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Peoria based OSF Healthcare has signed a letter of intent to take ownership of Presence United Samaritans Medical Center in Danville and Presence Covenant Medical Center in Urbana. The deal is expecte...

Photo credit: Susan Miceli A Hoopeston Area High School senior is the new Georgetown Fair Queen. Heather Simpson was crowned the new Georgetown Fair Queen last night during the competition at the fair...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue mixed with farmers and youth at the Georgetown Fair Monday evening...to the delight of everyone. Congressman John Shimkus spent the day with Perdue. https://exp...

Danville Police are investigating the discovery of a body found early Monday in the 900 block of Fowler Street. Vermilion County Coroner Jane McFadden late Monday identified the victim as 24-year-old ...

Danville's Douglas Discovery Garden has a new addition - a brick plaza in the middle of the garden. Julie Schackmann, a member of the Douglas Discovery Garden Board, thinks the plaza makes a nice addi...

Vermilion County School districts still awaiting state aid payments are getting some unexpected relief from the county. Vermilion County Treasurer Darren Duncan says his office has turned tax money co...

Illinois Supreme Court Justice Rita Garman remembers facing barriers when she started her law career in a field that was dominated by male attorneys. She told a crowd of hundreds of friends and family...

It is check-in day (Friday) for items that will be on display for this year's Georgetown Fair. Scott Davis, a member of the fair board, says the fair will officially kick-off with events on Saturday. ...

Danville is hosting a special event this weekend for the American Legion. And Jeanie Cooke, Executive Director of the Danville Area Convention and Visitors Bureau, is excited about it. ''We have the I...

Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza is taking issue with a statement made by Governor Bruce Rauner during an interview with VermilionCountyFirst.com News. The Governor had said during Thursday's...