an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...