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Gov. JB Pritzker issues disaster proclamation for storm-ravaged counties
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (203+ words) commercial-news. com Extreme Heat Warning until FRI 7: 00 PM CDT Tim Koester of rural Effingham County points to remnants of a barn that had hay in it. His home in the distance was spared damage while the homes around him didn't....
Community Briefs for July 2
21+ hour, 31+ min ago (68+ words) commercial-news. com Extreme Heat Warning until FRI 7: 00 PM CDT Danville Township sponsors fireworks Danville Township continues its tradition of sponsoring fireworks at a Danville Dans on Thursday, July 2 at Danville Stadium when the Dans host the Champion City Half Trax....
THE BOOKWORM SEZ: A few true crime books to raise your blood pressure
22+ hour, 32+ min ago (170+ words) commercial-news. com Extreme Heat Warning until FRI 12: 00 AM CDT A collection of True Crime books that will raise your blood pressure on a summer's night. So far, you've had a nice, relatively uneventful summer. Quiet days, serene nights, just the…...
A real farm crisis: Illinois farm bankruptcies rise for 3rd straight year
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (105+ words) commercial-news. com A farmer harvests his soybean crop in October of 2025 in Eastern Champaign County. With this growing season nearly halfway complete, the USDA projects total farm debt will rise to a record $624. 7 billion in 2026. SPRINGFIELD " With the growing season…...
Scholarship winners | News
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (148+ words) Scholarship winners commercial-news. com Extreme Heat Warning from TUE 12: 23 AM CDT until FRI 12: 00 AM CDT The Vermilion County Retired Teachers Association recently present scholarships to six area high school seniors, who are continuing their schooling to become educators. Receiving those…...
KRULL COLUMN: What the Lincoln Memorial pool really reflects
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (172+ words) commercial-news. com Extreme Heat Warning from TUE 12: 23 AM CDT until FRI 12: 00 AM CDT In the future, historians will point to the strange episode of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool as a revealing portrait in miniature that explains how so much…...
LOCAL ROUNDUP: Maynard completes at Special Olympics | Sports
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (159+ words) LOCAL ROUNDUP: Maynard completes at Special Olympics commercial-news. com Extreme Heat Warning from TUE 12: 23 AM CDT until FRI 12: 00 AM CDT MINNEAPOLIS " Danville's Katie Maynard was one of 3, 000 athletes in the past week during the 2026 Special Olympics USA and was among…...
Editorial cartoon | Opinion
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (77+ words) Editorial cartoon commercial-news. com - Overnight lane closures set for Danville's Memorial Bridge - Porter County splitting on planned taxes for Bears stadium in Hammond - 'Livestock, Lineage, and Lemon Shakeups" 2026 Vermilion County Fair theme - D118 offers "Meals to Go" for needy children - Progress…...
Heat with 'no overnight relief' this week says the National Weather Service
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (105+ words) commercial-news. com July is known in the Midwest as hot and sticky, but this year it is coming in extra hot with dangerous heat." The National Weather Service provides a heat risk predictor on its website, and it is predicting…...
Community Briefs for June 30
2+ day, 21+ hour ago (109+ words) commercial-news. com This week's Taps on Tuesday program is the third installment of four on Revolutionary War Soldiers who settled in Vermilion County. Javascript is required for you to be able to read premium content. Please enable it in your…...