Today's News

The Fayette County Board approved a preliminary engineering agreement last Thursday for a bridge on a county road northeast of Farina that has temporarily been closed to traffic.
The agreement with Rhutasel and Associates of Centralia is for a bridge over Dismal Creek on County Highway 28 (Altamont Road).
County Engineer Michael Maxey explained that the bridge was closed on March 14 due to a hole in the southbound lane of the bridge.

The Vandalia City Council approved a water services agreement with the Vandalia Park District that one alderman describes as a partnership to serve city residents.
Through the agreement, the city will not charge the park district for water used to fill the pool at the beginning of the pool’s season. That amount is estimated at 193,000 gallons.
For water used during the remainder of the swimming season, the park district will be billed at half the usual charge.

All seven of the Fayette County Home and Community Education units were represented as the annual Get-Acquainted Day potluck, program and auction fundraiser was held Thursday, April 12, at the Golden Years building in Brownstown.

Our Critter Neighbors, “Straight” & “Flash”
“Straight” and “Flash” are the two beautiful horses that live in the pasture along our lane and yard, along with our neighbor’s longhorn cattle. We enjoy watching them and enjoy their visits much.
They seem happy and are high-spirited much of the time. They sometimes act like mischievous boys, as they will suddenly chase the cows for a few minutes, as if they talked about it and said, “Let’s do it!”