Georgetown News

When Amy Norman runs into friends from her high-school days, their first question is: Are you still doing art? When people from the past visit her Facebook page, they ask the same question.

Residents are invited to attend the Georgetown Relief Efforts Neighborhood Organization monthly meeting at 9 a.m. Saturday in Room 100 of Eola Community Center, 555 S. Eola Road.

Downtown Danville Inc. and the Georgetown Ladies Community Club are seeking entries for their holiday parades.

Some celebrations later this month will commemorate the importance of organized after-school activities for area youths.

GEORGETOWN – School officials learned Tuesday that too many high-school and junior-high-school students in the district underperformed on standardized state tests last spring for their schools to meet the state's adequate yearly progress goals.

Even if Danville Mass Transit receives less state and federal funding in the future for operations, DMT Director Dick Brazda doesn't see the bus service going away anytime soon.

Attitudes are starting to return to normal a week after the shooting that rocked a small Vermilion County town.

Authorities said a former small-town police chief who shot and killed two intruders at his rural home was within his rights to use deadly force even though it turned out they carried an unloaded shotgun.

A resident doesn't need to be attacked first to have the right to defend himself, according to Illinois state law.

Georgetown City council members passed Ordinance No.861 on Monday. The ordinance moves all cases involving fines and penalties of no less than $100 and no more than $750 to the Danville Municipal Building for hearings.

An emotional crowd gathered Friday afternoon at Georgetown-Ridge Farm High School to remember Jessica Roach.

Georgetown- Sunday will mark the 16 year anniversary of Jessica Roach's disappearance and murder.

Here's a look at recent law enforcement calls: Danville Monday: Rear door kicked in at a home in the 100 block of Tennessee Avenue.

DANVILLE – For 10 years, the Vermilion County Health Department has been providing an opportunity for county residents to 'go green' through recycling, but for the county, 'green' has meant spending money, not making it.

This year, the Westville Lions Club has named John Barton as the parade marshal for the Labor Day parade.

If 2010 Census numbers come in lower than 2000 Census numbers, the Danville area could again cease to be an urbanized area.

Here's a look at recent law enforcement calls: Danville Thursday: Property damage in the first block of Wisconsin Avenue.

SHERIDAN -- Olive Bell Isenhour, 90, Sheridan, died Aug. 24, 2009, at Riverview Hospital, Noblesville.

Here's a look at recent law enforcement calls: Danville Monday: Attempted burglary in the 100 block of Delaware Avenue.

Here's a look at recent law enforcement calls: Danville Monday: Theft from a person in the 1200 block of Oak Street.