Danville News

The directors of FreightCar America, Inc. have declared a regular cash dividend of $0.06 per share of common stock of the company.

A variety of ideas were thrown out at Tuesday's city council meeting as possible ways to get the city through the next tax levy/budget season with a little surplus left.

Downtown Danville Inc. and the Georgetown Ladies Community Club are seeking entries for their holiday parades.

Mike Frerichs will formally announce that he will seek re-election to the Illinois State Senate on Nov.

DANVILLE – The East Central Illinois Community Action Agency will provide energy-bill payment assistance to qualified customers through its annual Powerblitz.

Mayor Scott Eisenhauer told aldermen at Tuesday's tax levy/budget study session that the city is "far past" cutting expenditures out of the budget without having to eliminate services.

Staff Report Here's a look at recent law enforcement calls: Danville Tuesday: Residential burglary in the 1400 block of East Fairchild Street.

DANVILLE - The director of the Vermilion County Animal Shelter has been suspended indefinitely, according to Vermilion County Board Chairman Jim McMahon.

DANVILLE – An open house held by Downtown Danville Inc. and hosted by Vermilion County Title provided lots of information for, and discussion by, downtown business owners.

Contract talks will continue into next month between Danville District 118 and the Danville Education Association.

The city will move further into the real estate marketing business as it takes over ownership of a once partially-owned Renaissance Danville property.

Danville's Mr. Taxi will likely add safety features to its cabs following a dangerous October that left one driver seriously injured and the rest of them seriously rattled.

Jurors recommended Friday that Gregory Bowman be executed for the murder of Velda Joy Rumfelt, despite his insistence in testimony earlier in the day that he never killed anyone.

The stories of everyday people in 19th Century wartime will come to life next weekend as Danville Light Opera thespians perform "The Civil War." The musical is unlike other DLO productions because the greatest portion of the show - some 95 percent - is told through singing, said Tom Fricke, who plays a Confederate soldier.

An assistant chief with the Danville Fire Department says a fire that killed two people Saturday should remind us why we need an emergency escape plan.

Seventeen-year-old Colin Sands was not in the house he shared with his grandmother when a fire started.

Over the past several months, Americans have taken part in an expansive debate over health insurance reform.

This city's bid for a casino will have to wait. A gaming license bill passed the senate earlier in the session, but a house executive committee re-wrote the bill earlier this week.

Even if Danville Mass Transit receives less state and federal funding in the future for operations, DMT Director Dick Brazda doesn't see the bus service going away anytime soon.

An east-side resident fended off an armed would-be robber Friday night. About 8:15 p.m., a female resident in the 200 block of Tennessee Avenue answered her front door to find a white male at the door wielding a small-caliber handgun.