The Decatur Police Department's 2026 National Night Out celebration is set to return next month.  The event will take place at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 4, at Dansby Park, formerly Oak Grove Park. National ...

DECATUR — In 1829 the pioneers who established Macon County sought to hitch the name of their new county seat to a shining star, and they chose Commodore Stephen Decatur. For those hardy souls of ...

Amid dangerously high temperatures pushing heat indices into the hundreds, local officials are urging Chicagoans to stay safe ...

Dreams don’t have to be expensive, though modern life often tries to convince us otherwise. Decatur, Illinois is where ...

As dangerously high temperatures push heat indices into the hundreds, extreme heat warning issued through 10 p.m. Wednesday.

A report from U.S. News and World Report ranked seven Midwestern metropolises—including Decatur, Illinois and Bay City, ...

Positioned two hours south of Chicago’s wallet-draining prices and three hours northeast of St. Louis, Decatur occupies prime ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias will temporarily move DMV services in Charleston to the city's public library ...

Almost $1.25 million is going to public libraries and public-school libraries across Central Illinois, thanks to the ...

State officials announced more than $27 million in library funding, including grants for infrastructure, school resources and ...

List of Macon County cooling centers and shelter services, with addresses, hours of operation, and contact numbers for ...

President Donald Trump visited North Dakota on Wednesday to see the newly built Theodore Roosevelt Presidential Library, a ...