DEBORAH SIMCOX Correspondent       The Unity Baptist Church of Vandalia recently installed a new Pastor, Eddie Duke. Born in ...

The Vandalia boys track team won the South Central Conference track meet last week, and the girls team placed second. The ...

National Junior Honor Society at Vandalia Junior High School, completed three service projects for NJHS service week.      ...

Drake Lawler was the champion in four events and Allie Wilhelms won two events when the Mulberry Grove Shooting Aces competed ...

Abigail Portner is the 2025 recipient of the Sandra R. Stine Health & Physical Education Scholarship. The scholarship is ...

Meggan Mitchell of Vandalia, IL, was a candidate for graduation magna cum laude at Chadron State College with a Bachelor of Science.       CSC honored 245 candidates for bachelor’s degrees and 65 ...

FNB 71-48 4 VANDALIA BOWL 67-52 5 H & H LAWN SERVICE 62-57 6 SCFS 61-58 7 FREEDOM TAXIDERMY 59-60 8 DREAM TEAM 52-67 9 LAACK FLOORING 52-67 TEAM SCRATCH GAME 717 H & H 676 SCFS 649 ...

Nineteen members and three guests met on April 24, 2025 for the luncheon and meeting of the St. Elmo ExxonMobil Annuitants Club held at the Ponderosa Steakhouse in Vandalia.       The meeting began ...

The Vandalia Statehouse State Historic Site will host the annual Grand Levee, an annual celebration of the grand receptions held during the 1800s to honor government dignitaries and important visitors ...

Three hundred twenty students have been named to the Union University President’s List for the spring 2025 semester. Anna Forbes of Vandalia has been named one of the three hundred and twenty students ...

Ryan L. Reeter, 41, St. Elmo, was charged with one count of aggravated assault/discharge of firearm, one count of causing a child to be endangered, and one count of possession of drug paraphernalia on ...

DEBORAH SIMCOX               Correspondent       Although the Vandalia Park Board did not meet as scheduled last Thursday, this writer was contacted by the Manager of the Vandalia Swimming Pool Lisa ...