Category Archives: More News

FedEx Facility Construction Underway, All Eyes on Next Fall
The FedEx Distribution Center on its way to Danville will hopefully be another sign of getting things back to normal and moving forward. That's the take of Vermilion Advantage CEO Tim Dudley, who told...
Dec 20, 2021

FedEx Ground Distribution Center Heading for Danville, Set for Fall of 2022
Vermilion Advantage has announced that a new FedEX ground distribution center will be built in Danville, set to open in the fall of 2022. This will be a 217,000 square foot facility, employing a mixtu...
Dec 17, 2021

Tilton House Fire Sends Occupant to Hospital
A house fire in Tilton early Friday afternoon (December 17, 2021) sent one of the occupants to the hospital with minor injuries. Tilton firefighters found heavy smoke coming from the home at 112 Secon...
Dec 17, 2021

Danville Police Looking into Shots Fired on Grant Street; Vehicle Struck
PRESS RELEASE FROM DANVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT: On 12/16/21 around 3:41pm Danville Police responded to the area of the 1300 block of Grant St in reference to shots fired in the area. Danville Police ha...
Dec 17, 2021 ?

DACC Receives a Big Check for Sonography Program
Iroquois Federal Savings & Loan helped Danville Area Community College purchase a "Fetus Ultrasound Phantom" for use in the College's sonography program. The phantom contains a 23-week-old model f...
Dec 17, 2021

Vermilion County Essential Workers named Ambucs 88th First Citizens
THE FOLLOWING IS FROM AN AMBUCS PRESS RELEASE: Danville - The Danville Chapter of AMBUCS has chosen Vermilion County Essential workers as the 2021 recipients of the annual First Citizen award. 2020 wa...
Dec 17, 2021

Second Amendment Sanctuary Issue Getting Louder at Vermilion County Board
For the last several months, the Vermilion County Board has been hearing pleas from residents wanting Vermilion County to become the 67th in Illinois to declare itself a Second Amendment Sanctuary Cou...
Dec 16, 2021

Danville City Council Mtg for Dec 21st Moved to Videoconference as a Precaution
Due to the increasing positive COVID-19 cases in the area, in an abundance of caution, the Danville City Council meeting scheduled for Tuesday, December 21, 2021 will be held via videoconference. Anyo...
Dec 16, 2021

Carle at the Riverfront Work Continues: Permanent Closures for Sections of Logan and Robinson Start Mon Dec 20th
The City of Danville has announced that the permanent roadway closure for sections of Logan Avenue and Robinson Street that are part of the Carle at the Riverfront project will take effect on Monday, ...
Dec 16, 2021

DACC has New 3-Plus-1 Opportunities with SIU; Barber Training Coming
A couple months back we talked about the "Three-Plus-One" program at Danville Area Community College. That's where students are there two years, get their Associates Degree, and then can take one more...
Dec 16, 2021







