Craig Leroy Hart, 76, of Vandalia, passed away on Friday, October 24, 2025 at his home. He was born Oct. 22, 1949 in St. Louis, Mo., the son of Leroy and Delores (Fortuna) Hart. He married Carolyn ...

Seth Matthew Smith, age 43, of Vandalia, passed away on Friday, September 19, 2025 at St. John’s Hospital in Springfield, IL. Seth was born December 8, 1981 the son of Mickey “Mick” Gene Smith and ...

Sarah Bush Lincoln Fayette County Hospital is pleased to announce that Greenville Family Medicine will officially join Sarah Bush Lincoln Health System effective January 1, 2026. The partnership ...

G. Roger Asplin, of Altamont, IL, went to be with his savior Jesus Christ on October 3, 2025. He was born in Neillsville, WI on May 29th, 1946, to Hubert Asplin and Vivian (Kinslow) Asplin. He and his ...

Earl Pemberton, 71, of Brownstown, died at 11:15 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021 at Aperion Care, St. Elmo. A funeral service will be held at 3 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021 at the First Christian ...

Storms hit Fayette County on Sunday night and left some parts of the county under water. With totals ranging from 7 inches of rain to 13 ½ inches over a 24 hour period, the storm impacted the area ...

On Tuesday evening, a new Miss Effingham County Fair Queen was crowned. Of the six candidates vying for the crown, Krista Philips was ultimately handed the title at the end of an exciting pageant.

A four-day trial that included cell phone records and blood evidence ended with the conviction of a Mulberry Grove charged with the 2017 murder of a rural Brownstown man. A Fayette County jury ...

The Lion of Judah Power Ministry, a non-denominational church, has been gaining in members since its initial meeting at Los Amigos in November. The new church is led by Neva and C. W. Carter. The name ...

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 with the ...

A 24 year-old St. Elmo man was killed in a single vehicle accident on a rural road northwest of Ramsey early Saturday morning. Alexander D. Lawinger was the operator of a motorcycle that missed a ...

Editor: Tony Angeloni [email protected] The NBRA (National Boat Racing Association) will end their season in Vandalia on September 5th and run through the 7th. Currently Braxton Miller is leading ...