Category Archives: More News

Danville Company Helping Medical Front Line
A long-time local industry - Danville Metal Stamping - is helping medical professionals on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Company Executive Vice President Gardner Peck says an employee got ...
Apr 29, 2020

Danville Dans Opening Day is Postponed
Opening Day for the Danville Dans and other teams who play in the Prospect League is being postponed. The league has announced 2020 Opening Day games are being moved from May 28th to July 1st. Of cour...
Apr 29, 2020

Districts Receive Amended Graduation Requirements
The Illinois State Board of Education has supplied new information regarding how this year's graduation and promotions will be handled. Danville District 118 Superintendant Alicia Geddis says school o...
Apr 29, 2020

Retailers Await Governor's Modified Rules to Operate
With Gov. J.B. Pritzker's stay-at-home orders set to expire later this week, new orders have yet to be filed. It's expected the orders will be modified to allow for some retailers considered non-essen...
Apr 29, 2020

IDOC Says Almost 4,000 Inmates Released Since March 1st
The Illinois Department of Corrections has released a list of almost 4,000 inmates who have been released from the state's prisons since March 1st. The list includes all inmates who have either had th...
Apr 29, 2020

OSF HealthCare Requiring Everyone to Wear Masks
Everyone entering OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville or OSF HealthCare Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urbana is now being required to wear a mask. The policy was implemented as a pro-active ...
Apr 28, 2020

Suspect Held in a Danville Shooting
Danville Police say a suspect has been arrested in connection with a shooting two weeks ago. Members of the U.S. Marshal's Fugitive Task Force took 23-year-old Darrell L. Boston of Danville into custo...
Apr 28, 2020

Vermilion County Records 1st COVID-19 Death
Vermilion County has recorded its first COVID-19 coronavirus death. County Health Department Administrator Douglas Toole says the victim is a 70-year-old man who had tested positive for the virus arou...
Apr 28, 2020

Rep. Marron Calls for Opening Parts of Illinois
State Representative Mike Marron of Fithian is calling on Governor JB Pritzker to open regions of the state by ending his stay-at-home order. Marron in a message to his constituents says the governor'...
Apr 28, 2020

Vermilion County COVID-19 Cases Jump to 17
The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 coronavirus jumped to 17 in Vermilion County today (Monday, April 27, 2020) County Health Department Administrator Doug Toole announced four more people have ...
Apr 27, 2020







