Category Archives: More News

State Police Offer Holiday Safety Tips
The Thanksgiving holiday travel period is officially underway, and Illinois and Indiana State Police want you to arrive at your destination safely. Illinois State Trooper Tracy Lillard is reminding mo...
Nov 21, 2018

Unemployment Rates Climb Across Region
New numbers are out showing an increase in unemployment rates across East Central Illinois last month. Vermilion County's jobless rate rose from 5.1 to 5.5 percent of the workforce. In Champaign Count...
Nov 21, 2018

Aggravated Robbery Leads to Prison Sentence
A circuit court judge in Danville has sentenced a Danville resident to six and a half years in prison for aggravated robbery. Twenty-year-old Shelby Haner was given the sentence by Judge Nancy Fahey i...
Nov 21, 2018

Danville Council Continues Tax Levy Talks
Danville City Council members are continuing their discussions on a tax levy, and one alderman is suggesting there be no increase in the property tax. Alderman Steve Nichols says it would still meet t...
Nov 20, 2018

Danville Businessman Joining Race for Mayor
A Danville businessman says he is joining the field of candidates seeking to be the city's mayor. Frank Wright, who owns Wright's Heating and Air, says it has been a dream of his to be mayor. Wright s...
Nov 20, 2018

Name of Sunday Shooting Victim Released
The Vermilion County Coroner's Office has released the name of the man killed in a Danville shooting on Sunday (November 18, 2018). Coroner Jane McFadden says the victim is 34-year-old Daniel R. Jacks...
Nov 20, 2018

Danville Police Probe Shooting of Teenager
Danville Police are probing a Monday evening shooting in which a 16-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to an arm. Officers responded to The Blue Store in the 800 block of North Vermilion Street on a re...
Nov 19, 2018

Six Fair Oaks Buildings to be Demolished
The Housing Authority of the City of Danville has been granted permission to demolish six buildings at the Fair Oaks Public Housing area. Jaclyn Vinson, Executive Director of the Housing Authority, sa...
Nov 19, 2018

Police: Cooperation Needed in Shooting Probe
Danville Police are running into a familiar problem as they probe Sunday's double shooting (on November 18, 2018). Public Safety Director Larry Thomason says approximately fifty people were at the par...
Nov 19, 2018

Candidates Line-Up as Filing Period Begins
There was no mad rush of candidates today (Monday, November 19, 2018) as the filing period began for the February 26th Danville City Primary Election. A few candidates were standing in line when the D...
Nov 19, 2018







