A task force to crack down on human trafficking will be led by the Illinois State Police and include the Decatur Police Department and the McLean County Sheriff's Office as partnering organizations.

As national cases soar and federal leadership engages in vaccine skepticism, Illinois has so far seen a single, small measles outbreak this year that health officials say they quickly brought under… ...

Four killed, 18 shot outside Chicago lounge 18 people have been shot, four fatally in an incident late Wednesday night on Chicago’s Near North Side. The shooting happened as a crowd exited Artis ...

It was a true pitchers' duel as Stephen Decatur faced Huntingtown in 2A Softball State Championship game, but the Seahawks lost a heartbreaker.

“I had no idea that southern Illinois looked like that.” A growing number of visitors are discovering downstate as a travel destination amid recent efforts to entice more people to visit its ...

The drive-by shooting apparently happened as people left Artis Lounge nightclub following an album release party for rapper Mello Buckzz.

They moved to Springfield Illinois in 2006. Betty graduated from Decatur High School in 1949 with emphasis on business courses, shorthand, typing, and bookkeeping.

The number of homeless people in Illinois is rising, but the state’s spending on homeless prevention and other housing programs is headed in the other direction.

Fiona Crawley serves during the final match of the Illinois Women’s Pro Tennis Championships at the Fairview Tennis Complex in Decatur on Sunday, June 15. JOSEPH RESSLER, HERALD & REVIEW ...

A 15-year-old boy was killed in a hit-and-run Wednesday night in Crystal Lake, Illinois.

Parkside Baseball and Decatur and Mardela Softball are all headed to MPSSAA state title games after they each won their semifinals battles on Tuesday.

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