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The Danville City Council has approved the creation of a budget for the Downtown Tax Increment Financing District, as well as the creation of the TIF funded redevelopment incentive and loan program. T...

Tourism is generating millions of dollars for the Vermilion County economy. And a new report from the Illinois Office of Tourism says tourism numbers in the county are up significantly! The Danville/V...

Danville Police, with assistance from U.S. Marshal's, have arrested a suspect in a weekend shooting. Deontae Franklin was arrested in the 1200 block of Clarence Street Monday morning in connection wit...

As part of its multi-year plan to improve service reliability and create jobs in central and southern Illinois, Ameren Illinois announced today it is upgrading more than 50,000 electric and natural ga...

The Vermilion County Health Department is joining in activities observing National Immunization Awareness Month during August. Public Health Administrator Douglas Toole says vaccinating children is co...

No injuries were reported Saturday evening as flames raced through a Motel 6 building along Lynch Road on Danville's east side. The flames destroyed the building which previously housed the motel offi...

Things are looking up for the Vermilion County economy. Vickie Haugen, President of Vermilion Advantage Economic Development Corporation, says her office has been busy. ''We've got a really aggressive...

Corn and soybean crops are continuing to advance in Vermilion County following a late start this spring. Wet weather delayed getting the crops in the ground this year. Bryan Andrews farms in the Rossv...

State Senator Scott Bennett is hopeful that the logjam on funding Illinois schools can be cleared. But with the scheduled opening of schools only weeks away, he is not certain that will occur on time....

New figures released by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and the Illinois Department of Labor show unemployment rose last month in our area. Vermilion County's jobless rate rose from 6.0 percent of...