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Parke Heritage Booster Club Treasurer Charged with Stealing Funds
The former treasurer of the Parke Heritage School District Booster Club has been arrested for allegedly stealing more than $9,000 of the group's funds. 46-year-old Patricia Hanks of Rockville is facin...
Michelle Mitchell Apr 16, 2021

Repeat Sex Offender Given 14 Years for Sex Abuse, Child Pornography
A Danville man with a history of sexual abuse and domestic battery has been sentenced to 14 years in state prison after admitting to touching and taking nude photos of a girl last year. 36-year-old Je...
Michelle Mitchell Apr 15, 2021 Photo courtesy of Illinois State Police.

DACC Offering Free College Class to Vaccinated Students
Students who attend Danville Area Community College will have a unique, cost-saving opportunity for the summer semester if they receive the COVID-19 vaccine. The college will be offering one free summ...
Michelle Mitchell Apr 15, 2021

49 More COVID Cases Reported in Vermilion County
49 more Vermilion County residents have tested positive for COVID-19. The county health department reported over the past two days that the new cases include four people in their 80's, one person in t...
Michelle Mitchell Apr 15, 2021

Local Officials Want More People to Register for Vaccine Clinics
More than 32,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccines have been administered so far in Vermilion County, but officials say there is still a long way to go before the pandemic could change. Vermilion County ...
Michelle Mitchell Apr 15, 2021 Yuri Samoilov / CC

OSF Offering Vaccines to the Public Through Its Website
OSF HealthCare is now offering the COVID-19 vaccine to any resident of Vermilion County who wants to receive it. Anyone who is at least 16 years old can visit osfhealthcare.org/vaccine and schedule th...
Michelle Mitchell Apr 14, 2021 Print

Murder Suspect Gets Five Years in Prison in Unrelated Weapons Case
A Danville murder suspect who is set to go on trial later this year has been sentenced to five years in prison in an unrelated weapons case. 20-year-old Lamont Davis pleaded guilty Wednesday morning b...
Michelle Mitchell Apr 14, 2021 slgckgc / CC

Local Employers Struggling to Hire, Retain Workers
The reduction in the workforce associated with the COVID-19 pandemic might have many people believe that not many jobs are out there for them, but plenty of employers in the Danville area are looking ...
Michelle Mitchell Apr 14, 2021

Committee Approves In-House Sewer and Waste Billing Software
After more than a decade of outsourcing its sewer and solid waste billing to the Danville Sanitary District, the City of Danville will soon be taking the operation in-house. Members of the city counci...
Michelle Mitchell Apr 13, 2021 ?

Volunteers Needed to Clean Up Main Street for NJCAA Tournament
The organization Keep Vermilion County Beautiful is asking volunteers to help it pick up trash along East Main Street on Saturday morning in preparation for this year's NJCAA Division II Men's Nationa...
Michelle Mitchell Apr 13, 2021







