A Vandalia man with life threatening injuries after a three vehicle crash at Mile Marker 124 on Westbound I-70 in Columbia yesterday (Thursday) afternoon. Police say it happened when a vehicle driven by 86 year old William McDowell of Vandalia was in the merging lane from the Stadium/I-70 on ramp and attempted to use the […]
United States Senator Roy Blunt making three stops in Missouri today (Saturday). Blunt started off touring flood damage in Clarksville and says there is a significant interest in a number of government agencies looking at the flooding in Missouri. Senator Blunt also took a tour of the new YMCA facility in Vandalia. The final stop […]
United States Senator Roy Blunt will be making several stops in mid-Missouri tomorrow. [Saturday] Blunt will visit Clarksville City Hall at 9am to survey flood damage with state and local officials. At 10:45 he will be making a stop at the Eastern Missouri Family YMCA in Vandalia, and his day will conclude with delivering the […]
A Vandalia man is in the Audrain County Jail facing drug charges after a traffic stop yesterday (Tuesday). According to the Audrain County Sheriff’s Office a deputy observed a pick up truck pull out in front of another motorist, nearly causing a crash around 4:49 yesterday (Tuesday) afternoon in the 5000 block of US Highway […]
Three people are now charged with murder in the shooting death of a 29 year old Fulton man early yesterday (Tuesday) morning. According to the Callaway County Sheriff’s Department Nathan Dean Pritchett Jr. was found dead on County Road 136, east of State Road JJ, south of Calwood around 2:41 yesterday (Tuesday) morning after a […]
Three new Green Energy Biogas Plants are getting set to be built in Eastern Audrain County. Green Energy Sustainable Solutions is making the announcement today (Friday) the plants will bring more than 145 million dollars in investment into the communities. The plants will utilize tons of swine waste, and tons of green biomass, to produce […]
The Audrain County Road and Bridge Department has been awarded a nearly $200 thousand grant to replace three aging vehicles in their fleet. The grant came from the Missouri Department of Natural Resources. The funds came from a 2016 settlement with Volkswagen relating to the company’s sale of 590 thousand vehicles that were found to […]
Fans of the Van-Far Indians have arrived at JQH Arena in Springfield.
The city of Vandalia is announcing a new chief of police. Logan Benjamin officially began his duties as Vandalia Police Chief on February 14th. Benjamin is replacing Chief Chris Hammann who took a job as police chief in New Haven. Benjamin has worked for the Vandalia Police Department since 2016, and was promoted to Corporal […]
The newly constructed Eastern Missouri YMCA in Vandalia will open their doors to the public on Monday. The YMCA will host an open house from 10AM until noon on Saturday. A ribbon cutting will follow. Plans for the new facility began in 2009, and the groundbreaking took place in November of 2017. The building features […]
