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![]() ![]() Feb 22nd "2026 Coalition Career Fair" at David S. Palmer Arena Meant to Highlight Local Opportunities
ABOVE: Ross Darby recently appeared with Tommy B on D102's "The Big Show" We are less than two weeks away from the Sunday, February 22nd "2026 Coalition Career Fair" at the David S. Palmer Aren...
![]() Chick-fil-A Signs Lease for Danville Location
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![]() Indivisible Vermilion County Announces Community Gathering to Defend Democracy and Stand in Solidarity with Minneapolis
THE FOLLOWING IS AN INDIVISIBLE VERMILION COUNTY RELEASE FEBRUARY 14th, 2026 4:00 p.m. TO 5:00 p.m. Danville, IL - Indivisible Vermilion County will host a public community event at the corner ...
![]() Danville's Got Talent Returns Friday, March 6th
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![]() Senator Rose Files Comprehensive Energy Package to Lower Prices for Families and Protects the Mahomet Aquifer
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![]() Carle Arrow Paramedics Honored with Lifesaving Awards
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![]() Reffett Properties Offering to Take Over New Home Construction Projects
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![]() Kickapoo Rail Trail Plan for 2026: Prioritize the Most Needed Areas; Hope for Other Donations for a 2027 Completion
With snow melting going on this week, lots of residents hoping for an early spring just might be turning their attention back to the Kickapoo Rail Trail project. Vermilion County Conservation District...
![]() Danville Area Community College Expands Student Support with New Mental Health Services Grant
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THE FOLLOWING IS A NEWS-GAZETTE STORY BY JENNIFER BAILEY ABOVE: Ridge Farm resident Alan Johnson stops recently at Save-A-Lot in Georgetown. He shops at the grocery store about once a week. He ...
![]() Sparklight Awards $2,000 Charitable Giving Fund Grant to the Westville Backpack Program
THE FOLLOWING IS A SPARKLIGHT/CABLEONE/WESTVILLE BACKPACK PROGRAM RELEASE WESTVILLE, Ill. (Feb. 9, 2026) - Students facing food insecurity will get a boost from a $2,000 grant awarded to the We...
![]() Warrant Arrest Vermilion County, Resisting/Obstructing Peace Officer, Concealing or Aiding a Fugitive
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![]() Danville Public Library Releases Latest Events Schedule
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Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Monday 02/02/26 (UPDATED 02/01/26 AT 7:55 P.M. CST):
Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Monday February 2, 2026 (UPDATED 02/01/26 AT 7:55 P.M. CST): SCHOOLS: South Vermillion School Corp.-2 Hour Delay Monday Winter Weather is causing a number of closings that may go unreported. If it is absolutely necessary to travel during the inclement...
Feb 02, 2026
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Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Friday 01/30/26 (UPDATED 01/29/26 AT 10:05 P.M. CST):
Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Friday January 30, 2026 (UPDATED 01/29/26 AT 10:05 P.M. CST): SCHOOLS: Benton Community School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Friday North Central Parke Community Schools-2 Hour Delay Friday North Vermillion School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Friday RPC Early Childhood ...
Jan 30, 2026
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Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Thursday 01/29/26 (UPDATED 01/28/26 AT 9:50 P.M. CST):
Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Thursday January 29, 2026 (UPDATED 01/28/26 AT 9:50 P.M. CST): SCHOOLS: Benton Community School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Thursday North Central Parke Community Schools-Synchronous Learning Thurssday North Vermillion School Corp.--E-Learning Thursday RPC Ea...
Jan 29, 2026
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Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Wednesday January 28, 2026 (UPDATED 01/27/26 AT 11:15 P.M. CST):
Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Wednesday January 28, 2026 (UPDATED 01/27/26 AT 11:15 P.M. CST): SCHOOLS: Attica Consolidated School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Wednesday Benton Community School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Wednesday Covington Community School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Wednesday East Cent...
Jan 28, 2026
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Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Tuesday 01/27/26 (UPDATED 01/26/26 AT 9:00 P.M. CST):
Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Tuesday January 27, 2026 (UPDATED 01/26/26 AT 9:00 P.M. CST): SCHOOLS: Attica Consolidated School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Tuesday Benton Community School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Tuesday Charleston CUSD #1-E-Learning Tuesday Covington Community School Corp.--2...
Jan 27, 2026
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Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Monday 02/02/26 (UPDATED 02/01/26 AT 7:55 P.M. CST):
Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Monday February 2, 2026 (UPDATED 02/01/26 AT 7:55 P.M. CST): SCHOOLS: South Vermillion School Corp.-2 Hour Delay Monday Winter Weather is causing a number of closings that may go unreported. If it is absolutely necessary to travel during the inclement...
Feb 02, 2026
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Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Friday 01/30/26 (UPDATED 01/29/26 AT 10:05 P.M. CST):
Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Friday January 30, 2026 (UPDATED 01/29/26 AT 10:05 P.M. CST): SCHOOLS: Benton Community School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Friday North Central Parke Community Schools-2 Hour Delay Friday North Vermillion School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Friday RPC Early Childhood ...
Jan 30, 2026
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Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Thursday 01/29/26 (UPDATED 01/28/26 AT 9:50 P.M. CST):
Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Thursday January 29, 2026 (UPDATED 01/28/26 AT 9:50 P.M. CST): SCHOOLS: Benton Community School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Thursday North Central Parke Community Schools-Synchronous Learning Thurssday North Vermillion School Corp.--E-Learning Thursday RPC Ea...
Jan 29, 2026
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Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Wednesday January 28, 2026 (UPDATED 01/27/26 AT 11:15 P.M. CST):
Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Wednesday January 28, 2026 (UPDATED 01/27/26 AT 11:15 P.M. CST): SCHOOLS: Attica Consolidated School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Wednesday Benton Community School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Wednesday Covington Community School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Wednesday East Cent...
Jan 28, 2026
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Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Tuesday 01/27/26 (UPDATED 01/26/26 AT 9:00 P.M. CST):
Weather Related Closings, Cancellations, Delays, and Adjustments for Tuesday January 27, 2026 (UPDATED 01/26/26 AT 9:00 P.M. CST): SCHOOLS: Attica Consolidated School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Tuesday Benton Community School Corp.--2 Hour Delay Tuesday Charleston CUSD #1-E-Learning Tuesday Covington Community School Corp.--2...
Jan 27, 2026
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![]() The Danville mall auction is to end at noon on Wednesday. Champaign County Coroner Laurie Brauer identified the deceased as Tariq Porter, 17, Champaign. He was pronounced dead at Carle Foundation Hospital at 7:18 p.m. An autopsy has been scheduled. Danville Mayor Rickey Williams Jr. said they received a message from the developer that Chick-fil-A has now taken that next step. Champaign County Coroner Laurie Brauer has identified the deceased as Karen L. Parr, 82, Newman. An autopsy has been scheduled, Brauer said. MultimediaThe LatestThe Danville mall auction is to end at noon on Wednesday. Champaign County Coroner Laurie Brauer identified the deceased as Tariq Porter, 17, Champaign. He was pronounced dead at Carle Foundation Hospital at 7:18 p.m. An autopsy has been scheduled. Danville Mayor Rickey Williams Jr. said they received a message from the developer that Chick-fil-A has now taken that next step. Champaign County Coroner Laurie Brauer has identified the deceased as Karen L. Parr, 82, Newman. An autopsy has been scheduled, Brauer said. Gov. J.B. Pritzker is backing one of his longtime Statehouse allies, Rep. Margaret Croke, to be Illinois’ next comptroller. Carle Arrow Ambulance paramedics Joe Blew of Danville and Adam Harris of Cissna Park on Monday received American Red Cross National Lifesaving awards for their heroic work in saving an unconscious driver in a burning vehicle last year in Vermilion County. The Danville City Council's Public Works Committee at its 6 p.m. Tuesday meeting at city hall will consider approving a development agreement for Reffett Properties to own the properties and finish the new homes being constructed at Oak, Seminary and Franklin streets in Danville. After graduating from the University of Illinois with his bachelor's degree in 2012 and his master's in 2018, Cameron Jones went on to the U.S. Air Force. Soon, he might be flying even higher. Meet Unnati Narang — fiction writer, powerlifter, aspiring pianist, new mom and award-winning assistant professor in the UI's Gies College of Business. Today is Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026. Here are local news reports from 50 and 15 years ago: "I will do everything in my power to make sure that every single child receives a quality education. This is my call, this is my duty and this is my promise," Geovanny Ponce says. Thanks to the movers, shakers and headline-makers who have joined News-Gazette Radio since the WDWS show started Jan. 5. Investors Darren Alexander, Sean Lagacy and his daughter, Makaelyn Lagacy, stepped up to save a financially unstable Save-A-Lot in Georgetown. Silvia Pleitez and her son Balmore Pleitez immigrated to the U.S. from El Salvador around eight years ago, but careers as bus operators were not the initial plan. Champaign County Crime Stoppers is asking for the public's help identifying a suspect who swapped barcodes on products to purchase one at a greatly reduced value. On the leaderboard for this year's C-U At Home One Winter Night event was at least one maybe-unexpected team of young people: Central High School's Future Business Leaders of America chapter. To subscribe, click here. It’s a game of hide and seek a lot of women play. You hide the last bite of something delectable for yourself, not because you’re selfish, but because you are a visionary. Experts at the University of Illinois Veterinary Teaching Hospital want to improve outcomes for female dogs by making their most common surgical procedure — the spay — less painful. Wigfall’s “Untitled” painting has been on view in “Art Since 1948” in the Rosann Gelvin Noel Gallery since its acquisition in 2024. We hope to acquire a few of his prints in the future. 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"As Ms. Vickers-Shelley did for me, I strive to introduce people to a career in librarianship, especially those of the global majority who are underrepresented in the library and information profession," Taliah Abdullah says. Houseplants are a great way to keep the gardening season alive year-round, especially during the long and cold winter months. Its safe to say “there is a houseplant for everyone,” given the wide range of sizes and shapes available. From towering fiddle leaf fig trees to the numerous tiny succulent species available, everyone can find something that fits their growing conditions and the space available in your home or workplace. Ethel & Maud Luncheon: The January edition is set for Jan. 17 at City View on the fourth floor of the Illinois Terminal When some radio listeners looked at the screens in their cars Thursday morning, they were greeted with an offensive message, rather than the typical information about the station they'd tuned in to. It's a family affair for Darren Sanders, who grew up in Georgetown and now lives in his wife Sherry's hometown of Westville, with their family and employees who feel like family running Route 1 Saloon in Georgetown. Today is Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. Here are local news reports from 50 and 15 years ago: Illini watch parties at Gator’s Dockside in The Villages, Fla., are getting bigger — and rowdier — every game. More answers to questions prompted by the late-January snowstorm … details on a long-vacant restaurant building that’s set to be demolished … why a busy intersection doesn’t have turn arrows for eastbound traffic … and much more. Champaign County is looking for representatives from the sectors of local labor, economic development, environmental impact and farming to participate in the task force. Each week, we'll run details of permits for all new single-family and multi-family residences — as well as commercial and industrial work and residential remodeling costing over $25,000 — in Champaign. Officers responded to a report of dogs locked inside a vehicle in extremely cold weather and transported the dogs to Champaign County Animal Control Amid a flurry of lawsuits filed in federal court against the Trump administration, Attorney General Kwame Raoul’s office won a historic first in Illinois last month by successfully trying the state’s first civil hate crime lawsuit. With Friday's Peer Court Auction, Danville's Ice Box Club is poised to reach $30,000 raised with their vintage refrigerators and other restorations. When local educators began looking at options for their own children's schooling and didn't find anything that fit, they had an idea: why not start our own school? Council members previously voted in June 2025 to appoint Vincent Gustafson — previously the deputy public works director for operations — as interim public works director after the departure of Tim Cowan. Bonchon, a Korean fried chicken restaurant, has signed a lease at 60 E. Green Street, and so has Fat Sandwich Company, said Andy Hutson with The University Group. Both restaurants hope to open just ahead of the fall semester. Today is Friday, Feb. 6, 2026. Here are local news reports from 50 and 15 years ago: Bartender APRIL MORAN has been in the business for over 20 years, and she's still loving the teamwork and social aspects of her job. It's a whole new ballgame in college sports, where athletes not only share in the profits of online merchandise sales but approve commemorative T-shirt concepts hours after the buzzer sounds. Campus Ink's creative CEO, Steven Farag, explains. The kids at Fisher High are getting ready for another Mahomet Polar Plunge. The Bailey Buzz this week has information on a Fair Hope Children's Ministry Pajama Drive, Bismarck Lions Club Pancake and Sausage Day, Vermilion County War Museum program and Abraham Lincoln birthday celebration at the Vermilion County Museum. It’s not surprising that I have read a lot of books that chronicle the lives of radio personalities. Most of the books are not about nationwide household names — just personalities applying their skills in a regional setting. Angela West has spent three years of her 19-year teaching career at Westview Elementary School, where she teaches the fifth grade, and she already calls the school her home away from home. |
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