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A Danville native who was active in local politics has joined the Trump 2020 campaign as a 'Black Voices' Coalition Advisory Board member. Diante Johnson was among the crowd watching the Veterans' Day...

A 1949 graduate of then Schlarman High School who went on to play in the National Football League and help win two Super Bowls has died. Zeke Bratkowski was 88. There are multiple media sources saying...

Danville Police are probing a local homicide. Sergeant Eric Olson says Police were dispatched to OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center around 11:20 p.m. Sunday (November 10, 2019) for a 23-year-old Danville...

Despite the cold and being pelted with sleet, scores of people turned out today (November 11, 2019) to watch Danville's first Veterans Day Parade at the VA. The parade wound past the buildings at the ...

The Vermilion County War Museum is celebrating its 20th Anniversary today (Monday, November 11, 2019) with an Open House and special concert. It was on Veterans Day 1999 that the museum opened its doo...

For the second time in the past week, firefighters from several departments were pressed into action early Sunday (November 10, 2019) to extinguish a blaze at a grain dryer. Catlin Firefighters found ...

A Rossville area farmer who serves as Vermilion County Treasurer has announced he is running for Congress. Darren Duncan made his announcement on Facebook Saturday. ''For the last two months a group f...

{** UPDATE – Leaders at the VA Illiana Health Care System in Danville say they have been closely monitoring the weather. Due to the cold temperatures and expected snow today some groups have bow...

The 'Step Up Vermilion County' program is one of 21 recipients statewide of the 2019 Governor's Hometown Awards. It has won the 'Governor's Choice Award.' The awards program gives formal recognition t...

There was a lockdown today (Friday, November 8th) at Northeast Elementary Magnet School in Danville...but it was only a drill. Students and staff at the school practiced what they would do in the even...