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The men and women who paid the ultimate price while serving in America's Armed Forces were honored Monday during a ceremony at Danville's VA National Cemetery. The occasion was Memorial Day, but local VA Director, Dr. Staci Williams, told the crowd they should be remembered everyday…
The Westville Freedom Celebration is taking place this week.
The Westville Freedom Celebration is taking place this week. Freedom Celebration Committee chairman Gary Delha...
Damage assessments continue as the cleanup efforts continue from Thursday evening's severe storms in our area....
The National Weather Service has confirmed there were two EF-1 tornadoes which struck parts of Vermilion Count...
City crews are currently prioritizing emergency response efforts throughout the community, including clearing blocked roadways and removing hazardous limbs and debris that pose immediate safety concerns.
Power crews are starting to head home after working long hours restoring electricity across east-central Illinois. Ameren called in help from across the country because of the large number of outages after storms raked the county Thursday evening. At one point there were over 12-thousand customers without power in Vermilion County. As of mid-morning today (Monday, June 15, 2026) that number had dropped to 8 outages affecting 8 customers in Vermilion County and 5 outages affecting 15 customers in Champaign County according to Ameren's online outage map.
A Westville business that opened as World War II ended is celebrating its 80 th anniversary on Saturday. Latoz Hardware co-owner Vic Latoz appreciates the support the store has received over the years…
Vermilion County government's new fiscal year does not begin until December but work is already advancing on a proposed new budget. The County Board's Finance and Personnel Committee approved eight budget proposals for various offices this (Monday) evening. Committee chairman Jerry Hawker says there's more work to do, though….
Danville native and retired astronaut Joe Tanner is back in town this weekend for two special events entitled ‘Mastodons To The Moon'.
