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Clean-up efforts are continuing after a powerful storm system blew through southern Vermilion County Tuesday morning. Strong winds and heavy rain accompanied the storm as it downed trees, limbs and po...

Bill Pickett is reporting storm damage throughout the county, he has this report from the county EMA office: https://express-images.franklymedia.com/9850/sites/9/2017/07/11115617/bill-update.mp3 As of...

Preparations are in full-swing at the Vermilion Regional Airport for the second annual Balloons Over Vermilion. It is taking place on Friday and Saturday, July 14th and 15th at the airport. Pat O'Shau...

A Danville man has been sentenced to serve seventeen-and-a-half years in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography. U.S. District Judge Colin Bruce handed down the sentence on 52-y...

The names of two people who died in a tragic Indianola house fire last Friday have been released. Vermilion County Coroner Jane McFadden says 91-year-old Harold 'Hoot' Craig and his 95-year-old wife, ...

Oakwood Police and some financial institutions in Vermilion County are warning area residents that a skimming device is being used to illegally obtain debit card information. Danville Police are inves...

The Vermilion County Coroner says two bodies have been recovered from an early morning fire near Indianola. Coroner Jane McFadden says both victims will undergo autopsies in order to determine their c...

Vermilion County Board Chairman Mike Marron says he is considering running for the Illinois General Assembly. He has made no final decision yet, but Marron says he is talking with family members and o...

The more than two year budget impasses in the state of Illinois has ended, but your taxes are going up, after the House voted to override Gov. Bruce Rauner's tax hike and budget vetoes. Beginning the ...

Flags are at half-staff in Hoopeston today as the community remembers its police chief. Chief Mark Drollinger died early today (July 6, 2017) at the age of 54 ending a year-long battle with cancer. It...