Category Archives: More News

Unemployment Figures Improve in Our Area
New unemployment figures, released just before Christmas, show an improving jobs picture in our area. The report shows Vermilion County's unemployment rate fell from 5.1 percent in October to 4.9 perc...
Dec 26, 2021

Reflecting on the End of 2021; Co Board Chaiman Larry Baughn
Like every other government entity, the Vermilion County Board had to face the facts and make adjustments during this pandemic influenced year. County Board Chairman Larry Baughn says he has few regre...
Dec 26, 2021

Rain Expected This Week Could Lead to Flooding
Wet weather that is forecast this week has the National Weather Service in Indianapolis saying it could lead to flooding along the Wabash and other rivers. Rain is expected Tuesday and Tuesday night. ...
Dec 26, 2021

Reflecting on End of 2021: Vermilion Advantage Economic Development
It was back in 2002 that Vermilion Advantage was formed to combine the Vermilion County Economic Development and Chamber of Commerce divisions. And some organizational changes look to be coming in 202...
Dec 26, 2021

Reflecting on the End of 2021: Danville Mayor Rickey Williams, Jr.
Danville's Mayor Rickey Williams, Jr says he'll look back on a lot of great memories in 2021; from the honoring of the seven plaintiffs that changed the city's government, to the work on the new Carle...
Dec 24, 2021

Dick Van Dyke's Co-Star from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Dies at 91
THE FOLLOWING IS FROM PEOPLE MAGAZINE Sally Ann Howes, the actress who starred in the 1968 musical film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, has died. She was 91. Howes died on Sunday at a hospital in Palm Beach ...
Dec 23, 2021 SANYO DIGITAL CAMERA

New Radiation Technology Coming to OSF Sacred Heart Campus
THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE IS FROM OSF HEALTH CARE: The new TrueBeam system will provide cutting-edge cancer treatments. (December 22, 2021 | Danville, IL) - OSF HealthCare is wholly committed to con...
Dec 23, 2021

Danville Police Investigate Domestic Related Shooting
Danville Police are reporting that around 11:38 AM December 22nd, at Waterview Estates Apartments in the 2300 block of N. Vermilion Street, officers responded to a report of a victim with a gunshot wo...
Dec 22, 2021 ?

Chief Yates Hoping to Maintain COPS Grant Positions in Danville Police Department
It is now official that the City of Danville has accepted a three year Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant from the Federal Department of Justice, and Danville Police Chief Christopher Y...
Dec 22, 2021

Former First Baptist Church Employee Indicted on Four Counts of Criminal Sexual Assault
A former employee of First Baptist Church of Danville has posted bond, and has a court date of February 2nd, as he faces four counts of Criminal Sexual Assault. Information provided by the Vermilion C...
Dec 22, 2021







