Rossville News

ROSSVILLE – When students return to Rossville-Alvin Elementary School in August, there will be a new leader at the helm.

Officials from four "wind farm" companies say residents can expect to see dozens of turbine towers popping up across Vermilion County in the next three years.

Title: RALPH REED LAUNCHES NEW VALUES GROUP Ralph Reed, the Republican operative who built the Christian Coalition into a potent political force in the 1990s by mobilizing evangelicals and other religious conservatives and who did similar work to help George W. Bush win two presidential elections, is quietly launching a group aimed at using the Web ...

Twelve communities in eastern Illinois will participate in this weekend's fifth annual Drivin' the Dixie Days.

City police recently put a dent in local speeders - or at least their wallets. Officers handled out 699 tickets for speeding during the first three months of the department's Speed Enforcement Program.

A series of vehicle burglaries were reported along two streets in Rossville on Saturday.

But Harrold surprised them when he announced he actually was there for another reason: to present an award to fifth-grade teacher Debbie Smith.

Mayor Terry Prillaman recommended to the village board Monday night that they postpone any decision on purchasing electricity through Affiliated Power Purchasers International of Salisbury, Md., until later in the year.

Residents who had their eyes trained upward in anticipation of more strong storms were not disappointed on Friday.

A local resident was hospitalized following a motorcycle accident Tuesday night.

Several businesses got an unexpected and costly visitor Tuesday evening. Eight establishments that sell alcohol were hit during a sting by the Vermilion County Sheriff's Department as it checked for illegal sales to minors.

On the heels of approving a deficit budget for fiscal year 2010, the village board approved the spending on two capital expenditures Monday night.

A volunteer weather program is looking for observers throughout Vermilion County to measure rain, snow and hail.

A group claiming to be the world's largest online school for witchcraft will hold its annual international conference here next month.

Part of the federal stimulus package might lower electricity costs for some local residents.

The village board set the selling price on three village-owned buildings Monday night.

In a dramatic move to boost new home construction, the village board is offering lots in some village subdivi-sions for as low as one dollar.

The Danville area is filled with people so caring and generous that they're angels in other's eyes.

In an effort to help area residents and organizations save money on energy costs, State Senator Dan Rutherford, R-Pontiac, visited several locations in the Hoopeston Area last week.

Village board members awarded a contract for the construction of a new water treatment plant on Monday night.