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Tom Ritter, who died in grain bin accident, served as a trustee on the Richland board for 12 years.

Decatur Public Schools job fair planned prior to MacArthur-Eisenhower game

A "prison-like" space at the Children's Museum of Illinois has been transformed by a brightly colored homage to Decatur icons, thanks to the work of local artist Philip Murillo. 🎨

Information sessions on health care careers will be available all week at Workforce Investment Solutions.

First Christian Church will host a simulcast of the Global Leadership Summit Aug. 7-8.

A 19-year-old woman was killed on Thursday after being struck by a train while riding her bicycle.

The Children's Museum of Illinois is offering a day camp this week for kids who area on spring break from school.

Chris Tomlin show set for July 6.

The African American Cultural and Genealogical Society Museum is in search of a bigger building.

Decatur Public Schools will begin contract negotiations with StraightUp Solar after the school board approved the action at the Feb. 11 board meeting.

Johns Hill Magnet School's kindergarten tea gives the little ones a chance to dress up and have "fancy" snacks and a dance.

A cannabis dispensary will open in Forsyth in late May now that Illinois Health and Wellness has obtained a building and is ready to begin remodeling.

Millikin University hosted The Nick Project on Monday, giving away fire extinguishers, smoke and carbon monoxide alarms, and fire escape ladders to students.

Shiloh is the home of the Wind Riders, a horseback drill team described as synchronized dancing on horseback. It's both a ministry and a business.

Students graduated from the Macon-Piatt Regional Office of Education's alternative education programs on Friday, including the first graduate of the newest program, Option 3.

Moweaqua native and children's author Renee Galvin visited South Shores School to talk to students about writing and illustrating books.

Lake Land College graduates can transfer seamlessly to Millikin University under a new agreement between the two institutions.

Heritage Behavioral Health Center holds open house in the former Northgate Mall where floor plans and blueprints for its new site there were available for the public to examine.

At Decatur gaming convention, the real prize is connection

Heritage Behavioral Health Center hopes to move into the space after remodeling is complete in three to five years.