The roar of powerful engines and the spray of water across Lake Decatur will once again fill Nelson Park this weekend as ...

An explosion at an Archer Daniels Midland facility in Illinois injured several employees and sent a tower of smoke into the air Sunday evening. The explosion occurred shortly after 7 p.m. at the east ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — A Decatur City Council member has announced that he plans to run for mayor. David Horn has served on ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Students and families across Central Illinois will soon have the perfect recipe for success with a new ...

Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe will run for re-election in 2027. Moore Wolfe has been elected mayor three times and has ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — A man killed in a single-vehicle crash in Decatur Saturday morning has been identified. According to the Decatur Police Department, officers responded to the crash just before ...

At least eight people in central Illinois were injured Sunday in an explosion at a processing plant, officials said. The explosion happened at an Archer Daniels Midland Company plant in Decatur just ...

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UPDATE: A powerful tornado tore through the Illinois community of Mount Zion on Sunday afternoon, causing significant damage to multiple homes. Mount Zion is located about eight miles southeast of ...