Welders and their families visited the Decatur Caterpillar facility on Saturday during the first Welder Appreciation and Fabrication Open House.
Here's the latest on Decatur-area businesses that are opening, expanding, moving or closing.
The following marriage licenses were filed in Macon County. Congratulations to the newlyweds!
The wait has finally ended for those longing for the reopening of the Popeyes Louisiana Chicken in Decatur.
Police cleared the scene in two hours and found no threat.
Highway had been blocked by stalled train near intersections with Garfield Avenue.
Gourmet popcorn trailer to enhance reach of Blue Mound business.
Help is available for families dealing with dementia or Alzheimer's through Dementia Friendly Decatur and Macon County Health Department.
The IHSA wants a similar extension for the girls tournament at ISU.
Local businesses, individuals honored during the Mount Zion Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet.
A crash involving an RV and train resulted in the death of two people in the vehicle.
Showers and storms are likely in Illinois and Missouri not just Friday, but Saturday as well. Hail, damaging wind, flooding, and tornadoes are all possible. Find out when and where the threat is greatest for both days in our latest forecast.
State Police say victims are getting calls from someone phishing for personal information and claiming to be a state cop.
Taylor Burris shook the 7-week-old baby girl in a fit of frustrated rage, then tried to cover it up.
The department encouraged those interested to put their name in, noting that a number of recent and upcoming retirements have opened many positions.
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Decatur was a camp site for the more than 800 Potawatomi people during their forced march from Indiana to Kansas in 1838.
The crane is one of just 850 whooping cranes in North America and one of only 75 in the Eastern Migratory Population.
"This is not an easy project, but Chicago doesn't like it easy," Bears president Kevin Warren said.
And while he was fleeing from the police, his girl passenger is accused of throwing a submachine out the car window.
Terrified ex-girlfriend suffered cuts as windshield shattered under hammer blows.
Today farmers are planting a crop, and will be harvesting it this fall, without any assurance about the economic details of a farm program that will impact commodity prices and their family income.
The numbers are so high that a researcher initially had a hard time believing them. A Lee Enterprises investigation gives insight about the forces that have been fueling these deaths.
Students and staff of Unity Christian School unveiled their solar project to the community Tuesday afternoon, the day after Earth Day.
Michael Reidy, a Bloomington native and a former Clinton police chief who retired in 2013, has died at the age of 69.
Police said he responded to a threat to shoot-up his house by driving over to the home of the person who made the threat and shooting at him.
Department of Corrections records show she is back in custody at the Logan Correctional Center.
A top concern for local election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. A group formed after the 2020 presidential election is traveling the country helping them prepare for what could lie ahead.
A 20-year-old Decatur man was sentenced to three years in prison after police said he was involved in a gun attack on a rival gang’s territory.
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A baseball game was being played in Woodstock's Emricson Park when the minivan hit the rear of the dugout. None of the teenage ball players inside the dugout were injured.
SPRINGFIELD — Illinois’ air quality received mixed grades from the American Lung Association’s annual “State of the Air” report released this week.
SPRINGFIELD — Immigrant rights advocates on Friday continued to push for one of their top budget priorities: full funding for state-run health care programs that benefit noncitizens, regardless of their immigration status.
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