Vandalia News

Sesquicentennials don't come along every day. Now that the city has celebrated its past and put its heritage into perspective, maybe we should devote an equivalent number of dollars and an equivalent number of hours to figuring out the future.

Edwardsville and Holiday Shores both had problems with the intense rains that dampened the Memorial Day holiday.

The City of Vandalia has hired a Michigan-based firm to construct a two million square-foot sports and entertainment complex, with a 9,000-seat arena will be at the center of the development.

The Montgomery County Economic Development/Government Equity Advisory Committee on Friday, May 15, recommended funding seven projects with $1.2 million from the county's 2009 Primary Economic Development Fund of ED/GE. The funding recommendations will be considered by county commissioners at a meeting on May 19.

Muncie - Elvin E. 'Wheel' Telford, 82, passed away Saturday, May 2, 2009 at Ball Memorial Hospital.

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Pat Quinn today announced that 11 of the state historic sites closed late last year are re-opened to the public.

A worship service this Sunday seeks to promote racial reconciliation in the city.

Memorial Day is observed in numerous communities in rural Southern Illinois where patriotic feeling runs strong.

The National Road Association of Illinois has donated two framed, full-color posters to Marshall Public Library that detail Lincoln's visits and work in Marshall and what he did in other National Road ...

A group of Montgomery County residents wants to showcase a new side of Abraham Lincoln in Hillsboro, but they're counting on public help to make the project a reality.

Last week's snow and ice created new problems on Monday as melting drifts swelled creeks and rivers around Illinois.

Larry Scott and Rich Denother are two of the dedicated volunteers who will serve the annual Christmas dinner to the public at College Avenue Presbyterian Church in Alton.

VANDALIA, Ill. - An anonymous Vandalia-area resident has stepped forward with enough money to keep the doors of the Vandalia State House State Historic Site open through the end of the fiscal year.

The National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory in effect until 9 a.m. this morning.

For many years, published writer and Vandalia resident Rhonda Bishop knew she had a "book inside" of herself.