Category Archives: More News

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

NAACP Hosting Saturday Vaccination Clinic, 4-7 PM at Mark Denman School
Saturday from 4 PM to 7 PM, the NAACP will be hosting a COVID vaccination clinic over at Mark Denman Elementary School at 930 Colfax Street. Local NAACP president Ed Butler says, this is a Pfizer vacc...
Oct 29, 2021

Vermilion County Child Advocacy Center has Ribbon Cutting, but Busy Since July
Although the Vermilion County Child Advocacy Center's ribbon cutting is now official, children needing its assistance have been coming since this past July. Child victims or witnesses of physical or s...
Oct 28, 2021

Trunk or Treat at Vermilion Regional Airport 4 PM Sat; Vermilion Advantage Participating.
Yet another trunk or treat event this weekend will be one at the Vermilion Regional Airport on Saturday. Vermilion Advantage will be part of it, as their Nicole Van Hyfte explains. AUDIO: They will ha...
Oct 28, 2021

Wet Harvest Brings Some Frustration; but Mostly All is Good
As the Beatles might have said, it's been a Hard Day's WEEK when it comes to the harvest, between all the rain from last weekend, and then the return of the rain Thursday morning. Vermilion County Far...
Oct 28, 2021

Danville Police Remind You: Halloween Safety is a Long Weekend Affair This Year
Due to how the calendar shapes up this year, we are in for a long Halloween weekend, pretty much starting Friday night through trick-or-treating time at 5 PM on Sunday night. Danville Deputy Police Ch...
Oct 28, 2021

Carle Health Gets Boost for Virtual Health Care, Looking to Expand Further
It was during the early days of the pandemic that it really became obvious how important virtual health care, commonly known as telehealth, was becoming. And Carle Health recently received a grant of ...
Oct 28, 2021

Two New District 118 School Board Members Take Their Oaths
Elder Tyson Parks and Mr. Christopher Easton have both taken their oaths to serve on the Danville District 118 School Board. They have replaced the recently resigned Lon Henderson and William Dobbles....
Oct 27, 2021

Health Department Reports 80 New COVID Cases, 40 Under Age 20; One Additional Death
The Vermilion County Health Department is reporting 80 new cases of COVID, 40 of which are individuals under the age of 20. The latter includes 14 teens, 17 grade-sch00l-aged children, four pre-school...
Oct 27, 2021






