Tilton News

A couple of multi-million dollar projects in Vermilion County are part of the 2009 Capital Projects bill expected to be signed Monday.

Local family and friends are invited to commemorate the death of a young Tilton girl three years ago.

Traffic in both directions of Interstate 74 was at a standstill late Monday morning following a head-on collision between a pickup truck and a semi tractor-trailer. The incident happened at about 11:15 a.m. Monday in the westbound lanes of Interstate 74 between the Gilbert Street and Bowman Avenue exit ramps.

The Oakwood school district now has a full-time technology coordinator. The school board named David Calkins as the first full-time technology coordinator at an annual salary of $55,000 for a 12-month contract.

Nearly 11 years after planning began and three years after construction started, the 14th Street overpass in Tilton is near completion.

An elderly lady stood up to two men who tried to steal her purse Tuesday night. The woman, an 84-year-old Danville resident, was walking south in the 900 block of North Walnut Street just before 7 p.m. Tuesday when two men approached her.

TILTON – Dawna Bouton of Ridge Farm visits her relative in Tilton often but getting to the house has been, in Bouton's words, a jigsaw puzzle the last two years due to the road construction on Fifth Street.

Several homes will get a fresh look this weekend as part of HALO's Painting Blitz.

Police are continuing to search for a missing woman from Greene County. The Greene County Sheriff's Department said they have received a tip that 93-year old Esther Risher may be in Tilton, Ill.

Police continue to investigate an incident in which a homeowner fired shots at a person who entered his home.

It happens every year but you may not even notice. Aqua Illinois comes in to replace old water pipes.

Motorcyclists will gather Monday to honor fallen riders, raise funds for a monument and raise awareness of motorcycle safety.

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

Aqua Illinois, Vermilion Division announces that it will replace nearly 12,000 feet of aging water main in five areas.

A mountain of toxic slag at the abandoned Hegeler Zinc property won't be going anywhere soon.

Two days of intermittent rains have shut down boating along the Middle Fork River again.

The village board approved the budget ordinance for fiscal year 2010 which begins May 1 Thursday night.

If you don't want to drive out to the Vermilion County Animal Shelter in Tilton, the shelter will come to you.

Voters in the three largest southern Vermilion County towns - Georgetown, Tilton and Westville - will choose a mayor Tuesday.

Local officials postponed choosing a consultant from 10 proposals for the Westgate Land Use Alternative Study.