A podcast from The Vermilion Times — a new, bold media voice sharing news, culture, and social issues impacting the people of Vermilion County, IL.
Get with the Times
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A podcast from The Vermilion Times — a new, bold media voice sharing news, culture, and social issues impacting the people of Vermilion County, IL.
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May 19, 2026
Danville Farmer's Market: Feeding VC Families & Supporting Local Farmers and Artisans, feat. Susan Franklin
<p><strong>Vermilion County, Illinois, is surrounded by farmland, </strong><a href="https://map.feedingamerica.org/county/2023/overall/illinois/county/vermilion" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>but one in four of its children goes hungry</strong></a><strong> —</strong> the highest rate of child food insecurity in the Eastern Illinois Foodbank's entire 18-county service area. </p><p><strong>About 4,100 children — </strong><a href="https://www.eifoodbank.org/impact/challenge/map-meal-gap.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer"><strong>24 percent of the county's child population</strong></a> — <strong>don't have reliable access to enough food.</strong> That number has been climbing for years.</p><p>On this episode of Get With the Times, we sit down with Susan Franklin, president of the <a href="https://danvillefarmersmarket.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Danville Farmers Market,</a> to talk about what local food access actually looks like in Vermilion County and how the market is attempting to alleviate <a href="https://vermiliontimes.com/2025/11/01/on-fighting-food-insecurity-among-vc-residents/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">food insecurity in the VC</a> while supporting local farmers and artisans and keeping VC money in the VC.Susan talks about who the market serves, some history of the Danville Farmer's Market, ways people living in poverty can get access to fresh, pesticide-free produce, and more. </p>
April 3, 2026
A Daddy-Daughter Dance, A Celebration, and Two Families Who Refused to Wait for Help To Arrive
<p>According to The Murder Accountability Project, Danville has had<a href="https://public.tableau.com/shared/8G8DJGQYT?:display_count=y&:origin=viz_share_link&:embed=y" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer"> 39 homicides between 2018 and 2024</a>, and only one of those was solved. While the family of one victim still waits for justice, they have started a foundation in their daughter's name.</p><p>On this episode of Get With The Times, Kaighla sits down with two families who have spent the last year building what their community needed while fighting to be heard by the people elected to help them.</p><p>Phillip and Yolanda Davis lost their daughter Aniyah to gun violence in Winter Park in June 2025. Instead of waiting for justice that hasn't come, they built the Aniyah Davis Foundation — and they're hosting a Banquet and Daddy-Daughter Dance on April 3rd in her honor. </p><p>Michael and Catherine Ewing have kept Danville Rescue open for a full year through sheer determination. To mark one year of keeping the doors open, the Ewings are hosting a celebration on April 11th.</p><p>Both families join Kaighla to talk about what they've learned and what they still need from their elected officials and their community.</p><p>Two events. Two families worth showing up for. Links in the show notes: <a href="https://vermiliontimes.com/get-with-the-times/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://vermiliontimes.com/get-with-the-times/ </a></p>
February 20, 2026
The System Is Not Sacred: How They Built It and How We Can Change It
<p><strong>Our governmental system isn't sacred; it's man-made, and it can be man-unmade and rebuilt</strong></p><p>In preparation for upcoming primaries (March) and mid-term elections (November), this season of "Get With The Times" will be all about civics: the study of the rights and duties of citizens and of how government works.</p><p>In this third episode of Season 2, we examine a simple but powerful idea: government isn’t destiny — it’s design. </p><p>From tribal consensus systems and monarchies to the U.S. Constitution’s checks and balances, we examine how societies throughout history have organized power, why legitimacy matters, and how American democracy was intentionally constructed to manage conflict rather than eliminate it. </p><p>As midterm elections approach, we ask a deeper question:<strong> if people built this system — through social contracts, amendments, civil rights movements, and sustained civic pressure — what responsibility and power do we have to shape it now, both nationally and here in Vermilion County?</strong></p><p><br></p><p>For show notes, visit <a href="https://vermiliontimes.com/get-with-the-times/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">www.vermiliontimes.com/get-with-the-times </a></p>
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