: A powerful tornado tore through the Illinois community of Mount Zion on Sunday afternoon, causing significant damage to ...

Officers with the Decatur Police Department responded to a report of shots fired shortly after midnight on Saturday. Those ...

A Tornado Watch was issued in most of central Illinois and some parts of Indiana on Sunday. The National Weather Service said ...

The Illinois People's Action called on Decatur to reconsider its easement allowing ADM to inject CO2 under Lake Decatur.

In the early hours of Dec. 21, the Decatur Fire Department responded to a significant fire at a vacant, boarded-up house ...

A late-night residential fire in Decatur claimed the life of a dog on Monday.The Decatur Fire Department responded to a ...

A man from Mississippi is facing drug charges in Macon County after an Illinois State Trooper said he found more than a pound of marijuana in his possession during a traffic stop. The traffic stop on ...

The weekend is upon us, and there are plenty of things to do and see across central Illinois. Here are a selection of events, ...

DECATUR -- A new sludge press at the Decatur wastewater plant is up and running "without help from the factory guys," meaning the facility is one step closer to an increased capacity of more than 5 ...

Decatur schools will not face closures for the 2026–27 year despite earlier consolidation plans. Parents pushed back strongly, saying the closure proposal was rushed and lacked transparency. District ...