Today's News

• Devin J. Mathis, 19, 320 W. Jackson St., Vandalia, was arrested on April 30 on a charge of illegal consumption of alcohol by a minor. Bond was $1,000.
• Jacob Nishke, 20, 1525 Shelley Drive, Vandalia, was arrested on April 30 on charges of driving while his license is suspended or revoked and operation of an uninsured motor vehicle. Bond was $1,500.
• Monty E. Evans, 31, Altamont, was arrested on April 29 for failure to appear in court in Fayette, Effingham and Coles counties. Bond totaled $152,000.

Vandalia residents will have an opportunity on Monday night to learn more about the electrical aggregation issue they approved in the April election.
During that hearing, a summary of the plan of operations and governance will be presented. That plan will explain the implementation of the opt-out municipal electricity aggregation plan.
The roles of both the city and its aggregation consultant, Good Energy, “will be defined as they relate to various stages of the process,” according to the city’s legal notice for the meeting.

The Vandalia Correctional Center staff welcomed six new residents on Monday. Those new residents are unlike any others housed at any prison in Illinois.

LITCHFIELD – Senior Sierah Ruffner repeated as South Central Conference high jump champion, and Vandalia had six other placers on Tuesday to finish sixth at the SCC meet at Litchfield High School.

Ruffner cleared 5 feet, 2 inches with ease on her first attempt at that height to win the event, and nearly was able to get over two more inches, just nicking the bar on her second attempt at 5 feet, 4 inches.

Pana’s Allie Schoonover and Gillespie’s Kayli Morris each cleared 5 feet, but did not threaten Ruffner at 5-2.