On Thursday morning, April 24th, a South Central School District bus caught fire on Illinois Route 185 near Loogootee.      ...

Alexandra “Alex” Frazier and Benjamin “Ben” Frazier of Vandalia welcomed Demi Leann Frazier on April 15th 2025 at 12:34 P.M.       Demi Leann Frazier is granddaughter to Dawn and Kevin Crain of Farina ...

By Tony Angeloni Editor             When I think about all the things my mom has done for my family, it is only right to ...

Ramsey Community blood drive, running from 2-6, in the Ramsey Grade School cafeteria   -5/13, Dutch Prairie Community blood drive, running from 1:30-6:30, held at Heartland Carriage   -5/13, Vandalia ...

Southeast Missouri State University’s (SEMO) student newspaper, Arrow, won 21 awards during the Missouri College Media Association Awards ceremony in Warrensburg, MO, on April 12, repeating first ...

Rotary Club meeting, Rotarian Chuck Hutson proudly introduced his daughter, Jessica Hutson, as the featur ed speaker. Jessica ...

On Wednesday April 23, 2025 at 9:53am the Vandalia Police Department was dispatched to a traffic crash at the intersection of ...

The Brownstown Board of Education met in Regular Session on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. Approval was given for the following:   -Superintendent to advertise for bread and milk bids;   -Membership in the ...

Commercial Electric recently donated $5,000 to Friends and Families of Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hos pital to support ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...