Category Archives: More News

Dashers Looking at Mid-January Start Date
The hockey league that includes the Danville Dashers has a new date that it hopes to start its season by. Officials with the Federal Prospects Hockey League say the latest start date for games is Janu...
Michelle Mitchell Nov 20, 2020

Work on DACC's Jacobs Hall Advancing
Danville Area Community College Trustees have been told that work on Jacobs Hall is ahead of schedule and well within budget. The report came from DACC President Dr. Stephen Nacco during the board's r...
Nov 19, 2020

Construction on Denmark Road to Begin Monday
Work on the northwest sanitary sewer project in Danville is set to begin on Monday. The project involves the reconstruction of the sanitary sewer area along Denmark Road, Old Ottawa Road, and areas of...
Michelle Mitchell Nov 19, 2020

Mockbee Appointed Associate Judge for Fifth Circuit
Danville attorney Charles "Chuck" Mockbee IV has been appointed as an associate judge for the Fifth Judicial Circuit, which includes Vermilion County. Mockbee is currently serving as the corporation c...
Michelle Mitchell Nov 19, 2020

BHRA High School Going Remote Starting Friday
Students at Bismarck-Henning-Rossville-Alvin High School will be learning remotely starting on Friday for two weeks. In a letter to families, principal Brent Rademacher says BHRA has been dealing with...
Michelle Mitchell Nov 19, 2020

Fischer Theatre Events Canceled Due to COVID
Because of the new restrictions on movie theatres across the state due to the increase in COVID-19 cases, all events at the Fischer Theatre have been canceled, and management is not booking new events...
Michelle Mitchell Nov 19, 2020

District 118 Decision on Remote Learning Expected by Friday
Students and parents in District 118 should know by Friday what the district's learning plans are for the rest of the fall semester and heading into January. Superintendent Alicia Geddis told school b...
Michelle Mitchell Nov 18, 2020

19-year-old Pleads Guilty to Burglarizing Store After George Floyd Protests
One of the five people arrested after looting Danville stores in the wake of the George Floyd protests in May has pleaded guilty to a charge stemming from one of the incidents. 19-year-old Greyson Tib...
Michelle Mitchell Nov 18, 2020

Mary Ellen Surprenant Named Interim Head of Local United Way
A local realtor and volunteer at the Danville area United Way has been named as the interim president of the organization. Mary Ellen Surprenant succeeds Sherri Askren, who had led the United Way sinc...
Michelle Mitchell Nov 18, 2020

29th Vermilion County Resident Dies of COVID; 63 New Cases Reported
The Vermilion County Health Department says another person has died of COVID-19, the second day in a row where a death has been recorded. Administrator Doug Toole says the person who died is a man in ...
Michelle Mitchell Nov 18, 2020







