DECATUR — Charles Palmer has thanked members of the Illinois Innocence Project hundreds of times for coming up with the DNA evidence that exonerated him from the murder he'd spent 16½ years in ...

Although many have moved away from their hometown, they still long for home. The yearning for the past has created a growing attraction to a new Facebook group, Fun, In Old Decatur, Illinois.

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

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — The Illinois Attorney General's Office has entered the courtroom in the Illinois Innocence Project's effort to overturn the Slover family's murder convictions.

The group was among the first in line as nearly 1,500 enthusiastic supporters from the Decatur area and elsewhere in the country gathered to hear what one of the Republican candidates had to say ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — The Decatur fire department (DFD) responded to a house fire around 9:45 p.m. Saturday night.

Jun. 15—Decatur police have arrested a suspect in connection with a fatal shooting. Officers responded at about 3:22 a.m. Saturday to a reported shooting in the 1600 block of West Moulton Street ...

Illinois must build 227,000 more housing units in the next five years if it is going to keep pace with demand, according to an economic report released Tuesday.

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

Decatur County Resources What We Do Purdue Extension is a service tailored to meet the needs of Indiana, needs we know firsthand. Our educators, specialists, and volunteers live and work in all 92 ...

In the shadow of corn, soybeans and climate change, a handful of farmers are building a supply chain for local produce in Illinois.

The recent rumblings from downstate Illinois have caught the attention of lawmakers across the border in Indiana, where dominant Republicans are eager to position their state as a low-tax, low ...