DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Sitting off of El Dorado Street near downtown Decatur is a building stuffed to the brim with African American history. With pictures, statues and much much more, the African ...

Courtney Carson did not want to go to the Decatur church that November day in 1999 when the Rev. Jesse Jackson came to town for a rally. To do so, he remembered all these years later, was ...

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The community is invited to the Fond du Lac Public Library March 5 to get to know new director Rachel Fuller and enjoy light ...

While Des Plaines City Hall will serve as a polling place March 17 for Illinois’ primary election, it is not an early voting location, officials are reminding voters. Des Plaines’ early-voting ...

If I haven’t already told you to download Libby, you should download Libby. It seriously changed my life. The app, which is available nationwide through most library systems, gives you access to your ...

Paramount is set to buy Warner Bros. Discovery after Netflix dropped out of bidding, setting up another major Hollywood ...

Public safety, infrastructure and job growth are the top areas that should receive city officials' focus, respondents said in a survey by the city of Decatur.

Netflix is declining to raise its offer to buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studio and streaming business, in a stunning move that effectively puts Paramount in a position to take over ...

Nicole Nash Moody was introduced to the community at a news conference on Tuesday. Pending formal approval by the Decatur Public Schools board, she will serve as the district's new ...