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14 hrs ago | Vandalia Leader Union

Vandalia officials' pay increases voted down

Vandalia plans to continue agressive recrcuitment efforts after Orgill picks Sikeston Within a week of learning that Vandalia will be losing one of its major employers, city officials voiced optimism about ...

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Related Topix: Fayette County, IL

Wed Jul 23, 2008

Vandalia Leader Union

Flour milling once a thriving business

Again this week, we turn to the historical archives found in back issues of The Vandalia Union newspaper.

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Related Topix: Fayette County, IL, St. Peter, IL, Baked Goods, Life, Food, Bread, St. Elmo, IL, Opinion

Vandalia Leader Union

Vandalia officials' pay increases voted down

Vandalia plans to continue agressive recrcuitment efforts after Orgill picks Sikeston Within a week of learning that Vandalia will be losing one of its major employers, city officials voiced optimism about ...

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Related Topix: Fayette County, IL

Thu Jul 17, 2008

Vandalia Leader Union

Kern resigns as AD; extra duties with closed campus

Delay on picking Wodtka's successor Marsha Wodtka still doesn't know who will serve as her temporary successor when she retires at the end of this month.

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Wed Jul 16, 2008

Vandalia Leader Union

Orgill campaign continues

Enhanced 911 on the November ballot Fayette County residents will decide in November whether Enhanced 911 service becomes available in this county.

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Related Topix: Fayette County, IL

Thu Jul 10, 2008

Vandalia Leader Union

City continuing negotiations with Orgill

City continuing negotiations with Orgill More than two weeks after Vandalia officials learned that the city s hopes of landing Orgill s new distribution center were being threatened, they continue to work on ...

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Vandalia Leader Union

Amy Fulk is new Miss Fayette County Fair

Frakes wins Junior Miss crown Sarah Frakes won the Junior Miss Fayette County title in a pageant held on Sunday at the Fayette County Fairgrounds in Brownstown.

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Related Topix: Fayette County, IL, Brownstown, IL

Vandalia Leader Union

Paper preserves Pennington story

Back in 1914, the editor of The Vandalia Union newspaper asked the old settlers to write down what they remembered about the county 50 years before.

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Related Topix: Shobonier, IL, Agriculture, Science, Fayette County, IL, Opinion

Tue Jul 08, 2008

Vandalia Leader Union

Miley Worker is new Little Miss Fayette County

Man accepts 12 years in prison for sex crime A rural Vandalia man accused of having sex with a minor female has agreed to go to prison.

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Related Topix: Vandalia Correctional Center, State Prisons, Fayette County, IL, Brownstown, IL, St. Elmo, IL

Mon Jul 07, 2008

Vandalia Leader Union

Legislators call for end to games with prisons

'> Friedel-Goggin battle continues-electoral board to convene on Monday A little more than two months after a county electoral board ruled that a Greenville attorney could not run as the Republican candidate ...

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Related Topix: Brownstown, IL, State Prisons, Stateville Correctional Center, Pontiac Correctional Center, Vandalia Correctional Center

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Vandalia Leader Union

Band's fundraiser cookout is Thursday

Vandalia's fight to keep Orgill continues Contrary to rumors that were circulating in the community late last week, Orgill Inc.

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Related Topix: Construction, Retail

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Vandalia Leader Union

Vandalia's fight to keep Orgill continues

Sheriff's office has dog to help sniff out drugs, missing persons The newest member of Fayette County Sheriff's Office law enforcement team does not sit behind the wheel in a squad car.

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Related Topix: Fayette County, IL, Construction, Retail

Thu Jun 26, 2008

Vandalia Leader Union

Sheriff's office has dog to help sniff out drugs, missing persons

CSX will fix Remann crossing After hearing numerous complaints from local residents, CSX Railroad plans to rehabilitate the Remann Street crossing.

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Wed Jun 18, 2008

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Illinois Man Sentenced on Child Pornography Charges

A. Courtney Cox, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Illinois, announced today that on June 12, 2008, MARK C. HUFFSTATLER, age 33 , of Vandalia, Illinois was sentenced in the United States ...

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Related Topix: US Federal Bureau of Investigation, US News

Mon Jun 16, 2008

US Department of Labor

Maryville, Vandalia and Silvis Health Care Facilities Pay $14,710 in...

MARYVILLE, VANDALIA AND SILVIS HEALTH CARE FACILITIES PAY $14,710 IN BACK WAGES AND ARE ASSESSED $8,400 IN PENALTIES FOR WAGE VIOLATIONS Springwood Associates, a limited partnership doing business in Maryville, ...

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Related Topix: Silvis, IL, Maryville, IL, Law, Employment / Labor Law, Springfield, IL, Springfield Metro

Sat Jun 14, 2008

Vandalia Leader Union

November vote on Enhanced 911 expected

Schools' state money is expected soon Though Gov. Rod Blagojevich said three weeks ago that he would release funds to complete the state s last two school aid payments of this fiscal year, local school ...

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Related Topix: Personal Finance, Retirement, Fayette County, IL

Thu Jun 12, 2008

Chicago Tribune

Columnist Mary Peyton Meyer, chronicled happenings in Frogtown, Ill., for 87 years, dies at age 102

For 87 years, quite likely a record for a weekly newspaper column, Mary Peyton Meyer kept track of just about anything that went on in Frogtown, a largely German-Lutheran farming community southeast of Vandalia ...

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Related Topix: St. Peter, IL, Chicago Metro, Fayette County, IL

Tue Jun 10, 2008

Vandalia Leader Union

Many changes in Shobonier since 1844

Shobonier, the only town in Kaskaskia Township, was established as a timber town in about 1844.

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Related Topix: Shabbona, IL, Chicago Metro, Opinion

Sun Jun 08, 2008

Vandalia Leader Union

Relay for Life is Saturday

Relay for Life is Saturday The annual event to raise money locally for the fight against cancer is held this weekend in Vandalia.

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Related Topix: Fayette County, IL

Fri Jun 06, 2008

Wentzville Journal

History comes to life through house tour

Area residents are invited to experience history in a variety of ways on Saturday when Citizens Reviving Historic Belleville hold their second annual Belles of Belleville Spring House Tour.

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