Little Shop of Stories announced Feb. 6 that it is expanding into the space next door that used by Starbucks, thus ending the ...

The Decatur City Commission, at its Feb. 3 meeting, voted to opt out of House Bill 581, which establishes a statewide ...

The federal government is seeking to have the Illinois TRUST Act and Chicago and Cook County's sanctuary ordinances ...

The Trump administration sued Chicago on Thursday alleging that ‘sanctuary’ laws in the nation’s third-largest city “thwart” ...

A former CEO of the City of Taylorville Chamber of Commerce was sentenced after pleading guilty to theft stemming from her ...

In announcing the arrest Wednesday of a juvenile murder suspect for a fatal weekend shooting, Decatur police said they have seen a rise in youth gun violence in the city ...

The U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit Thursday against both Chicago and Illinois, alleging the state's and city's ...

Financial incentives rarely get unanimous support from the Decatur City Council, but all four councilmen in attendance this week voted to approve Clearview Cancer Institute's request for a city incent ...

A federal judge is giving two weeks for the family of Steve Perkins to amend and refile its lawsuit over his police shooting ...

A new deadline has been set for Catrela Perkins, widow of Steve Perkins, to file an amended complaint in federal court.

Planning has begun on the Dr. Bill Sims Trail's Reconnecting Old Town project, which is funded by an $18.41 million federal grant. Community Development Manager Allen Stover, who is managing the grant ...