The suspect was identified as a 16-year-old juvenile from Danville who was transported to the Public Safety Building and booked on charges of Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon-Possession Under 21, Aggravated Unlawful Use of a Weapon-No Concealed Carry Permit, and Obstructing/Resisting a Peace Officer.

Officers made contact with several subjects in the apartment, which led to further investigation. With the assistance of the Vermilion County State's Attorney's Office, Danville Police Officers were able to obtain a Vermilion County search warrant for the same apartment. DPD officers located three illegal firearms duri...

THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY ABOVE: Signage at the AMBUCS Playground for Everyone at Winter Park in Danville. (file photo) DANVILLE - Danville Police are investigating vandalism at Winter Park. According to the police department, officers responded to the park, 900 E. Winter Ave., at about 1...

Police said at about 4:30 p.m. May 19, the woman got out of a silver Honda van, entered the store at 100 N. Griffon St. and attacked an employee.

On or around May 17, 2025, City of Danville officials received complaints that there was a large amount of garbage collecting in the area on the northeast side of Ellsworth Park as well as just west of the 200 block of N. Logan Ave. City personnel inspected the area and found that there were multiple tents along the h...

Officers learned that a house and a vehicle in that area were struck by bullets. Officers located at least 4 shell casings in the roadway in the same area, along with small bullet fragments. There were no injuries reported. DPD has no leads on this incident.

Daniel Kist was booked and charged with Aggravated Battery with a Deadly Weapon. Kist is being held at the Vermilion County jail pending a pre-trial hearing.

The driver of the car was placed into custody at the crash scene. No injuries were reported.

The National Weather Service has confirmed there were three tornado touchdowns in Vermilion County during the storms which passed through the area on Tuesday (May 20, 2025). Bill Pickett has more... All three touchdowns were brief according to information compiled by a team from the National Weather Service at Lincoln...

Starting as a legal aid attorney, she soon became an assistant state's attorney. She served 49 years on the bench in Illinois- as an associate circuit judge, circuit judge, appellate judge, as a member of the Illinois Supreme Court from 2001 until 2022, lastly, she served as the Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme co...