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Danville District 118 board member Shannon Bireline Schroeder says she would like for the district to be a "destination" for students in the area. Schroeder is one of six active candidates vying for f...

A Fairmount man was one of two people taken to an area hospital after a crash Thursday along Interstate 74 in Champaign County that saw soybeans piled along the eastbound lanes of the highway. Illinoi...

The Danville Public Library is one of five downstate libraries that have been chosen to receive a new cargo van as part of a grant from the Heartland Library System. With their new cargo van, Danville...

After almost a year of continual improvement in the local job market after the spike at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the local unemployment rate increased last month. The Illinois Department of...

Another person has died from COVID-19 here in Vermilion County. Vermilion County Health Department Administrator Doug Toole says that the person is a man in his 70's. So far, a total of 122 people hav...

Employees of the school districts in the Danville area received a special gift this week, courtesy of the Danville Area United Way. Mary Surprenant, the executive director of the organization, deliver...

After almost three quarters of the school year spent online-only, Danville High School will hold in-person classes starting today, but only for a smaller group. High School Principal Tracy Cherry says...

Early Voting for the April 6th (2021) Consolidated Election is off to a very slow start in Danville and Vermilion County. As of midday Wednesday, (March 17th) fewer than one-hundred people had cast ea...

17 more people have tested positive for COVID-19 in Vermilion County. Vermilion County Health Department Administrator Doug Toole says that the new cases include two people in their 80's, two people i...

A new alderman has joined the Danville city council. Local attorney Eve Ludwig was sworn in last night to represent Ward 5 on the council. She replaces Tom Stone, who died unexpectedly a month ago. Ma...