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Danville Hit & Run Victim Dies From Injuries
A Danville man who was struck by a vehicle while riding an electric bicycle Monday night has died. Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup says 28-year-old Tawton L. Jackson died from blunt force inju...
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Committee Recommends Approval of Street Projects
A Danville City Council committee is recommending approval of funding to help with improvements for a segment of Logan Avenue south of Madison Street. The work is in connection with the Carle at the R...
Jul 13, 2021
County Child Advocacy Center Up And Running
A Vermilion County Child Advocacy Center is now operating in the same building where the Vermilion County Health Department is located. And State's Attorney Jacqueline Lacy says it is working well... ...
Jul 13, 2021
Two Get Lengthy Sentences For Sex Crimes With Minors
A 56-year-old Rantoul man has been sentenced to 12-and-a-half years in federal prison for distribution and possession of child pornography. And also in Urbana's Federal Court, a 32-year-old Decatur ma...
Jul 13, 2021
Danville Police Seek Hit & Run Driver
Danville Police are seeking a hit and run driver who left a local man seriously hurt Monday night (July 12, 2021). Police Commander Joshua Webb says officers responded to the area of Williams and Fair...
Jul 13, 2021
Four More COVID Deaths Reported in Vermilion County
Vermilion County has lost four more residents to the COVID-19 pandemic, bringing the county's death toll to 153 (since the pandemic began). Health Department Administrator Douglas Toole says the lates...
Jul 13, 2021
Crops Continuing to Advance in Wet Weather
Vermilion County corn and soybean crops are continuing to advance despite all the rain and thunderstorms this summer. Tom Fricke, Public Information Spokesman for the Vermilion County Farm Bureau, des...
Jul 12, 2021 This field in the Grape Creek area was getting more rain Monday.
Illinois Cities Want American Rescue Plan Funds
Some Illinois municipal leaders are calling on the state and federal governments to take immediate action to distribute funds from the American Rescue Plan Act. The money is earmarked to help local go...
Jul 12, 2021
More COVID-19 Cases Confirmed in County
** (Four more COVID deaths have been reported in the county. See the updated story at VermilionCountyFirst.com.) ** The Vermilion County Health Department said Monday that 13 new cases of Covid-19 hav...
Jul 12, 2021
Rock-N-Roll Revue Coming to Hoopeston Theatre
Tickets are now on sale for a Rock 'N Roll Revue coming to Hoopeston's Lorraine Theatre. The show on Saturday, July 24th at 7:00 p.m. is a fund-raiser to help the theatre. Scott Wattles and The Blue S...
Jul 12, 2021
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