Local News

Vandalia's inaugural Lincoln Heritage Festival was held over the weekend, featuring a lot of activities and some presentations about Vandalia during the time that Abraham Lincoln served as a state representative at the Vandalia Statehouse.

A rural Brownstown man has been sentenced to eight years in prison after pleading guilty last week.
Erich S. Kraemer, 24, last Tuesday signed a guilty plea for the charges of possession of methamphetamine precursors and theft more than $500.
Judge James Roberts sentenced Kraemer to eight years in prison on the charge alleging that on April 26 of this year, he possessed pseudoephedrine “in a form other than a standard dose form, with the intent that it be used to manufacture (10-20 grams) of a substance containing methamphetmine.”

A judge ruled last week that the Illinois State Police must turn over records and documents related to its relationship with a witness in the case of a Farina man who is charged with trying to arrange for the murder of his wife.
That judge will then review items that are presented by the state police, then provide a written decision on whether those items may be released to the attorney for Mark G. Fulk.

The women at St. James Lutheran Church in Vandalia will be having a rummage sale in the church gymnasium on Friday, July 19, from 8 a.m.-5 p.m., and on Saturday, July 20, from 8 a.m. until noon.

In conjunction with the Rummage Sale we will also be conducting a sealed bid, reserve, auction.  The three items to be sold by means of a sealed bid are: