Danville News

The American Cancer Society needs more people to enroll in a historic national research study, and there will be opportunities to sign up next month at local medical facilities.

Fire investigators have not yet determined the cause of a Sunday morning fire that heavily damaged a house and caused some minor injuries to one resident.

More than 3,600 people live in Vermilion County but work in Champaign County, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Illinois Small Business Development Center at Danville Area Community College will host a financial seminar for prospective and current small business owners in all stages of business.

Danville American Legion Post 210 and Champaign Post 24 hosted flag-burning ceremonies in Danville and Champaign respectively on Flag Day Friday June 14, 2013.

Ruth V. Hickman, 92, of Hoopeston, Ill., died Sunday, June 2, 2013, at Heritage Health Rehabilitation and Senior Living in Hoopeston.

Danville school board members approved the appointments of the Garfield Elementary School principal and a Danville High School assistant principal at a special meeting Thursday.

More than a dozen new mental health professionals have recently started their work in new positions throughout the Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System as part of a nationwide goal to improve veterans' access to mental health care.

A club devoted to William Shakespeare continues to meet in east central Illinois - and has been going strong for 120 years.

Amanda Nardoni had heard about Quaker Oats' Breakfast in the Park program before, but Tuesday morning was the first time she took her four kids.

Local and state officials with the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People are helping a group of local residents revive a chapter in Danville by organizing a rally and membership drive this week.

It was supposed to be an evening of fun and relaxation, one last big celebration before family and friends sent their soldiers off to war.

As businesses prepare for more provisions of the Affordable Care Act to take effect, higher education, and community colleges in particular, face unique challenges because of their dependence on part-time employees.

When Gurdon S. Hubbard left the Kankakee Potawatomi village, he moved to Danville, Illinois, near the Indiana border with Illinois.

Friends of Laura Lee Fellowship House will host a wine-and-cheese reception to raise money for the 99-year-old community agency.

A Danville teen was formally charged in Vermilion County Circuit Court on Friday with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the fatal shooting of another teen late Wednesday night near Lincoln Park.

The Danville High School pompettes squad will host a rummage sale to raise money to send members to dance camp in Florida.

Bicyclists in Our Town will soon have a new place to ride. A bike path is being built along Route 150 from Danville to Urbana.

The man's name is not being released until his relatives have been notified. An autopsy is scheduled for later today.

Vermilion County officials will soon be turning over to county board members one or two offers to purchase the Vermilion Manor Nursing Home, one from an Indiana-based company that owns a facility in Danville and a second offer from a company headquartered in Cook County that owns facilities in Savoy and Gilman.