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Volunteers with the Red Cross Disaster Action Team are helping families clean up from house fires throughout central Illinois. Drew Brown, the regional communications and marketing manager for the Ame...

Eleven new COVID-19 cases have been reported in Vermilion County. Vermilion County Health Department Administrator Doug Toole says the new cases consist of one person in their 80's, two people in thei...

Five new COVID-19 cases were reported in Vermilion County over the three-day holiday weekend. Vermilion County Health Department Administrator Doug Toole says one person in their 30's and one teenager...

This year's 110th Annual Westville Labor Day Parade looked a lot different than past years since only golf carts were allowed to participate. And instead of having thousands of people lined-up along I...

Are you a young adult living in or near a small Vermilion County community? If you are - you may be just the person some area volunteer fire departments are seeking. Several area departments are looki...

As area volunteer fire departments seek more volunteers, some steps have been taken while they attempt to beef-up their rosters. One thing is a change in automatic mutual aid. When a fire call comes i...

Illinois State Police say a Saturday night (September 5, 2020) crash between an SUV and motorcycle in Edgar County has claimed the life of the cyclist. Troopers say the victim is 32-year-old Eric Marc...

A 24-year-old man from Paris has been arrested in the death of a man whose remains were found on a rural property near Indianola in April. Captain Michael Hartshorn says Dillon Steele was arrested Thu...

With most large-scale blood drive events being canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many people who would otherwise have opportunities to donate blood haven't had that opportunity. Next week, reside...

The local agency in charge of the Head Start preschool program has had its funding cut in the wake of financial improprieties last year. East Central Illinois Community Action Agency says it was notif...