Category Archives: More News

Danville Family Thankful After Escaping Fire!
Members of a local family are counting their blessings after escaping their burning home early today (Tuesday). Lisa Morris-Boyd says the home at 1004 Shasta Street has been in her family for the past...
Nov 28, 2017

Illinois Lawmakers Concerned About Pension Costs
Illinois lawmakers will have to pour over a half billion dollars more than last year into the state's retirement accounts in their next budget. The rapidly growing number has both sides of the aisle a...
Nov 28, 2017

Danville Police Arrest Suspect in Indiana Murder
Police in Danville have apprehended a man wanted in connection with a northern Indiana murder. Public Safety Director Larry Thomason says 26-year-old Lajuan Fitzpatrick of Danville was arrested at a h...
Nov 28, 2017

Firefighters Douse Blaze Just Outside Danville
Flames lit the sky on Danville's southeast side tonight (Monday, November 27th, 2017) as fire destroyed a garage and shed, and heavily damaged a home. Chuck Walls, Chief of the Lynch Area Fire Protect...
Nov 27, 2017

Danville Police Probe Sunday Morning Shootings
Danville Police are seeking help from the public as they probe two Sunday morning shootings. Public Safety Director Larry Thomason says the first was reported at 2:30 a.m. (November 26th, 2017) on a p...
Nov 26, 2017

Santa Helps Salvation Army Kettle Campaign!
Santa Claus is helping the Danville Salvation Army with its Christmas Kettle Campaign this year. Dressed in his red suit and flashing a smile, Santa has been manning a Salvation Army kettle in front o...
Nov 24, 2017

Vermilion County Small Businesses in Spotlight
Shoppers both locally and nationwide will be heading out to big box stores for a lot of their early Christmas shopping on Friday (November 24th). But on Saturday (November 25, 2017) it is small busine...
Nov 23, 2017

County Office-Holders Looking Forward to Move
December is right around the corner, and that has some Vermilion County office-holders looking forward to next year's move. Offices which are currently located at the Vermilion County Courthouse Annex...
Nov 23, 2017

Senator Bennett Likes Task Force Appointment
State Senator Scott Bennett says he looks forward to serving on a new Senate Task Force on Sexual Discrimination and Harassment Awareness and Prevention. He discussed his appointment to that task forc...
Nov 23, 2017

Vermilion County Jobless Rate Unchanged
New unemployment numbers are out and they show the jobless rate in Vermilion County was unchanged last month, remaining at 5.9 percent of the workforce. It is down from a year ago when Vermilion Count...
Nov 22, 2017






