Norma J. Morton, age 96, of Charleston, Ill., passed away peacefully on Thursday, Feb. 26, at Willow Breeze Hospice House in Mattoon, Ill., with her son and daughter by her side. She was born on July ...

Salem Community High School will officially be joining the Southern Illinois River to River Conference for the 2026-2027 school year. Teams in the River To River are Anna-Jonesboro, Benton, ...

The Amateur Trapshooting Association’s (ATA) Grand American championships, one of the premier events in shooting sports, returns to the World Shooting and Recreational Complex in Sparta July 30 ...

Drake Lawler was the champion in four events and Allie Wilhelms won two events when the Mulberry Grove Shooting Aces competed in the Sam Jenny Memorial Shoot and Illini Indian Shoot at the Highland ...

Eastern Illinois University is proud to recognize academic excellence by naming high achieving students to the Spring 2025 Dean’s List. This honor recognizes students who have achieved a GPA of 3.8 or ...

Fayette County Art Connection recently held its first art show at the Alice Hudders Art Gallery inside the Kaskaskia College Vandalia Center. Dillion Whitten, Art Attendand of the gallery says, “This ...

Karen Lee Hale, age 83, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 24, at her home in Rural Shobonier, IL surrounded by her family. Karen was born March 5, 1942 in Hamilton, IL, the daughter of Melvin Alonzo Martin ...

A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held at 5:30 p.m. next Thursday for Vandalia School District’s new Culbertson Wrestling and Fitness Center.

Warchol, a 2020 graduate of St. Elmo High School, is the daughter of Chad and Monica Wilhour. She and her husband, Andrew, reside in Virginia Beach, Va., where Andrew is serving in the U.S, Navy. They ...

Rita Orr Grull presents Sandra Stine with a quilt she made from donated shirts. Stine is a retired Brownstown teacher and currently substitutes. She was involved in a house fire in December.

Fayette County was a veritable wilderness when white man first entered her dense forests and bewildering prairies. Several old buffalo trails passed through the area, used by Indians and later by the ...

At this past Thursday’s School Board meeting, the Vandalia School Board approved VCHS’s new principal, current Athletic Director Jason Clay. With current VCHS principal Randy Protz retiring after next ...