Vandalia News

The bare bones of this story had been told to me over the years by my Dad and by the son of the Mr Halford in the story, my Great Uncle Ray.

Joe's Pizza and Pasta has opened up its newest location at 144 E. Ferguson in Wood River, the former site of Sgt.

In this April 2004 file photo, eighty-six inmates share a dormitory at the minimum-security Vandalia Prison in Vandalia, Ill.

This Feb. 18, 2004 file photo shows, a metal gate that blocks the main entrance to the Vandalia Correctional Center, in Vandalia, Ill.

State police say a vehicle driven by 19-year-old Cameron Jackson-Bey of Chicago ran off the road and struck a guardrail along I-70 Westbound, four miles east of Vandalia.