An upcoming art exhibit at the Decatur Area Arts Council will highlight the life and legacy of a woman whose creativity, adventure and dedication to giving back left a lasting ...

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency told the Senate Environment and Conservation Committee Thursday that PFAS have become widespread in air, water, soil and consumer products.

These small-town Illinois restaurants serve unforgettable comfort food, local favorites, and charming dining experiences ...

There's not a sweeter phrase for sports fans during the month of March than Sweet 16. And that's what we're down to in the 2025-26 Illinois High School Association boys basketball season.

It is a rare male who, having achieved some success of the usual sort, can resist the conclusion that it must be because he is very intelligent or very virtuous. And being public-spirited, such a man ...

Friday features six big-time matchups featuring 12 ranked teams squaring off for a sectional championship. Here is a complete breakdown of each of those five sectional title games, along with a brief ...

She arrived at X House resigned to delivering her baby while incarcerated. Amy Hicks was 7 ½ months pregnant and convicted of an illegal drug offense that would keep her behind bars for months to come ...

Flags were lowered to half-staff this morning in South Carolina, where civil rights icon Rev. Jesse Jackson will lie in repose at the state capitol.

Krekel’s Custard in Decatur, Illinois has been serving up burgers and frozen custard for over seventy years, proving that sometimes the old ways are the best ways. There’s something profoundly ...

The DeSoto House Hotel anchors Main Street with the kind of presence that only comes from being genuinely historic. This is Illinois’s oldest continuously operating hotel, a distinction that’s not ...

Country artists Joe Nichols and Rodney Atkins will perform Aug. 7 at the Devon Lakeshore Amphitheater in Decatur.

Swaths of Cuba remain without power nearly a day after a massive blackout hit the western part of the island in the latest ...