Category Archives: More News

Most of Dining Room at Applebee's has Re-Opened from Fire
Applebee's on North Vermilion has re-opened most of their dining room after last month's fire.
Oct 04, 2021

Danville Police Investigating Sunday Night Shooting, 29-Year-Old Man Shot in Leg
Danville Police are reporting that around 11:39 pm Sunday evening, officers responded to the 1200 block of Garden drive for a report of a subject with a gunshot wound. Upon arrival officers located a ...
Oct 04, 2021

District 118 Board Interviewing Six Finalist Candidates for Two Open Spots Wednesday Evening
The Danville District 118 School Board will be looking to take the next step in replacing the recently resigned William Dobbles and Lon Henderson on the board. Wednesday evening October 6th's meeting ...
Oct 04, 2021

Small Business Grants Awarded to Area Entities; STILL TIME TO APPLY
Nicole Van Hyfte from Vermilion Advantage says there is double good news about the small business grants available from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity. The first good new...
Oct 04, 2021

Tricia Keith from ROE Talks SHOE DRIVE and JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Tricia Keith from the Vermilion County Regional Office of Education once again has her countywide shoe drive going. She stated on Linda Bolton's Newsmakers program on 1490 WDAN the need for new shoes,...
Oct 04, 2021

Statewide Study Shows Impact of DACC, and all Illinois Community Colleges
Some good news for Danville Area Community College and all community colleges arrived late last week. The Illinois Community College Board released a study showing the impact of the schools on student...
Oct 04, 2021

TOYS for TOTS Passing Out Collection Boxes for 30th Campaign
The 30th year of the Danville area Toys for Tots campaign is underway. During this past Friday's special John Zarn Memorial Kick-Off at Courtesy Ford in Danville, Coordinator Megan Montgomery said tha...
Oct 03, 2021

Westville Opens New Field Turf Facility with 14-12 Win
Westville High School had the long-awaited opening of their artificial turf football facility on Friday, and capped it off with a 14-12 Homecoming win over Oakwood. (photos by Bill Pickett)
Oct 03, 2021

Week Ends with 114 New COVID Cases (28 TEENS), Two Additional Deaths
The Vermilion County Health Department is reporting 114 new cases of COVID as of Friday evening; including 28 teens, 16 grade-school-aged children, three pre-schoolers, two toddlers, and four infants....
Oct 01, 2021

Former Danville Men Get Ten, Five Years Respectively for Unlawful Possession by a Felon, Domestic Battery
On September 29, 2021 Dakota Patton, formerly of Danville, was sentenced by Circuit Judge Charles Hall to ten years in the Illinois Department of Corrections for Unlawful Possession of a Weapon by a F...
Oct 01, 2021







