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THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY   ABOVE: The Heritage House along Route 1 in Ridge Farm. (Jennifer Bailey/The News Gazette)   To subscribe, click here. To submit a l...

THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY   ABOVE: Headmaster Father Timothy Sick with La Sallette Academy Catholic boys' boarding high school, in Olivet in Vermilion County. (Jenn...

THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY   ABOVE: Diane Dawson, treasurer of the Elwood District Carnegie Library, is shown at the restored front desk, at the library along Illino...

THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY   Marjie Edington, left, and Karen Rayfield look at a document at the Liberty Estates retirement apartments in Danville. Both are in their...

THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY   ABOVE: Ridge Farm resident Alan Johnson stops recently at Save-A-Lot in Georgetown. He shops at the grocery store about once a week. He ...

THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY   ABOVE: Georgetown's Route 1 Saloon bartender Kaylee Willhite / Jennifer Bailey The News-Gazette   GEORGETOWN - There's a funny stor...

An exhibit focusing on Illinois' Underground Railroad has opened at the Vermilion County Museum in Danville. It tells the stories of some of the thousands of enslaved African Americans who were assist...

THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY ROB LE CATES Illinois County Fair Queen pageant ABOVE: Lilly Meeker was named as the 2025 Miss Vermilion County Fair Queen. (Photo Provided)   As the Illi...

The chairwoman of the Vermilion County Veterans Assistance Commission is promising that office will improve services for veterans. Bill Pickett has the story... {AUDIO: "While we open our books, we mu...

THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY   Weekend Special Building Westville for 80 years ABOVE: Co-owner Dee Latoz, 82, rings up customer David Harden. Jennifer Bailey/The News-...