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One Death, 190 New COVID Cases in Vermilion County
Another person has died from COVID-19 in Vermilion County. County Health Department Administrator Doug Toole said on Friday night that a woman in her 80's died of the virus. The death count from COVID...
Jan 10, 2021 Yuri Samoilov / CC
Stock and Field Closing All Stores, Including Danville and Tilton
A longtime area farm store chain is closing for good at the end of March. Employees at both the Tilton and Watseka locations of Stock and Field, commonly known by its former name of "Big R", confirmed...
Jan 10, 2021 Pictured above is the Stock+Field location in Tilton. New owner R.P. Lumber will be reopening the store this summer, but not the one in Danville.
Danville Public Library Events (January 11-16)
CALENDAR January 16: Ice Queen Story Time. Enjoy a story from Queen Elsa and then ask her a question. 1:00 p.m. on Zoom. Register at tinyurl.com/DPL-IceQueen ONGOING EVENTS #WinterRead2021: Books Like...
Jan 09, 2021
Danville Fire Department Reminding Residents That Free Smoke Detectors Are Available
After three residential home fires on Thursday in Danville where each home was not equipped with a working smoke alarm, Danville firefighters want to remind the public that they can provide ones for h...
Jan 08, 2021
Rep. Miller Issues an Apology for Hitler Remark
Congresswoman Mary Miller issued an apology on Friday morning for her controversial comments Wednesday regarding former German dictator Adolf Hitler. "I sincerely apologize for any harm my words cause...
Jan 08, 2021
District 118 Remote Learning Extended Through January 25th
Danville District 118 schools will stay on a full remote learning schedule for another two weeks. Superintendent Dr. Alicia Geddis says the district had planned on returning to a hybrid model of in-pe...
Jan 08, 2021
State Succeeds 1 Million COVID-19 Cases
State health officials announced on Thursday that Illinois has surpassed 1 million COVID-19 cases, a grim milestone since the start of the pandemic in March. Illinois joins California, New York, Texas...
Jan 08, 2021
Dudley Ready to Bring Business to Danville
After spending his entire life in the Decatur area, Tim Dudley is now ready to begin bringing businesses to the Danville area. Dudley officially began his new position as president and CEO of Vermilio...
Jan 08, 2021
Lacy Opposes New Police-Reform Legislation
The Illinois Legislative Black Caucus has introduced a sweeping criminal justice omnibus bill that aims to heavily alter the state of policing in Illinois, but Vermilion County State's Attorney Jacque...
Jan 07, 2021
Miller Loses Danville Office Director; More Politicians Call for Resignation
One day after newly seated Congresswoman Mary Miller made remarks saying "Hitler was right on one thing", the manager of her Danville office has resigned, and top Illinois politicians have called for ...
Jan 07, 2021
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