Category Archives: More News

Project Success Begins Search for New CEO
The Board of Directors of Project Success of Vermilion County has launched its search for a new Chief Executive Officer. The person selected will replace Rickey Williams, Jr., who was elected last wee...
Apr 04, 2019

Soul Garden Recovery Center Gets New Home
A local group that provides support to individuals and families affected by substance abuse has a new home. The Soul Garden Recovery Center has signed a lease that will allow programs to be offered at...
Apr 04, 2019

Mayor Has New Plan to Fight Danville Blight
Danville Mayor Rickey Williams says he is planning a new approach to tackle blight. He says tearing down dilapidated homes at various locations is not making enough of an impact. So Williams has a new...
Apr 04, 2019

Program Honors Outstanding Educators
The Danville Public School Foundation is hosting 'An Evening of Singing and Dancing' Friday evening (April 5, 2019). But there will be more than singing and dancing. Four local educators will be recei...
Apr 04, 2019

More Funds Added to Denmark Road Project
The Danville Area Transportation Study Group has approved adding $330-thousand dollars in federal funds to the Denmark Road improvement project. The additional funds are necessary because bids for the...
Apr 04, 2019

Georgetown Man Gets 60 Year Prison Sentence
A Vermilion County Circuit Court Judge sentenced a Georgetown man to 60 years in prison Thursday (April 4, 2019). Thirty-three year old Joseph S. A. Johnson had been convicted by a jury on charges of ...
Apr 03, 2019

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







