LLCU announced the appointment of Blake Reynolds as the new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of LLCU, effective Tues., April 8th, 2025. Reynolds has 27 years of experience in the banking and financial ...

U.S. District Court within the Southern District of Illinois, a magistrate judge ordered a Vandalia man be held in custody without bail after he was charged with attempting to entice a minor to engage ...

BY MARK HOSKINS       Two children were seriously injured last Friday in St. Elmo when a gun went off while being cleaned. St. Elmo Police Chief Jeremy Scruggs reported that the department received a ...

Richard A. Wernle, 21, Vandalia, pled guilty on Wednesday, Apr. 16 to Aggravated Criminal Sexual Abuse and was sentenced to four years in IDOT (Illinois Department of Corrections).   -Sarah M. Grove, ...

The Fayette County HCE held their HCE bee class on Saturday, April 12, 2025 at the new Evans Public Library.       Becky ...

South Central FFA attended Section Dairy Judging CDE in Greenville, Illinois.       Evan Hoover placed 2nd in the section and ...

On Tuesday, April 1, 2025 a majority of voters against the County leadership’s proposal to fund a new County Complex Building with a 1% Sales tax to be paid over 35 years. The documentation shared ...

DEBORAH SIMCOX Correspondent       On Monday, April 21, 2025, the final Vandalia City Council Meeting at which Mayor Ricky ...

CEFS Economic Opportunity Corporation are recognizing CEFS volunteers that have contributed to CEFS’ mission of providing opportunities in our communities through education and support to achieve and ...

South Central 4, Brownstown/St. Elmo Four  South Central pitchers combined for a no-hitter against Brownstown/St. Elmo. South ...

-Boy to Jessa and John Book of Trenton on March 5; -Boy to Jamie and Tony Loepker of Bartelso on March 5; -Boy to Montana Ford of Carlyle on March 6; -Girl to Haley Amos of Highland on March 6; ...

DEBORAH SIMCOX Correspondent       At the regular Vandalia Park Board meeting on Thursday, April 10 Park Supervisor Kent Torbeck reported these damages from the recent extreme weather: a split tree in ...