DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The first weekend of the new year is upon us, and there are plenty of things to do and see across ...

Three locally owned businesses have opened or have planned openings in Decatur, including a pizzeria, an eye doctor and an ...

Seven people were arrested after police found 179 various shell casings in the front yard of a Decatur home on New Year's Eve ...

For the first time since 2010, the poverty rate in America shot up dramatically in 2022, according to data from the Census Bureau. That means more Americans can't afford basic needs like food, ...

Decatur was recently named the best affordable place to live in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Seen here is a fountain at Decatur’s Central Park. Provided Two Illinois cities are among the 25 ...

Google is starting its foray into carbon capture and storage (CCS), announcing a corporate agreement to support a natural gas-fired power plant with CCS in Decatur, Illinois. The Broadwing Energy ...

DECATUR — As Decatur Fire Chief Jeff Abbott sees it, there comes "a point in time where it's time to hand it off to the next people and let them run with it." That time is fast approaching for Decatur ...

The Decatur City Commission unanimously adopted a resolution on Monday to create the Decatur Reparations Task Force. The task force, which will have 11 members, will develop recommendations that will ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — The Decatur Public Library is taking people back in time and honoring those who fought to lead slaves to freedom. Decatur City Council passes ordinance to ban sweepstakes ...

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and WBEZ, a public radio station serving the Chicago metropolitan region. A row of executives from grain-processing behemoth Archer ...

On Sept. 13, Decatur, Illinois, city councilperson David Horn found out a monitoring well at a carbon capture and storage site in his community was leaking. He did not find out through an internal ...

DECATUR — Police say an investigation into threats of violence at Decatur schools led to the arrest of two youths, ages 11 and 13, and the seizure of multiple firearms at the older child's home.