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Proposed Vermilion County Budget Officially on Display, Possible Vote at Nov 16th Board Meeting
The proposed Vermilion County budget for Fiscal Year 2022 is now on display. County Board Chairman Larry Baughn says this is a 43 million dollar budget with a surplus in the general fund this time aro...
Oct 13, 2021

V.C. State's Attorney Jacqueline Lacy Asking for Donations for Domestic Violence Victims
It remains Domestic Violence Awareness month all through October, and Vermilion County State's Attorney Jacqueline Lacy says the Victim Assistance Program to benefit Crosspoint Human Services continue...
Oct 13, 2021

Citizens, Leaders, Speak-Out on COVID-19 Mandates
Some area residents who favor or oppose requiring citizens to get vaccinated for protection from COVID-19 spoke at a forum in Danville Tuesday evening. Tony Wait, a volunteer firefighter in Oakwood, i...
Oct 12, 2021

Pfizer COVID Vaccination Clinic this Friday at East Central Illinois Community Action Agency
The East Central Illinois Community Action Agency at 56 North Vermilion in Danville is having a Pfizer COVID vaccination clinic this coming Friday (oct 15th). As Odette Watson recently told us, the sh...
Oct 12, 2021

District 118 Board President Very Happy With Newly Selected Members
The Danville District 118 School Board has announced that two new members have been appointed, replacing the recently resigned William Dobbles and Lon Henderson. The two new members, scheduled to be s...
Oct 12, 2021

Bev Page, First Honoree in I AM, YOU ARE, WE ARE Program
Today we celebrate Bevely (Bev) Page who is an example of commitment, hard work, and a life well lived. Bev was born in Danville in 1925, and she spent her entire life in the Danville area. She gradua...
Oct 12, 2021

Comedy Fundraiser for Children with Autism, Saturday Night in Westville
There's a special fundraiser event in Westville this coming Saturday night to benefit children with Autism. Ryan Irby is from the Local Masons out of Catlin, and also works as an officer with the Gran...
Oct 12, 2021

Danville Man Dies in Champaign County Shooting
Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup has confirmed that 20-year-old Danville resident Adrian Watson, Jr was pronounced deceased Sunday morning after being shot multiple times near South Smith Road ...
Oct 11, 2021

Danville District 118 Advising Parents to Get Young Children Screened
Danville District 118 wants to get the message out to parents of three to five year old children that it's not too early to be thinking about a pre-kindergarten screening. Two of them are coming up th...
Oct 11, 2021

Watchfire Signs Makes Deal with National High School Organization
Watchfire Signs in Danville is entering into a new era for their business. They've been at 1015 Maple since moving over from Springfield, where they were part of Sangamo Electric, in 1945; and today t...
Oct 11, 2021







