BY MARK HOSKINS The little community park located at the corner of 4th and Lincoln, known as Norie’s Yard has received some ...

On Monday evening, a new Miss Fayette County Fair Queen was crowned. Of the nine candidates vying for the crown, Avery Myers ...

Fayette County Art Connection recently held its first art show at the Alice Hudders Art Gallery inside the Kaskaskia College ...

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

The Illinois Secretary of State’s office is awarding nearly $1 million in grant funding to libraries throughout Southern Illinois to ensure access to quality resources and programming for nearly ...

Illinois Farm Bureau and the Illinois Press Foundation today announce the awarding of grants to 26 high school journalism efforts throughout the state. The awards are part of the Illinois High School ...

Melissa Schilling of Brownstown has been named to the Blackburn College Dean’s List. Students named to the Dean’s List must earn a grade point average of 3.6 or higher for the semester. Schilling ...

Old Kroger Building       I’m not a property owner in downtown but if I were I would like to think the City Council would be supportive of any reasonable attempts to repurposing an abandoned property.

DEBORAH SIMCOX Correspondent       At the regular Vandalia Park Board meeting on Thursday, July 10, Park Supervisor Kent Torbeck reported that, due to the recent rain, the main hangar at Vandalia ...

Current leadership following in the footsteps The recent and current leadership of the Vandalia Volunteer Fire Department represent multi-generational service to the department. Mark Meadows stepped ...

Tools for School for Fayette County students has begun the 2025 fund raising and purchasing school supplies. Last school year, over 500 school children, age 4 Preschool through college in Brownstown; ...

DEBORAH SIMCOX Correspondent       In the Committee Reports at the Fayette County Board Meeting on Tuesday, July 8, Sheriff Ronnie Stevens reiterated the plumbing issues that he had presented at the ...