Public Library will host an escape room experience for ages 11 to 17 on Sept. 1-4. In the experience, participants will try to figure out puzzles to escape the library in 30 ...

The librarian, security guard and library visitor testified that the other man had him in a chokehold immediately before the shooting.

Local organizations and community leaders throughout Illinois are mourning the loss of cultural icon and philanthropist Dolly ...

The plan is a long-range roadmap for how the community wants to reinvest in itself and develop over the next 10 to 20 years.

Eisenhower High School in Decatur, Illinois, has canceled its 2026 varsity football season. Opponents scheduled to play Eisenhower can either accept a forfeit win or find a new opponent. Eisenhower ...

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. 27, 2-4 ...

Decatur, Illinois has healthcare costs that run about 15% below the national average, and if that doesn’t make you sit up a ...

We are honoring all of the Black stars who left us in 2026.

A man arrested for the February shooting inside the Decatur Library​ had all his charges dropped after the judge in his case ...

The Decatur Book Festival (DBF) has unveiled the full lineup for its 21st annual festival, taking place Oct. 2–3 in downtown ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) — Decatur will mark the beginning of a major new development Wednesday with the groundbreaking of South Brook, an approximately 80-acre mixed-use neighborhood. South Brook will ...

DECATUR, Ala. (WHNT) – Attorneys for a former Decatur police officer charged with murder have filed a motion to delay his trial yet again. According to court documents, Mac Marquette has asked the ...