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On a March day three years ago, Ed Good, the owner of Good's Flooring, experienced a life-altering ordeal when he was ...

In an effort to strengthen community trust and understanding, Jerry J. Dawson Civic Leadership Institute and Public Safety ...

Students and community members attended the grand opening of Ellsworth Dansby Jr. Magnet School on Wednesday evening. Dansby was born in Decatur in 1914 and was one of the first Black men to graduate ...

Several Decatur organizations partner with the Beautify Decatur Coalition to plant flowers throughout the downtown area.

In a 3-1 vote, the City Schools of Decatur Board of Education approved their finalized budget for the 2026 fiscal year and a tentative millage rate of 20.3, which will remain the same as it has been ...

Discussions concerning the farcical notion that Indiana might someday absorb 33 non-contiguous Illinois counties whose voters have expressed interest in establishing their own state are set to ...

Kasmir Hicks is a dynamic playmaker on both sides of the ball and helped Decatur Central win its first ... Hicks also had offers from Illinois, Michigan State, Northwestern, Purdue, Stanford ...

A Walmart, a restaurant, a grocery store and more are among the locations where potential exposures to a measles case in Illinois may have taken place, health officials warned Thursday.

Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton (D) on Thursday became the first major Democrat to announce a bid for retiring Sen. Dick Durbin’s (D-Ill.) seat, a development that came less than a day after ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton on Thursday became the first Democrat to launch a campaign to replace Sen. Dick Durbin following his retirement announcement a day earlier.

Annie Rice/AP Share The state’s first confirmed measles case of the year was detected in southern Illinois, the Illinois Department of Public Health reported Wednesday. The department said an ...