Police Reports: Dec. 10, 2024 | Briefs | commercial-news.com
Dec 10, 2024 · 4 p.m. — Criminal Damage in Danville, 400 block of North Collett Street. 5:51 p.m. — Property Damage Accident in Danville, 4100 block of North Vermilion Street, Two Vehicles
Priorities in 2025 | Editorials | commercial-news.com
Jan 4, 2025 · Turning the calendar to start a new year seems a natural time to take a look back and set priorities for the 12 months ahead. Deciding on what is important allows us to focus efforts on issues that could use improvements. That goes for local government as well as people. One of the top three things ...
Weekend welcomes winter weather to Vermilion County
Jan 4, 2025 · Vermilion County could see its first major snowfall of the winter season by Monday evening. The snow, mixed with dropping temperatures is the perfect recipe for school closings and dangerous roads. The National Weather Service is predicting heavy snowfall across portions of central, east central ...
Report finds Illinois better prepared for recession than in recent past
Dec 12, 2024 · State lawmakers will face a projected budget deficit and slowing revenue when they return to Springfield in January, but a new report shows fiscal decisions made in recent years have put Illinois in a better position to handle a recession than any time in recent decades.
8 Ways to Live Healthier in 2025 | Lifestyles | commercial-news.com
Jan 2, 2025 · “We recognize the landscape of cardiovascular health will change over the next three decades because of the coming tsunami of rising health care costs, an older population living longer and increasing numbers of people from under-resourced populations,” said American Heart Association volunteer Karen E. Joynt Maddox, M.D., M.P.H., FAHA.
Wreaths Across America to honor interred soldiers in Danville
Dec 10, 2024 · For the 18th year in a row, the Danville chapter of Wreaths Across America (WAA) will be honoring fallen soldiers buried in the Danville National Cemetery. The event begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, and if for National Wreaths Across America Day, joining more than 3 million other volunteers ...
Sheriff's Department warns of scam - commercial-news.com
Jan 2, 2025 · The Vermilion County Sheriff’s Department is warning residents of a phone scam circulating in recent days asking for money to avoid arrest. “The VCSD has received several calls of phone scammers that are contacting citizens and claiming to be with the Sheriff’s Department.
From County fairs and baseball games to the Elm Grove Rodeo
Dec 28, 2024 · Elm Grove Farm is three miles north of Williamsport on the east side of U.S. 41. In 1881, William C. Smith purchased the run-down homestead, and in 1891, he and Ed Hobart became partners in revitalizing and transforming the place into a showcase farm. Mr. Smith passed away in 1911, and his niece, Mary Lewis, inherited the farm.
State could adopt ‘kin-first’ approach to foster care
Dec 31, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers could soon make it easier for children in foster care to live with their relatives or other people close to them. Child welfare experts have long touted the benefits of foster children staying with kin. Advocates say those arrangements offer children more stability ...
Appeals court keeps Illinois’ assault weapons ban in place
Dec 10, 2024 · SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ assault weapons ban will remain in place, at least until a federal appeals court hears full arguments challenging a lower court ruling that found the law unconstitutional. In a brief, two-page order issued Thursday, Dec. 5, a three-judge panel of the 7th Circuit Court of ...