This shotgun method of firing off all sirens, all at once, created a little confusion recently with some residents commenting ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — According to an outage map from Ameren Illinois, nearly 1,700 customers were without power in Decatur mid-morning Tuesday. The outage started a little after 11 a.m., and ...

A Decatur man accused of stabbing his mother and her husband two years ago has been found not guilty by reason of insanity. A judge ruled that he did commit the crime but was suffering a mental ...

SPRINGFIELD — Decatur could have a place in a proposed high-speed railway network for Illinois. The Illinois High-Speed Railway Commission is conducting a high-speed rail study to determine the ...

The state of Illinois on Friday finalized its acquisition of a 50-acre piece of land needed for a project to protect the Great Lakes from invasive carp, construction that has drawn the support of ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — A teenage boy was sentenced for the murder of a pregnant woman and her unborn child in Macon County Court. Last month, Mattarion A. Anderson, 17, was found guilty in the ...

SmartAsset noted Peoria, along with Decatur, have "local home sale prices averaging about twice the amount of the median annual income." Decatur came in at No. 15 on the list.

State election officials have informed Senate President Don Harmon that he will face more than $9.8 million in penalties pending an appeal of a case alleging he broke an Illinois election law ...

DECATUR, Ill. — Police in Illinois are investigating the bizarre Decatur case of the booby-trapped cigarette involving a suspect who also hopped it with a kidnapped pet rabbit. Detective Sgt.

A 3-year-old boy drowned in a backyard pool in Illinois, deputies said ... The boy was able to unlock the back door of the Decatur home without being noticed and go outside, where he fell into ...

Illinois Senators have approved a proposal that would ban the sale of restaurant reservations by third parties (the black market). The bill, which was passed by the House in April, now awaits ...