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District 118 Board Approves Superintendent's New Contract
The Danville District 118 school board has approved a two-year contract with its superintendent, Dr. Alicia Geddis. Board President Bill Dobbles says the contract is retroactive to July 1, 2020 and wi...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 20, 2021

Gale Named New Airport Director
Alexandra Gale has been named the new manager of Vermilion Regional Airport. She succeeds Mike Vadeboncoeur, who resigned in December. Gale joins the Danville airport from Flightstar in Savoy. She has...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 20, 2021

DACC Announces 2020 Fall Semester Honor Students
Danville Area Community College has released a list of its honor students for the 2020 fall semester. To be included on the President's List, students must have a 4.0 grade-point average and take at l...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 20, 2021

Three New Danville Police Officers Sworn In
Three new officers were sworn in as probationary police officers with the Danville Police Department on Wednesday morning. Jesiah Bergman, Tyler Johnson and Damon Bellik officially joined the force, t...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 20, 2021

Health Providers Working Together to Vaccinate People for COVID-19
About a month into the COVID-19 vaccination period in Vermilion County, local health providers are working to vaccinate as many people as possible as the area heads into its next phase of vaccines. At...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 19, 2021

Peer Court Auction Canceled
A longtime community event in Danville will not be held this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The board of directors of Peer Court of Vermilion County say their annual auction has been canceled. It ...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 19, 2021

Four People Charged in Oakwood Double Murder
Four people have been charged in the shooting death of an Oakwood man who they intended to purchase drugs from, as well as the death of a teenager who participated in the crime. Vermilion County Sheri...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 19, 2021

Victims in Oakwood Shooting Identified
The two victims in a shooting Sunday afternoon in Oakwood have been identified. 19-year-old Wyatt Bailey of Oakwood and 15-year-old Clayvonte Sloan of Rantoul died as a result of injuries sustained in...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 19, 2021

35-Year-Old Man Dead in Danville's First Shooting of 2021
Danville police say a 35-year-old man has died in the first shooting to occur in the city this year. Sgt. Eric Olson says officers and emergency personnel responded to the 400-block of Avenue A in Ver...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 19, 2021

Man Given Probation for Looting After George Floyd Events
A Danville man has been sentenced to probation after admitting to looting the Stock and Field store in Danville a few hours after a George Floyd march in the city. Greyson Tibbetts was sentenced Thurs...
Michelle Mitchell Jan 19, 2021







