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Family members of the Hoopeston Area High School student who was killed ina pickup truck-semi tractor trailer collision west of Hoopeston earlyThursday morning identified him as 17-year-old Michael 'Mikey' Symmonds of Rankin.

Owners of a Rossville-based witch school say narrow minds and narrower bandwidth led to their recent decision to move the operation to Salem, Mass.

Law enforcement are at the scene this morning of a fatal crash outside Hoopeston.

Title: WITCHES HEAD TO SALEM, MASS. Owners of a Rossville-based witch school say narrow minds and narrower bandwidth led to their recent decision to move the operation to Salem, Mass.

The Vermilion County Health Department has set forward its first month of scheduled vaccination clinics in the county.

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

There are three components to determining the rating given by the Insurance Standards Organization according to Lloyd Smith, fire chief of the Rossville Fire Protection District.

City council members voted 6-1 Tuesday to allow Allied Waste to distribute trash receptacles to residents for mechanical pick up for the next 15 months until their contract with the city expires.

The Vermilion County Health Department is looking for help from local health professionals and residents as it prepares for as many as three dozen H1N1 clinics in the coming months.

"The Maturing of Vermilion County Team" was announced Wednesday as an Illinois Department on Aging winner of a Governor's Award for Unique Achievement.

Reunions bring people together to reminisce about old times, share funny stories, reconnect with old friends, and visit with special people.

A Hoopeston bar has earned a less-than-respectable first in the state of Illinois.

HOOPESTON – John Greer Elementary School in Hoopeston is one of 28 schools awarded a field trip grant to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum in Springfield.

Hildur Goodwine is a unique woman, a precious gem to her family, the oldest woman at Country Terrace Senior Living Apartments in Hoopeston and the oldest in her church, the Antioch Christian Church.

More than 700 Vermilion County teachers spent the day together. The faculty members gathered Friday morning at Danville Area Community College.

City council members discussed Allied Waste's request Tuesday evening to switch from manual pick-up of garbage to automated hauling using 95-gallon totes that would be supplied free of charge to Hoopeston residences.

The average weight of a motor vehicle is 4,000 pounds, while the normal golf car tips the scales at a measly 800 pounds.

Hoopeston has a new recreation center downtown. Main Street Fitness opened its doors last July and offers a variety of exercise options for young and old, male or female.

While they have long been common place in many Florida communities such as Sun City, Celebration and The Villages, motorists in Illinois have not had to worry about sharing the roads with golf carts - until recently.