Author Archives: Steve Brandy

Vermilion Co Sheriff's Department Testing for Correctional Officer Positions
THE FOLLOWING IS A VERMILION COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE RELEASE We will be testing for the position of Correctional Officer on Thursday, February 6th. The time and location of the testing will be ...
Steve Brandy Jan 08, 2025

Danville City Council Discovers Mistake in Voting Rules; New Budget and Gasoline Tax Change to be Revisited
City of Danville Corporation Council Leon Parker has informed the City Council that they've been referring to the wrong rules when it comes to determining a majority vote. Danville has 14 elected City...
Steve Brandy Jan 07, 2025

Area State Legislators Prepare for End of Old Session, Start of New Session
ABOVE: Democratic State Senator Paul Faraci (left) and Republican State Senator Chapin Rose (right) are among area state legislators finishing out the 103rd General Assembly, with the 104th General As...
Steve Brandy Jan 07, 2025

Danville Police Arrest Champaign Man on Aggravated Unlawful Use of Weapon & Possession of 500-plus Grams of Cannabis Charges
THE FOLLOWING IS A DANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASE On Monday evening around 8:30 p.m., a Danville Police Officer stopped a vehicle in the area of the 1500 block of Crestview Drive due to reg...
Steve Brandy Jan 07, 2025

Danville Police Training Center Extending Reach for Law Enforcement
THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE ARTICLE BY JENNIFER BAILEY ABOVE: The Training Center Entrance DANVILLE - The new police training center has been a busy place for learning since it opene...
Steve Brandy Jan 07, 2025

Progress Continues on New Kirchner Building Centers Location at NW Corner of Gilbert & Fairchild
ABOVE: The former Goodwill building on the northwest corner of Gilbert and Fairchild in Danville; which will be redesigned and repurposed by Kirchner Building Centers ahead of their planned move from ...
Steve Brandy Jan 06, 2025

ISP Investigating Fatal Shooting in Rural Vermillion County
THE FOLLOWING IN AN INDIANA STATE POLICE RELEASE Vermillion County - Detectives from the Indiana State Police Putnamville Post have been requested by Vermillion County Sheriff Mike Holcamp to i...
Steve Brandy Jan 06, 2025

Warrant Arrest for First-Degree Murder
THE FOLLOWING IS A DANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT RELEASE UPDATED RELEASE SHOWING DROP OF CHARGES: https://vermilioncountyfirst.com/2025/01/09/states-attorneys-office-announces-homicide-charges-dro...
Steve Brandy Jan 06, 2025

Rep. Mary Miller Votes YES on the Laken Riley Act
THE FOLLOWING RELEASE IS FROM CONGRESSWOMAN MARY MILLER'S OFFICE WASHINGTON - Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Laken Riley Act, which requires the Department of Homeland Secu...
Steve Brandy Jan 06, 2025

DACC, Lincoln Land CC Receive USDA Rural Development Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants in 2024
THE FOLLOWING IS A USDA RELEASE Champaign, IL, Jan. 6, 2025 - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Illinois State Director Pam Monetti today invited grant applications to imp...
Steve Brandy Jan 06, 2025








