Category Archives: More News

Less Travel Could Impact Local Road Projects
Although many things are shut-down due to the coronavirus pandemic, planning continues for some road projects in Vermilion County. Members of the Danville Area Transportation Study Group are reviewing...
Apr 03, 2020

OSF Outlines Ways to Help During the Pandemic
OSF HealthCare has announced how citizens can help medical personnel on the front line of the Coronavirus fight. OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center in Danville and OSF Heart of Mary Medical Center in Urb...
Apr 03, 2020

Champaign Police Officer Tests Positive for COVID-19
The City of Champaign has confirmed a Champaign Police Officer has tested positive for COVID-19. The employee is currently recovering at home in isolation and does not require hospitalization. The emp...
Apr 03, 2020

'Fantastic Friday' Events Designed to Cheer People Up
Danville Mayor Rickey Williams Jr. wants to cheer-up people during the coronavirus emergency, so he has announced 'Fantastic Fridays' that will run all this month. He says they will give people someth...
Apr 03, 2020

New Jobs Report Shows Calm Before The Storm
New numbers from the Illinois Department of Employment Security show jobless rates fell across East Central Illinois during February. The unemployment rates improved in all fourteen Illinois metropoli...
Apr 03, 2020 ?

Commission Advances Carle at the Riverfront Project
The Danville Area Planning and Zoning Commission has approved rezoning and the semi-final plat for the Carle at the Riverfront project. The Commission also approved a variance regarding parking for a ...
Apr 03, 2020

Vermilion County COVID-19 Cases Rise to 4
The number of Vermilion County people confirmed to have the COVID-19 coronavirus disease rose to four this afternoon. Vermilion County Health Department Administrator Douglas Toole says both of the ne...
Apr 02, 2020

Urbana National Guard Assisting COVID-19 Response
Thirty members of an Illinois National Guard unit at Urbana have been activated to assist in the state's COVID-19 response at Stateville Correctional Center. Governor J.B. Pritzker says the soldiers f...
Apr 02, 2020

Local Officials Track Coronavirus Cases
[**Note: This story was posted before the number of confirmed cases in Vermilion County rose to four Thursday afternoon.] The two confirmed cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) in Vermilion County have man...
Apr 02, 2020

Danville Mayor Says Too Many Ignoring Warnings
Danville Mayor Rickey Williams Jr. says there are entirely too many people out running around during the current health emergency. ''We are supposed to be a light unto the rest of the world, but if we...
Apr 02, 2020







