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Today's News

  • Vandalia Mutual nearing its 125th anniversary

    The word “mutual” can be defined as “generally shared in, or participated in, by members of a community,” which is probably the reason the word was incorporated into the title of Vandalia Mutual Fire County Insurance Co. when it was chartered on March 29, 1888, and organized on April 7, 1888.

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  • Alderman addresses city's appearance

    One of Vandalia’s alderman said at Monday’s city council meeting that he would like to see an effort to improve the city’s appearance.
    “We have a lot of houses in the city of Vandalia that have been abandoned, (are) dilapidated, some people living in some that they probably shouldn’t be living in,” Terry Beesley said.
    “If anybody’s got any ideas – just think about it, what we can do, maybe we can budget more next year to get some of these knocked down,” Beesley said.

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  • Water order still in effect

    With the rehabilitation of one of its water towers completed and that tower ready for use, the city of Vandalia is back to its normal water storage capacity.
    But, because of the ongoing hot and dry weather conditions, the city is continuing its voluntary water conservation order.
    The city council on Monday night approved the final payment of $86,400 to Quality Assured Industrial Coatings of Alton for its work on the Thrill Hill water tower.

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  • 'It's not a pretty sight'

    It started out so well.

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  • Post 95 falters after fast start at Mattoon

    After a promising start in the first two days of the Mattoon Firecracker Classic left the Vandalia Sr. Legion squad with a 3-0 record, Post 95 had a tough time last Friday, falling to Lincoln, 5-2, and Shelby County, 7-3, to miss out on the championship round.

    After the tournament, Vandalia’s record stood at 12-8.

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    CHARLESTON – All that was needed to win the game was a flyball to the outfield or a simple base hit.

    But Mitch Wolff wasn’t taking any chances.

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  • Earnest helps Team USA to gold medal

    Vandalia native Jessica Earnest led Junior Team USA to the gold medal on Sunday at the World Youth Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.

    In the championship round, Earnest led her team, with a 217, as the girls defeated Singapore, 850-799.

    In the semifinals, Team USA took down two-time defending champion Korea, 924-846.

    “I think even just being picked to represent Junior Team USA here was a big accomplishment,” Earnest told bowl.com. “We went out and we won team gold, and that was our goal from the beginning of the week.

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  • Vandals go 4-3 in final shootout

    Vandalia’s boys basketball team finished with a 4-3 record in the final summer shootout, but its fundamental weaknesses showed against some of its competition.

    St. Elmo also played in the shootout, going 2-4 in pool play and losing its tournament game in overtime.

    The Vandals were outrebounded by several teams during the shootout, especially last Friday in a pool play loss to Harrisburg and a tournament loss to Marshall.

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  • Jr. Legion team has strong finish to week

    Vandalia’s Jr. Legion team had mixed results in the past week, starting off the week with losses to Roxana and Mattoon, but sweeping a doubleheader from Bluford on Sunday.

    Upcoming games are at Breese on Friday (6 p.m. doubleheader), at Mattoon on Saturday (6 p.m. doubleheader), at Teutopolis next Monday (6 p.m. doubleheader) and at Granite City next  Tuesday (5:30 p.m. seven-inning game).

    The District Tournament opens up in Teutopolis next Thursday.

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  • Lady Vandals fall in doubleheader with EAWR

    Playing without all of its regular starters, the Vandalia High School softball team was swept in a doubleheader against East Alton-Wood River last Thursday.

    EAWR won the first game, 10-3, and then the second, 13-0, but coach Brian Buscher said that is not indicative of how the team is likely to play next spring.

    “We haven’t had nine starters there yet,” Buscher said. “We haven’t done a terrible job, with several players going to new positions.

    “We’re working on things, and that’s what summer is about,” he said. “We’re doing stuff right and getting better.”

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  • Coaches encourage athletes to beat the heat with water

    The extreme heat that crossed the region at the end of last week was approached in different ways by area coaches.

    At the Mattoon Firecracker Classic, Vandalia’s Sr. Legion team played two games last Thursday afternoon and one game last Friday afternoon in temperatures above 100 degrees.

    Coach Andy Rincker encouraged his players to sip from cups of water while Post 95 was on offense in an effort to beat the heat.

    But what he really would have liked was a more compact schedule.

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