Category Archives: More News

DHS Auditorium Site for Wed Night Meeting on Spending of COVID Funds
Wednesday Night, September 15th, in the Danville High School Dick Van Dyke Auditorium, the public is invited to a meeting to discuss how District 118 can best use its $31.5 million dollars in Elementa...
Sep 14, 2021

Danville Symphony Orchestra Getting Close to Oct 2nd Opening at Fischer
October 2nd is just a little over two weeks away, and that's how long we have until the opening of the new Danville Symphony Orchestra season, with DSO partnering with the Vermilion Heritage Foundatio...
Sep 14, 2021

Ashton Greer Joins Danville Team, Looking to Downtown Thurs Event and Weekend Fall Festival
New City of Danville Community Relations Administrator Ashton Greer says that as a liason between the city and its citizens, she wants to lead everyone to believing in where they live. She told Linda ...
Sep 14, 2021

Fire Quickly Doused at Popular Area Restaurant
An early morning fire at Gross Burgers, a popular Georgetown Road restaurant, left only minor damage. But smoke that spread throughout the business will likely force it to remain closed the rest of th...
Sep 14, 2021

Area Senators Split As Comprehensive Energy Bill Advances
State Senator Scott Bennett (shown above) is excited about Monday's passage of a comprehensive Illinois energy bill. ''The passage of this important legislation is the moment we've all been working fo...
Sep 13, 2021

Barely One-Third of County's Total Population Vaccinated for COVID
The number of COVID cases in Vermilion County continues to climb, but the percentage of the county's total population fully vaccinated for COVID stands at only 35.50 percent. The Vermilion County Heal...
Sep 13, 2021

District 118 Seeks to Fill Two School Board Vacancies
Danville School District 118 is seeking to fill two seats on the school board caused by the recent resignations of Bill Dobbles and Lon Henderson. The District issued the following news release Monday...
Sep 13, 2021

Mayor Williams Looks at Voorhees TIFs as Start of New Era
With the Danville City Council recently passing plans for Tax Increment Financing Districts along the Voorhees Street Corridor, Mayor Rickey Williams, Jr says the main thing to focus on is the process...
Sep 12, 2021

Two Local 9-11 Rides Remember the Fallen
Two 9-11 Memorial Rides held over the weekend in Vermilion County remembered the nearly 3,000 people who died in the attack on America twenty years ago. About 200 people - mostly motorcyclists and the...
Sep 12, 2021

Danville Mayor Looks ahead to "Recovery Money Decisions," Definite Plans for Garfield Park Pool
This past week's Danville City Council meeting brought up some talk about COVID Recovery Money coming Danville's way. Mayor Rickey Williams, Jr says Danville is in for a total of 24-point-seven millio...
Sep 11, 2021






