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Danville's First Church of the Nazarene Begins Program for Young Moms
A Danville church is starting up a chapter of an international program to assist young moms. First Church of the Nazarene Musicial Director and Associate Pastor Samantha Stafford recently joined Linda...
Nov 02, 2021

5th Annual Veterans 5-K Set for Saturday
(Story by Bill Pickett) Veterans Day is over a week away, but the 5th Annual Veterans 5-K Race is set for Saturday (November 6th) in Danville. The race to honor all veterans is being hosted again this...
Nov 02, 2021

SCROOGE Performance by Gregory's Academy Gets Holiday-Themed Production Season Going
Halloween is now finished, November is here, and that means it's already time to talk about the holidays and holiday productions. Greg Duckett and Bob McIntyre from Gregory's Academy joined 1490 WDAN'...
Nov 01, 2021

City of Danville Announces Wed - Sat Frontage Road Closure Near Lynch Road / I-74
The City of Danville would like to announce a roadway closure to thru traffic on the frontage road connecting 3400 Jones Road to 1 Customer Place. A contractor will be performing maintenance on the ra...
Nov 01, 2021

Mayor Williams Seeks Feedback from Public on COVID Relief Funds Tuesday Evening
The first of two opportunities for Danville residents to state their preferences on how COVID relief funds should be used will be at the City Council meeting at 6 PM Tuesday night. Mayor Rickey Willia...
Nov 01, 2021

Danville Police Investigating Fatal Weekend Stabbing
Danville Police are continuing their investigation into a fatal stabbing that occurred over the weekend. Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup says 19-year old Deavyon T. Williams died at Carle Foun...
Nov 01, 2021

DACC Students Benefit from "Three-Plus-One" Program for Social Science Degrees
A heartwarming moment from this past Thursday evening's Danville Area Community College Board Meeting was hearing students of Dr. Jonathon Wade talk about how they benefited from the three-plus-one pr...
Oct 31, 2021

Health Department Reports Three Additional COVID Deaths, Total Now at 200
The Vermilion County Health Department is reporting 23 new cases (one resident in their 90s, three in their 80s, five in their 70s, three in their 60s, two in their 50s, two in their 40s, three in the...
Oct 29, 2021

Casey's Truck Stop Set to Open at Rts 9 and 1 in Hoopeston in February
In Hoopeston, on the southeast corner of Route 9 and Route 1, Casey's is planning to open a much larger facility that the smaller one they have a bit north of there. In fact, it's a planned truck stop...
Oct 29, 2021

Jobs Numbers Show Solid Improvement from August to September
The latest unemployment numbers show that the jobs situation improved across the board from August to September. In Vermilion County, the unemployment rate fell from 7.1 percent in August to 5.6 perce...
Oct 29, 2021






