Category Archives: More News

New Suit Filed Over Coal Ash Concerns
Another lawsuit has been filed against Dynegy over concerns about coal ash allegedly leaching from pits at the abandoned Vermilion Power station. Earthjustice, acting in behalf of Prairie Rivers Netwo...
Apr 03, 2019

Cause of Danville House Fire Probed
An early morning fire Thursday (April 4, 2019) destroyed a vacant home in Danville. The front of the home at 709 West Seminary Street was engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived around 6:45 a.m. ...
Apr 03, 2019

Yates Settling Into New Leadership Role
Danville Interim Public Safety Director Chris Yates is settling into his new role, and says things are going great so far.... https://express-images.franklymedia.com/9850/sites/9/2019/04/03112548/VCF-...
Apr 03, 2019

Sentence Handed Down In Fatal Accident
A Danville man has been sentenced to seven years in prison in connection with a car-pedestrian accident in 2015 that claimed a life. Circuit Judge Nancy Fahey sentenced 46-year-old Randy Hill to the I...
Apr 03, 2019

Williams to Leave Project Success Post
Danville Mayor Rickey Williams has mixed emotions as he prepares to embark on his first full term. He is excited about being able to retain the mayor's position, but sorry to be leaving the position o...
Apr 03, 2019

Haugen Recognized in Congressional Record
The woman who has spearheaded economic development efforts in Vermilion County the past 37 years has been recognized in Congress. Representative John Shimkus entered a statement into the permanent Con...
Apr 03, 2019

Danville Council Increases Major Set-Out Fee
Danville City Council members have voted to raise the fee for major solid waste set-outs from $75 to $300. But Mayor Rickey Williams noted the increase does not affect regular garbage collection or sm...
Apr 03, 2019

Mayoral Candidates React to Williams Win
Danville Mayor Rickey Williams says now that the word 'interim' has been removed from his job title there is important work ahead.... https://express-images.franklymedia.com/9850/sites/9/2019/04/03003...
Apr 03, 2019

Williams Will Retain Danville Mayor's Job!
There will be no change in the Danville Mayor's office. Final, unofficial votes Tuesday night showed Rickey Williams Jr. as the winner in the four-way race for mayor. He collected 2,153 votes to James...
Apr 02, 2019

Election Fills City Council, Village Board Seats
Results are in for city council and village board races around the county from Tuesday's Consolidated Election. In Westville, Robert 'Porky' Sandlin, Gary Delhaye and Mary Ann Hughes won Village Trust...
Apr 02, 2019






