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Kickapoo Landing Gets New Operator and Name
The Illinois Department of Natural Resources says a Champaign area man has been selected to take over concession activities at Kickapoo Landing. Tom Monahan will be taking over the operations under a ...
Feb 24, 2017
Efforts Advance to Save Historic Hoopeston Theatre
As work continues to restore the historic Lorraine Theatre in Hoopeston, the first live stage event is being held this evening (February 24th). The Save the Lorraine Foundation says work has progresse...
Feb 24, 2017
State Employees Authorize a Possible Strike
After conducting some informational picketing in recent years, State of Illinois employees may soon go on strike. State employees represented by AFSCME - the American Federation of State, County and M...
Feb 23, 2017
Coroner Identifies I-74 Crash Victim
Vermilion County Coroner Jane McFadden has released the identity of a person killed Wednesday (February 22nd) in a crash along Interstate 74 near Tilton. The Coroner says the victim is 29-year-old Dav...
Feb 23, 2017
New Events Coming to Balloons Over Vermilion
It may be February...but organizers of Balloons Over Vermilion are looking forward to mid-July. They have announced some new additions and a new student ambassador class for the event. Co-Chair Pat O'...
Feb 22, 2017
Delphi, Indiana Murder Suspect Audio Released
Authorities in Delphi, Indiana who are probing the murders of two teenage girls have released an audio recording of a suspect. Law enforcement officers say the audio appears to be a male voice saying ...
Feb 22, 2017
Committee Recommends Re-Naming Courthouse
A committee of the Vermilion County Board is backing a proposal to name the courthouse the 'Rita B. Garman Vermilion County Courthouse'. But while more than a dozen supporters of the Illinois Supreme ...
Feb 21, 2017
Hoopeston Man Gets Life Prison Sentence
A U.S. District Judge in Urbana has sentenced a Hoopeston man to life in prison for distributing crystal meth and cocaine. Thirty-seven year old Jose Jaime Lopez, also known as 'JJ', was sentenced by ...
Feb 21, 2017
Early Voting Set to Begin for April Election
Although there was no need for a Primary Election in Vermilion County this month, early voting begins this week for the April 4th Consolidated Election. Thursday, February 23rd, is the first day for e...
Feb 21, 2017
Preparations Continue for NJCAA National Tournament
Play begins one month from today, on March 21st, as Danville again hosts the National Junior College Athletic Association Division II Men's National Basketball Tournament. Preparations for the games a...
Feb 21, 2017
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