Vermilion County News

Some TV stars stopped in central Illinios to show their support for charity. Among thousands of fans, many camouflage-clad people waited outside for the chance to Jase and Si Roberston.

The Baseball-size hail was reported in Oakwood, which is in Vermilion County. There was also hail with a diameter of 2" reporteed in Minonk, which is in Vermilion County.

Documents recorded in March at the Vermilion County recorder's office confirm that a local company, Steel Grip, does not already own the industrial property on East Voorhees where the company plans to relocate later this year and ultimately buy the site with financial assistance from the city of Danville.

Danville Area Community College officials will confer nearly 450 associate degrees and certificates, and nearly 200 graduates will participate in this year's commencement exercises.

This time last year, Urbana signed an electric aggregation contract with Homefield Energy to supply 100 percent renewable electricity to residents at a rate of 4.08 cents per kilowatt-hour. Following the same bidding process and using the same consultant, the city of Danville ended up Wednesday with a higher rate for its electric aggregation ... (more)

Danville police and the Vermilion County coroner's office are investigating a collision on East Voorhees Street that killed a Danville man and injured an Indiana man early Monday afternoon.

The tornado would eventually become an F4. At least 5 homes were destroyed, two of which were totally swept away.

Ben Franklin was the first person to identify nor'easters. In a letter on this date, Franklin described an experience that happened to him in November 1743 when storm clouds in Philadelphia blocked his view of an eclipse.

It's for National Stamp Out Hunger Day. Mail carriers in Danville say there was a lot of participation around town.

Vermilion County has extended for another year Apex Wind Energy's building permit for the proposed 43-turbine Hoopeston Wind Project west of Rossville.

The Vermilion County Sheriff's Department continues to investigate a car-semitrailer truck collision that killed a 30-year-old Hoopeston man on Wednesday afternoon.

In the last several years, the state has cut the amount it pays for salaries at juvenile detention centers around the state, including centers in Vermilion and Champaign counties.

The Oakwood High School senior, who plans on attending Danville Area Community College in the fall, already is familiar with the campus and one of her instructors and has a semester's worth of college credit under her belt - thanks to the College Express program.

Kay Sanders chaired her first meeting as mayor of Georgetown on Monday and wasted little time putting her stamp on the city.

Kristen Burd of Potomac serves her three foster children lunch while having a picnic at Millie Curtis Park in Potomac.

In grade school, Caitlin Brewer was often teased and taunted by classmates. She cut herself to deal with the pain.

Bourbonnais will have an estimated 5,000 visitors on Friday and Saturday for commencement activities at Olivet Nazarene University.

Each year before Memorial Day, Rotarians and their family members place flags along Vermilion Street to honor servicemen and women.

Erwin said he was suspended on April 18. He declined to say why he was suspended or whether he planned to fight any charges that led to his suspension.

Judge Tom Difanis sentenced Fosdick to 106 days in the county jail, with credit for the 106 days he has already served, plus 30 months of probation.