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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

Rural Virginia Paramedics Make Home Visits to Cut Repeat 911 Calls, but Programs Struggle to Find Steady Funding

Community paramedics in rural Virginia visit patients at home to prevent repeat 911 calls. Early results are promising, but funding is thin.

Medical Daily · Sep 18

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

Meet the man determined to climb the tallest tree in all 67 Pennsylvania counties

DANVILLE, Pa. — On most days, Van Wagner has pine needles in his pockets and sawdust in his salt-and-pepper beard. He teaches his high school students about agriculture and trees, trims tree branches on the side and, if he can carve out a few extra hours, Wagner even sings folk…

The Philadelphia Inquirer · Mar 2, 2023