Category Archives: Events

ABOVE: Peoria Richwood players (left) and Danville High School players (right) pose before the first ever girls flag football game in Danville High School history; in the first event at the refurbishe...

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS COURTESY OF VERMILION ADVANTAGE   Check out the 80th National Sweetcorn Festival in Hoopeston this weekend!! Find their schedule of events here Also check out the sch...

THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY   Drop in a question of your very own BY CLICKING HERE or by emailing 25-year Vermilion County reporter Jennifer Bailey at jbailey@news-ga...

The 80th National Sweetcorn Festival is being hosted again this year by the Hoopeston Jaycees. Activities begin Thursday evening at McFerren Park and run through Monday - Labor Day. Bill Pickett has m...

Some of the top horseshoe pitchers in the state will be in Danville this weekend as the city hosts the 2024 Illinois State Horseshoe Tournament. The competition begins Friday, August 30th, and continu...

THE FOLLOWING IS A UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS EXTENSION RELEASE   CHAMPAIGN, Ill. - The East Central Illinois Master Naturalists are excited to announce the return of their annual Native Tree and Shr...

It's all over but the ribbon cutting and the first two events, and then on into the future. The refurbished, field turf Ned Whitesell Field at Danville High School makes its debut Thursday, with cerem...

THE FOLLOWING IS A DANVILLE DISTRICT 118 RELEASE   We are excited to kick off another football season at DHS! We are now just days away from the first ever girls flag football home opener and the...

THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS COURTESY OF VERMILION ADVANTAGE   mailing address! Vermilion Advantage 2 E. Main St. Suite #120 Danville, IL 61832 If you are visiting us, it's easiest to enter off o...

THE FOLLOWING IS A TAPS ON TUESDAY RELEASE   Taps on Tuesday continues for two more weeks. This week's program on August 27, 2024 will focus on the history and tradition of Taps. Each week's prog...