The Decatur City Commission named former commissioner Tony Powers as mayor under the city's long-standing appointment system, ...

A 60-year-old Benton County man is recovering from burns in a Tulsa hospital after a house fire in Decatur. Two others also ...

The Macon County Coroner’s Office released on Monday the name of the man who was killed in Decatur’s first homicide of 2026.

Happy Sunday! Another quiet and seasonable day is on tap for Central Illinois, but southerly flow picks up today and brings a ...

In a week packed with holiday tournaments and a lot of basketball, Decatur area teams came home winners. MacArthur, Tuscola, Warrensburg-Latham and Cumberland headline tournament-winning teams.

Caleb Williams could be the first Chicago Bears QB to throw for 4,000 yards in a season. Ben Johnson called it an “arbitrary” ...

Marching bands, floats and thousands of spectators are bracing for a rare dose of New Year’s Day rain for the prestigious ...

Police swarm Decatur Civic Center to secure the building Tuesday evening. Now Decatur's mayor wants to know how the active ...

During Nashville’s Big Bash, a New Year’s Eve event at a park, temperatures will be in the low 30s when an illuminated music ...

A strengthening bomb cyclone is barreling across the northern United States, unleashing severe winter weather in the Midwest ...

The National Weather Service confirmed three tornadoes in Central Illinois during a severe weather outbreak Sunday. There was ...

An EF-2 tornado with winds of up to 120 miles per hour hit central Illinois on Sunday, according to the National Weather ...