DANVILLE – Danville Area Community College trustees on Tuesday adopted a $27.57 million balanced budget for the 2007-08 fiscal year.

However, officials said it's still uncertain whether the college will lose about $34,000 in state funding, which is part of grants that were allocated by the Illinois General Assembly but vetoed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

URBANA – A Champaign man has been cleared of charges alleging he had inappropriate sexual contact with a girl under 13.

Assistant Champaign County State's Attorney Adam Dill dismissed a charge of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child against Carlos Bautista, 40, who listed an address in the 1800 block of Valley Road.

DANVILLE – Vermilion Manor Nursing Home lost almost a million dollars last year, but a financial consultant thinks the county-owned facility can be profitable not only this year but also for at least the next four.

Mike Harmon of Harmon and Associates in Danville told county board members Tuesday night that the key to making the 233-bed nursing home profitable would be reducing the largest expense – personnel costs – which constituted about 88 percent of the nursing home's expenses last year.

WESTVILLE – Mayor Jeff Slavik said Tuesday he was still reviewing the options, but planned to have a recommendation for the replacement of the stormwater culvert at the Trinity United Church of Christ for the village board to consider next month.

The project, which involves the replacement of a deteriorating drainage culvert, will likely require about 60 feet of 36-inch-wide pipe and the replacement of some damaged sections of road and sidewalk, Slavik said.