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No Injuries Reported in Georgetown Explosion
No injuries were reported when a massive explosion destroyed a home south of Georgetown tonight (Thursday, March 26, 2020). The blast around 8:00 p.m. leveled a home which neighbors reported was vacan...
Mar 26, 2020 ?

New Restrictions in Place at County Courthouse
Presiding Judge Thomas M. O'Shaughnessy has announced new restrictions for the Rita B. Garman Vermilion County Courthouse in response to the 2019 Novel Coronavirus [COVID-19] pandemic. The judges cont...
Mar 26, 2020

Fund Raising Effort to Support Pandemic Relief
Governor JB Pritzker joined the United Way of Illinois and the Alliance of Illinois Community Foundations Thursday to announce the launch of the Illinois COVID-19 Response Fund (ICRF), a new statewide...
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Illinois Declared Federal Disaster Area
FEMA has announced that federal emergency aid has been made available for the state of Illinois to supplement the state, tribes and local recovery efforts in the areas affected by the Coronavirus Dise...
Mar 26, 2020

Zoning Commission to Consider 3 Requests
The Danville Area Planning and Zoning Commission is scheduled to consider three petitions at its April 2nd meeting, including one requesting a parking variance for a new Dollar General Store. The othe...
Mar 26, 2020

School Districts Learn Flexible is New Norm
The Superintendent of the Salt Fork School District says he would not be surprised if schools remain closed beyond the current planned opening date of April 8th. ''I've said many times to our teachers...
Mar 26, 2020

Additional Help Announced for Small Businesses
Vermilion Advantage is alerting owners of bars, restaurants and other small businesses that the State of Illinois is offering them additional assistance during the coronavirus crisis. On March 25, Gov...
Mar 26, 2020

COVID-19 Cases Rise in Our Region
The number of positive COVID-19 coronavirus cases in our region continues to rise. The Illinois Department of Public Health reports cases doubled in Champaign County from Tuesday to Wednesday's report...
Mar 26, 2020

Westville Parade Sends Two-Way Message
With schools closed because of the coronavirus threat, teachers in the Westville Unit 2 School District took to the streets Wednesday to show support for their students. The teachers and support perso...
Mar 25, 2020 ?

Danville District 118 Helping Home-Bound Kids
It is spring break time for Danville's Public Schools but even if it wasn't students would still be home because of the threat of the COVID-19 coronavirus. And although District 118 students are on br...
Mar 25, 2020







