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Ameren employees provided an example of their job when the Mylar balloons get stuck in a power line.
The early report of the first bird comes following a mild winter and spring.
Community asked to respond to survey.
Richland Community College welding students Jake Oelfke and Tyler Joplin built two Y-shaped supports to hold the camels' food for Scovill Zoo.
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Eight area fire/ambulance departments are the recipients of small equipment grants awarded by the Office of the Illinois State Fire Marshal.
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Decatur Public Schools' InspirED Futures internship program celebrated the end of the spring internships with a luncheon at the Decatur Club.
The Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater announced American rap and rock band Gym Class Heroes will be on stage July 5.
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Shelby County Dive Team assisted with recovery of efforts.
Southern Illinois Democrat Glenn Poshard told party insiders that polls showing Trump ahead of Biden warranted a rethinking of the party's messaging as Election Day nears.
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Election officials are weighing a complaint that alleges conservative radio show host Dan Proft’s independent expenditure committee coordinated with gubernatorial candidate Darren Bailey, violating state and federal law.
On Monday afternoon, the City of Decatur unveiled a historical marker on Lake Decatur honoring A.E. Staley Sr. and his family’s contribution to the city.
Now he denies a new charge of attempted murder.
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An empty car was pulled from Lake Decatur on Monday morning.
The proposal to move Logan from its longtime location in Lincoln to the Stateville property in Crest Hill, near Joliet, was included in a state report.
Decatur ceremony pays tribute to the memory of employees who lost their lives doing their jobs.
Around 7 a.m. Monday, the Decatur Fire Department was dispatched to the report of a car in Lake Decatur.
The victim was driving at the intersection of North College and West Sawyer streets late Saturday morning when he was hit.
The practice of sedating people detained by police is quietly spreading across the nation, illustrating an often-hidden way fatal police encounters end: not by gunfire but with the silent use of a medical syringe.
Welders and their families visited the Decatur Caterpillar facility on Saturday during the first Welder Appreciation and Fabrication Open House.
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This is a letter to the editor from the Herald & Review opinion section.