Category Archives: More News

Wreaths Across America Set for Saturday, 11 AM Ceremony at Danville National Cemetary
This is Wreaths Across America week, and the countdown is on to the big ceremony this Saturday. Once again, the Danville National Cemetary out at VA Illiana Health Care will be having their ceremony a...
Dec 13, 2021

Salvation Army Heading for Fischer Theatre this Coming Saturday Evening
The Salvation Army's HOPE MARCHES ON campaign for this holiday season is going strong. In fact, Special Events and Development Coordinator for Vermilion and Champaign Counties Melissa Wilhelm stated t...
Dec 13, 2021

Clean-Up Continues From Severe Storms
Some area residents continued to clean-up debris over the weekend from Friday night's severe storms. Power crews were working under contract with Ameren to replace seven damaged power poles along Verm...
Dec 11, 2021

Vermilion County Now has Second Highest COVID Infection Rate in Illinois
When it comes to cases of COVID, Vermilion County's COVID infection rate is now the second highest in the state, behind only Calhoun County in the St. Louis area. The Vermilion County Health Departmen...
Dec 10, 2021

Sullivan Receives Seven Years for Possession of Stolen Motor Vehicle
The Vermilion County State's Attorney's Office has reported that Craig Sullivan was sentenced on Friday, December 10th to seven years in the Illinois Department of Corrections by Judge Charles Hall fo...
Dec 10, 2021

DACC Announcing In-Person and Online Spring Classes; Dual Credit Classes
DACC offering in-person and online classes for Spring 2022 Register now for Spring classes at Danville Area Community College. The Spring 2022 term begins Tuesday, January 18, 2022. DACC will be offer...
Dec 10, 2021

Signal Work at Gilbert and Fairchild Begins Evening Monday Dec 13th; Done Tues Morning
The City of Danville would like to announce that traffic signal repairs at the intersection of Fairchild St. and Gilbert St., will begin the evening of Monday, December 13, 2021. This work is schedule...
Dec 10, 2021

Vistra Panelists Answer Coal Ash Questions from Residents
About 35 people attended the first of two public meetings conducted by Dynegy's parent company Vistra Thursday afternoon at the David S Palmer Arena. The topic was the planned handling of coal ash, pr...
Dec 09, 2021

Vermilion County Musuem's Christmas Open House Set for the Sunday, December 12th
This Sunday will be the Christmas Open House at the Vermilion County Museum. As director Sue Richter told Linda Bolton on 1490 WDAN's News Makers program, this will be a chance to tour the museum's Fi...
Dec 09, 2021

Georgetown's Notre Dame de la Salette Joining IHSA with Saturday Basketball Game
A big moment in Vermilion County sports history is set for this Saturday afternoon. After Coach John Spezia retired from the DACC mens basketball program, his work in basketball included some camps an...
Dec 09, 2021






