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Today's News

  • Book a look into the past

    Betty Miller recently presented the Friends of the Brownstown Branch Library with a photo album that holds a part of Brownstown’s history, a part of her late husband’s legacy.
    It is inscribed: “Presented to the Brownstown Branch Library, Aug. 24, 2010; Celebraton Memorial of the 125th Anniversary of Brownstown, June 24-25, 1995, Brownstown, Illinois,”  presented by the family of Mayor Jesse Miller, Betty, Julia and Ted.”

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  • Ogre greets, eats with local kids

    It would be a thrill for anyone to meet and talk with his or her hero or favorite television/movie personality … and that is exactly what the young Kirk brothers, Austin and Richard got to do recently. The visit came about thanks to their grandmother, Jodie Carnes Weaver, and some compassionate, understanding and professional people.
    They not only met “Shrek,” the big green ogre, but they lunched with him in his dressing room.

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  • Frogtown News

    By Belinda Harpster

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  • St. Elmo News

    By Anna Jean Rhodes

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  • Brownstown-Sefton News

    By Panzi Blackwell

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  • Sheriff's Arrest Log-Oct. 28, 2010

    • Vernon C. Martin, 27, Greenville, was arrested on Oct. 18 on charges of driving while his license is suspended or revoked and speeding. Bond was $15,000.
    • Jarvis R. Denning, 22, RR 1, Shobonier, was arrested on Oct. 18 on a warrant for criminal damage to property. Bond was $10,000.
    • Nicky L. Maness, 31, Shelbyville, was arrested on Oct. 18 for failure to appear in court on a charge of driving under the influence. Bond was $5,000.

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  • News Briefs (Oct. 28)

    New fire number
    The old emergency fire line number — 283-2121 — is not functioning and will be disconnected. Anyone wishing to report a fire should call 911 or 283-2131. Businesses and residents with remote alarm services should advise their alarm companies of this information.

    TIF meeting

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  • Teen stabbed at riverfront party

    A 19-year-old Vandalia man is scheduled to appear in Fayette Circuit Court on Nov. 3 after authorities say he repeatedly stabbed another teen at a party near the Kaskaskia River.
    Bo T. Blackwell, 605 N. Rock Island, was arrested Oct. 16 and charged with aggravated battery after witnesses told officials he stabbed Jerry Alsbury, 18, with a 3 ¾ - inch knife in the left side of his abdomen. Alsbury also suffered lacerations on his left arm, left leg and buttocks, according to a preliminary report filed with the Fayette County Sheriff’s Department.

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  • Williams, Hale marshals in Vandalia Lions' annual parade

    Presiding over this Thursday’s 68th annual Lions Halloween Parade will be two long-time members of that service club.
    Both Fayette County natives, the two – Cecil Williams and Wayne Hale – have been active Lions for decades.
    Williams has served in virtually every office within the club – including president in 1984-85 – and currently is on its board of directors.
    Hale, similarly, has contributed to the club in a variety of ways. But in the community, he is best known as an accomplished magician.

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  • Tons collected in FAYCO's inaugural recycling shipment

    More than 15.5 tons of materials have been diverted from landfills since a Vandalia agency began aiding local recycling efforts this fall, according to Kim Taylor, finance director for FAYCO Enterprises.
    The non-profit organization reports that it shipped about 10 tons of newspapers and magazines, five tons of cardboard and a half-ton of plastic for off-site processing in the first 60 days since it began facilitating most of the area’s recycling operations.

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