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The Mulberry Grove Shooting Aces last week competed in the AIM Grand at the World Shooting Complex in Sparta. Individual ...
Jason Clay experiences more success, state and national honors in final season as wrestling coach By RICH BAUER To say that ...
Grand American runs July 31 through Aug. 9       The Amateur Trapshooting Association’s (ATA) Grand American championships, one of the premier events in shooting sports, returns to the World Shooting ...
Editor: Tony Angeloni news@leaderunion.com       On Saturday, the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office received a call that a 9-year old female was “actively drowning” and stuck under a log near Wren ...
Kaskaskia College proudly recognizes Linda Stover, Vice Chairman of the Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees, who was recently honored as a finalist for the 2025 Ray Hartstein Trustee Achievement Award ...
Editor: Tony Angeloni news@leaderunion.com       The Vandalia Park District posted on social media on Wednesday July 30th about the Vandalia swimming pool asking for community support. The post was as ...
DEBORAH SIMCOX               Correspondent       At the Monday, August 4 Vandalia City Council Meeting, under Announcement & Concerns,       Scott Stratton of First Spear, with Atlas 46, offered ...
The Vandalia girls Summer Basketball League recently wrapped up its sessions. The summer league for girls in grades 3-8 was headed up by VCHS Lady Vandals head girls basketball coach Mark Rinehart.
A focus on the future of hunting       This past weekend, the Delta Waterfowl Carlyle Lake Chapter played a pivotal role in supporting the Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) Hunter Safety ...
At the July 22 Rotary Club meeting, Dale Timmerman shared a brief history of how Vandalia’s tourism and industrial development efforts shifted from the Chamber of Commerce to the City of Vandalia.
By: Ben Szalinski Capitol News Illinois       A new law signed by Gov. JB Pritzker on Monday will make it easier for police to remove squatters who are illegally staying at a residence.      ...
The Kaskaskia College Board of Trustees convened for its monthly meeting on Monday, July 28, 2025, at the Kaskaskia College main campus. Trustees in attendance included Bill Hawley (Odin), Linda ...