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Danville Company Agrees to Pay $1.8 Million Over Alleged Medicaid Billing for Mental Health Services by Uncredentialed Provider

A Danville company will pay $1.8 million to settle claims it billed Virginia Medicaid for mental health services by an uncredentialed provider.

Medical Daily · Oct 21

Crazed Wendy's Staffer Sentenced to Twelve Years in Prison After Stabbing Co-Worker in Head

A former Wendy's employee in Danville, Illinois, has received 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted first-degree murder in a stabbing attack on a co-worker.

International Business Times UK · Sep 29

ICE Arrests Near Pennsylvania Hospital Raise Fears Immigrants May Avoid Medical Care

ICE confirmed 10 arrests near Geisinger Medical Center in Pennsylvania, while immigrant advocates raised concerns that visible enforcement could discourage some people from seeking healthcare.

International Business Times UK · Sep 29

Central Kentucky's Pioneer Playhouse matriarch remembered as energetic, passionate theater lover

The matriarch of Danville’s famed Pioneer Playhouse is being remembered as a woman who helped keep the outdoor theater going for much of its nearly 75-year history.

WEKU · Feb 17, 2024

Lexington nonprofit expands footprint, adds child exchange and visitation services in four central K

A partnership with Grace Fellowship Church in Danville is providing the space needed for six supervised child exchange and visitation services for parents in the area.

WEKU · Nov 9, 2023

High-stakes, high-stress college essay stirs more anxiety under affirmative action ban

Olivia Brandeis had a vision for her college application essay: She would write about covering a racist incident as a student journalist of color at Monte Vista High School in Danville, California, a majority-white city east of Oakland. But last week’s U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down race-based affirmative action…

Los Angeles Times · Jul 7, 2023

A year after Roe v. Wade was overturned, Illinois is fighting hard to protect abortion rights

The numbers of Americans supporting abortion rights since the Supreme Court’s Dobbs decision are encouraging. But the fight is far from over to safeguard women’s right to make their own decisions about pregnancy.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 22, 2023

Illinois man held in attempted arson of planned abortion clinic said he’d ‘finish the job’ if freed, feds say

CHICAGO — The Illinois man accused of crashing his car into a future abortion clinic in downstate Danville while attempting to set it on fire told authorities he intended to destroy the building so it could not be used to provide abortions and would attempt to do so again if…

Chicago Tribune · May 24, 2023

Downstate Danville backs abortion pills ban, defying legal risks

The city council bans shipping and mailing of abortion pills in a vote Tuesday in defiance of state law protecting the procedure. Abortion advocates are mulling a challenge.

Chicago Sun-Times · May 3, 2023

Illinois city backs abortion pills ban, defying legal risks

An Illinois city is supporting a ban on the mailing or shipping of abortion pills

The Independent UK · May 3, 2023