Category Archives: More News

February Vaccine Clinics Will Go On Despite Shortages, Inclement Weather
The next two upcoming COVID-19 vaccine clinics at the Fischer Theatre will still be happening despite the cold weather conditions and the county not receiving the amount of doses that it requested. 56...
Michelle Mitchell Feb 17, 2021 Photo courtesy of the Vermilion County Health Department.

Rush Limbaugh Dead at 70
By Bryan Flood/Fox News Rush Limbaugh, the monumentally influential media icon who transformed talk radio and politics in his decades behind the microphone, helping shape the modern-day Republican Par...
Michelle Mitchell Feb 17, 2021

County Launches New Website
Visitors to Vermilion County's government website will notice it has gone through an upgrade. Karen Rudd, the county's Assistant Director of Technology Services, says the new website was taken online ...
Michelle Mitchell Feb 17, 2021 A screenshot of Vermilion County's new government website, taken on Wednesday, February 17th.

City Provides Update on Street Snowplowing Efforts
Danville's public works department worked 36 straight hours on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday to clear the city's streets of snow. Public Works Director Carl Carpenter says crews cleared the city's main a...
Michelle Mitchell Feb 16, 2021 A Danville public works snowplow clears Washington Street in front of the Neuhoff Media studio on Tuesday, February 16th. (Tom "Tommy B" Barnes/VermilionCountyFirst.com)

Danville Stadium to Receive Upgrades for 75th Anniversary
Danville Stadium is set to receive a renovation to its exterior before its 75th anniversary celebration takes place this summer. City council members on Tuesday night approved a $295,000 project with ...
Michelle Mitchell Feb 16, 2021

Governor Issues Disaster Proclamation After Snowfall
Governor J.B. Pritzker has issued a disaster proclamation for the entire state in response to the dangerous winter storm that has blanketed the state with life threatening wind chills, power outages a...
Michelle Mitchell Feb 16, 2021

Danville Area Digs Out From 10 Inches of Snow
Area residents are continuing to dig out from the winter storm which hit a wide portion of Illinois and Indiana Monday. The National Weather Service in Lincoln says it received reports of 11 inches of...
Feb 16, 2021

City Council to Consider Urbana City Attorney for Corporation Counsel
Danville city council members this evening will consider appointing the attorney for the city of Urbana as Danville's next corporation counsel. James Simon will replace Chuck Mockbee IV, who was appoi...
Michelle Mitchell Feb 16, 2021 Photo by Christopher Hansen - CheckCU.org.

Danville City Buildings Closed Tuesday
Danville Mayor Rickey Williams Jr. says all city buildings will be closed Tuesday due to weather conditions. The mayor adds the regular meeting of the city council will proceed as scheduled, though, s...
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Ameren Asks Customers to Conserve Natural Gas
As cold weather continues its grip on our region, Ameren Illinois is asking its customers to conserve natural gas. The company says due to winter storms and sub-zero temperatures across the Midwest, t...
Feb 16, 2021







