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Some Businesses Change Routines With Pandemic
Some local businesses, churches and others are changing their routines in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. At County Market stores in the Danville area, Jerry Kettler, Director of Consumer Affairs for ...
Mar 19, 2020
Area Unemployment Rates Show Improvement
The COVID-19 pandemic will surely paint a much different picture in their next report, but the Illinois Department of Labor says unemployment rates in our area fell during January. The January unemplo...
Mar 19, 2020 ?
VA Tightens Restrictions Over COVID-19 Threat
VA Illiana Health Care System has tightened its restrictions over concerns about the risk of the COVID-19 virus. Effective yesterday, (March 18, 2020) no visitors of any age are allowed to enter the m...
Mar 19, 2020
Local Health Officials Continue to Urge Social Distancing
Vermilion County health care professionals are reminding families to continue social distancing in light of the on-going threat from the COVID-19 coronavirus. Melissa Rome, Emergency Planning and Prep...
Mar 18, 2020 ?
Danville Man Gets 2 Eight Year Sentences
A young Danville man has been sentenced to two concurrent eight year prison terms for crimes involving firearms. Circuit Judge Nancy Fahey sentenced Tyjuan Watkins to eight years in prison for enterin...
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County Offices Open For Essential Business Only
Vermilion County offices remain open but the general public is being asked to refrain from going there. County Board Chairman Larry Baughn says the County is attempting to comply with calls from the S...
Mar 18, 2020
3 Suspected Local Cases of Virus Are Negative
Results of tests from the Illinois Department of Public Health have found that three suspected cases of COVID-19 virus from Vermilion County last week were negative. But while the results show those p...
Mar 18, 2020
Danville Council Approves Emergency Declaration
The Danville City Council has approved an ordinance declaring a local emergency because of threat from the COVID-19 virus. The vote authorizes Mayor Rickey Williams Jr. to take emergency actions in th...
Mar 18, 2020 ?
Voters Reject Sales Tax Hike for Schools
Vermilion County voters have rejected a proposal to raise sales taxes by one-percent to support local schools. Final, unofficial vote totals last night showed the measure failed to pass by more than a...
Mar 18, 2020
Area Businesses Respond to COVID-19 Threat
Many area businesses are taking steps to continue to serve their customers while also meeting new rules regarding the COVID-19 threat. Others have closed temporarily or trimmed hours of operation. Dea...
Mar 17, 2020
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