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Vermilion County Board Chair Stephen Miller announced the permanent hiring of Ryan Goodner to be Director of the Animal Shelter. Ryan Goodner was only recently appointed a member of the County Board in April of this year and resigned to become interim director on June 26th. At a Health and Education Committee meeting o...

On July 24, 2025, at approximately 1102 hours, the Danville Police Department responded to an address in the 1000 block of W. Columbia for a domestic disturbance with injuries. Upon arrival, members of the patrol division located the victim outside of the residence with a laceration on their face. The victim reported t...

The first day petitions for established political parties may be circulated is Tuesday, August 5th, 2025. Petition packets must be filed with the Vermilion County Clerk beginning Monday, October 27th, 2025 at 8:00 a.m. thru Monday, November 3rd, 2025 by 5:00 p.m. The order in which candidates file will determine their ...

The former CEO of electric utility Commonwealth Edison has been sentenced to two years in prison for her role in bribing ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan. Capitol News Illinois reports Anne Pramaggiore (prah-muh-JORE-ay), was convicted in 2023 along with three other former ComEd executives and lobbyists. A jur...

A new Illinois law will make it easier for police to remove squatters. Capitol News Illinois reports Governor J-B Pritzker signed a bill Monday that allows police to remove squatters from a home. The law will consider squatting similar to criminal trespassing. Current law forces Illinois property owners to go through a...