Local authors Betty Bolté, Jannette Spann, Alicia Hunter Pace (Jean Hovey) and Alys Locke will discuss all things romance during the Decatur Public Library’s Happily Ever After program on Aug.

The Alexander Keith Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution presented the E.G. Fisher Public Library in Athens and Meigs ...

Vernon Area Public Library District residents will be asked this fall to approve a $53 million expansion plan that would ...

The Greensburg Decatur County Public Library has received $19,471 in funding from the Decatur County Community Foundation for the professional conservation treatment of a collection of glass plate ...

The Decatur Book Festival will be returning for its 21st anniversary Oct. 2-3 in downtown Decatur. The festival announced the first 16 names of more than 70 authors set to present this year. They are: ...

DECATUR — The Illinois State Police assisted the Macon County Sheriff’s Department in a matter earlier this week. A news release from the State Police would mention an incident in Decatur involving an ...

DECATUR — The volunteers who help with the children's summer reading program at Decatur Public Library are critical to its smooth operations.

A routine visit to the library turned into a criminal case on Monday, July 6, when Decatur police arrested a 61-year-old man accused of masturbating in front of a child at the Decatur branch of the ...

The Meigs-Decatur Public Library has officially welcomed a new addition thanks to the efforts of their friends of the library. Last Friday, a ribbon cutting ceremony was held for a new building next ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WICS/WRSP)— Illinois State Police has released body camera footage of an April encounter where Decatur Police officers shot a man who pointed a crossbow at them. On April 22 at ...

DISPUTED DECATUR GAS STATION GRANTED PERMIT — A planned gas station near the Wise County Fairgrounds will be allowed to sell fuel once it opens after the Decatur City Council approved a specific-use ...