BY MARK HOSKINS In December of 2024, Karly Brummer, who was then a freshman at ACHS, received the horrible news of a positive ...

Vandalia took third place at the prestigious Abe’s Rumble in Springfield over the weekend. The Vandals were 8-1 at the ...

Brownstown/St. Elmo picked up three wins to advance to the championship game of the Dieterich Holiday Tournament. The Lady ...

The Illinois State Fair is transitioning to digital ticketing for 2026. Illinois Department of Agriculture Jerry Costello II ...

Kylie Marie Kutz 14 of Vandalia passed away Nov. 14, 2025. Kylie was born Jan. 21, 2011 to Megan Zeller and Jason Kutz. She was later adopted as Kylie Toberman. She is survived by her mother Megan ...

Clarence Robert Alender passed away peacefully on Dec. 16, at Villas of Holly Brook in Bethalto, Illinois. Clarence was born on Jan. 23, 1932, in Assumption, Christian County, Illinois, the son of ...

Rev. Houston Cullen Jackson, age 94, of Fillmore, IL passed away Dec. 20, at Hillsboro Health in Hillsboro, IL. Houston was born Dec. 10, 1931 in Vina, Alabama the son of James Killis Jackson and ...