Today's News

Sometimes it’s easy to overlook the contributions and the capabilities of local people. Often those people are passed over in favor of outsiders when openings come up.
Thankfully, that wasn’t the case when the city of Vandalia began its search for a police chief.
In fact, Jeff Ray has been serving as sergeant and periodically as acting chief during the past year when Chief Larry Eason has been struggling with health issues. Eason said last month that he did not want to seek reappointment.

By Sharon Mueller
It was another beautiful day for Evergreen Outreach on Monday. Entertaining those present were the Jefferson Primary School pre-school students. They sang several “fish” songs, per their unit study, assisted by two teachers, Mrs. Abendroth and Mrs. Smith, and two teacher aides.

Mayor Rick Gottman displays at Monday's city council meeting a photograph that was recently given to City Clerk Peggy Bowen and her staff. Gottman said that Randall Bresee had visited the office for assistance, and to thank Bowen and her staff, he enlarged and framed a photo of the Vandalia Statehouse that he had taken. Bowen is seated at the left of the photo.