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Area Businesses Sponsoring Truck-or-Treat Event Saturday
Kruger Coan Pape Funeral Home and Kruger's ATA Martial Arts here in Danville are sponsoring their first annual Drive Thru Trunk or Treat on Saturday from 2-4pm. Along with seventeen other businesses, ...
Michelle Mitchell Oct 30, 2020
State's Largest Public School District Won't Follow IHSA Defiance Advice
The dispute between the Illinois Department of Public Health and the Illinois High School Association continues, but the state's largest public school system says it will follow the governor's advice ...
Michelle Mitchell Oct 30, 2020

Danville Could Have to Wait Longer for Casino Approval from Gaming Board
When Danville submits its application for a new casino on Eastgate Drive to the Illinois Gaming Board, it could take a while for state officials to approve it. The Chicago Sun-Times reports that the b...
Michelle Mitchell Oct 30, 2020

Danville Could See Mitigation Measures Announced Today
The Danville area could be placed under increased mitigations from the Illinois Department of Public Health starting next week. Region 6's seven-day COVID-19 positivity rate reached 8.4 percent on Thu...
Michelle Mitchell Oct 30, 2020

UPDATE: Man Dies in Vermilion Garden Apartment Shooting Thursday
UPDATE (Friday morning): A 30-year-old man shot yesterday during a shooting at Vermilion Garden Apartments on North Bowman Avenue has died. Champaign County Coroner Duane Northrup says 30-year-old Don...
Michelle Mitchell Oct 29, 2020 Jobs For Felons Hub / CC

MLK Celebration Could Look a Lot Different in January
Several festivals and parades have already been canceled this year in the Danville area because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and portions of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration in January could...
Michelle Mitchell Oct 29, 2020

Community Health Fair in Downtown Danville November 6th
East Central Illinois Community Action Agency is hosting a drive-through community health fair on Friday, November 6th in downtown Danville. Community members are invited to come to the agency's offic...
Michelle Mitchell Oct 29, 2020
IHSA Votes to Defy Governor's Order; High School Basketball Will Start on Time
The Illinois High School Association has voted to defy an order from Governor J.B. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Public Health delaying the start of the high school basketball season. The IH...
Michelle Mitchell Oct 28, 2020

Local Election Offices Break Early-Voting Records
More people have voted early so far in the 2020 general election than ever before. Both the Vermilion County Clerk's Office and the Danville Election Commission say they have broken records for early ...
Michelle Mitchell Oct 28, 2020

Vermilion County Records Its 13th COVID-19 Death
Vermilion County has recorded its 13th death from COVID-19. Vermilion County Health Department Administrator Doug Toole says a man in his 70's died of the virus. Nine people have died from the local a...
Michelle Mitchell Oct 27, 2020







