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WEATHER ALERT: Severe storms expected late this afternoon and evening

Update: Low water pressure forces Danville Schools and Community College to close for the day

Updated at 1:50 p.m.

Administrators at Danville Area Community College cancelled classes for the rest of the day due to low water pressure, according to a statement. Students, staff, and faculty were asked to leave by 1:30 p.m. 


Updated at 10:23 a.m.

The Danville School District 118 dismissed classes early on Thursday “due to water challenges in our community,” according to a statement. The school sent the following dismissal schedule:

  • 10:30 a.m. – Danville High School and Kenneth D. Bailey academy
  • 11:15 a.m. – Morning Pre-K and Elementary school students
  • Noon – North Ridge and South View Schools
  • After Pre-K classes are canceled.

The district of almost 5,000 students says it does not know when water conditions will improve.

The Boys & Girls Club says it will now be open early today for our Club kids and First Student will be busing them there.

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Reginald Hardwick

Reginald Hardwick is the News & Public Affairs Director for the Illinois Newsroom. He started at WILL in October of 2019 after serving as News Director for WKAR in East Lansing, Michigan. Previously, he was a news producer and manager at the NBC station in Dallas, where he won 7 Emmy awards. Born in Vietnam, Reginald is a graduate of the University of Northern Colorado. Email: rh14@illinois.edu Twitter: @RNewsWILL

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