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Danville Police Probe Sunday Morning Shootings
Danville Police are seeking help from the public as they probe two Sunday morning shootings. Public Safety Director Larry Thomason says the first was reported at 2:30 a.m. (November 26th, 2017) on a p...
Bill Pickett Nov 26, 2017
Santa Helps Salvation Army Kettle Campaign!
Santa Claus is helping the Danville Salvation Army with its Christmas Kettle Campaign this year. Dressed in his red suit and flashing a smile, Santa has been manning a Salvation Army kettle in front o...
Bill Pickett Nov 24, 2017
Vermilion County Small Businesses in Spotlight
Shoppers both locally and nationwide will be heading out to big box stores for a lot of their early Christmas shopping on Friday (November 24th). But on Saturday (November 25, 2017) it is small busine...
Bill Pickett Nov 23, 2017
County Office-Holders Looking Forward to Move
December is right around the corner, and that has some Vermilion County office-holders looking forward to next year's move. Offices which are currently located at the Vermilion County Courthouse Annex...
Bill Pickett Nov 23, 2017
Senator Bennett Likes Task Force Appointment
State Senator Scott Bennett says he looks forward to serving on a new Senate Task Force on Sexual Discrimination and Harassment Awareness and Prevention. He discussed his appointment to that task forc...
Bill Pickett Nov 23, 2017
Vermilion County Jobless Rate Unchanged
New unemployment numbers are out and they show the jobless rate in Vermilion County was unchanged last month, remaining at 5.9 percent of the workforce. It is down from a year ago when Vermilion Count...
Bill Pickett Nov 22, 2017
State Police Out in Force for Holiday Period
Illinois and Indiana State Police say they will be out in force over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. It is generally one of the busiest travel holiday periods of the year. As millions of travelers t...
Bill Pickett Nov 22, 2017
Students Get Special Lesson on Civil War
Some eighth grade students at North Ridge Middle School in Danville got a special lesson Monday on the Civil War. Eugene Bencomo of Oakwood and Gary Simpkins of Heyworth, Illinois - two well-known Civ...
Bill Pickett Nov 20, 2017
Shopping Online? It Could Be Costly to Local Services
As the Christmas shopping season gets underway, local leaders are again reminding residents about the importance of shopping local. Vickie Haugen, President of Vermilion Advantage, says the sales tax ...
Bill Pickett Nov 19, 2017
Danville Mayor Delays Vote on Pension Proposal
Danville Mayor Scott Eisenhauer says a planned vote Tuesday evening on a proposal to pay for rising pension costs is being delayed. He says the delay is being caused by the fact that city council memb...
Bill Pickett Nov 19, 2017