The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that Illinois 9 from east of Hoopeston to near the Indiana State line in Vermilion County will close starting July 28.
Another wave of heat is expected to rush across the country next week, with Champaign County one of the many counties in the area to experience excessive heat in that time.
During its regular meeting on Wednesday, the Parkland College Board of Trustees reviewed the tentative budget for the fiscal year of 2026 and heard an enrollment update, alongside other agenda items.
It’s been five days since the Coles County Health Department first issued a “Do Not Drink” for the entire city of Mattoon due to trace amounts of potentially toxic materials found in the city’s water. Since then, the advisory has been lifted and then quickly reinstated.
With help from the Vermilion County State’s Attorney’s Office, Danville Police Department detectives testified to a Vermilion County arrest warrant in connection to a shooting in Danville’s Churchill Towers area earlier this month.
In the late hours of Tuesday heading into early Wednesday, Danville Police responded to the Meijer Grocery Store on the 3600 block of North Vermilion Street to respond to a retail theft in progress.
The Illinois Department of Revenue (IDOR) is reminding residents that when buying a vehicle from out of state, sales or use tax is due where the vehicle will be registed and use, not where it was purchased.
The 36th annual Kendall Gill Golf Outing was held this past weekend, and brought in $52,251 in total proceeds towards the Cunningham Children’s Home in Urbana to benefit 977 youth and families served each year.
On Friday, Pesotum gained six new troopers as part of the Illinois State Police (ISP)’s largest cadet class of the last 25 years.
The pavement on Bradley Avenue from Alpine Drive to Duncan Road will be reconstructed later this month as part of the Bradley Avenue Improvement Project.
