Category Archives: Community
Local Organizations Gather for Giving Tuesday
November 30, 2021 - Organizations from around the community met Tuesday afternoon in the First United Methodist Church for Decatur's Giving Tuesday Campaign. This program returned from a brief hiatus ...
Nov 30, 2021
School administrators reflect on the 2021 WSOY Community Food Drive
November 30, 2021 - The WSOY Community Food Drive had many moving parts, and one of those parts was the friendly competition between local schools to raise funds for families experiencing hunger in ou...
Nov 30, 2021
WSOY Community Food Drive Celebrates Final Food Drive with $1.5 Million In Grants to Local Food Banks
November 30, 2021 - WSOY and our community partners, ADM, First Mid Bank and Trust/First Mid Insurance Group, Skeff Distributing, Jones & Thomas/JTnet, Decatur Back & Neck Center, Tickets N Tr...
Nov 30, 2021
Transfer House renovations finished, now ready for Santa's Workshop
November 30, 2021 - The Transfer House has been renovated and transformed into Santa's Workshop in preparation for the holidays. The project has been in the works for 18 months, with renovations begin...
Nov 30, 2021
Local nonprofits receive grants towards their wish lists of needs
November 29, 2021 - Thirteen local nonprofit organizations have been awarded $13,300 in grants to fund items on their wish lists of needs. The grants were made possible through donations to The Commun...
Nov 29, 2021
Tomorrow is Small Business Saturday
November 26, 2021 - Small Business Saturday is tomorrow. It was created by American Express in 2010, with the reason behind it being to help ensure the survival of small, brick-and-mortar, and online ...
Nov 26, 2021
68th annual Community Thanksgiving Luncheon
November 24, 2021 - Yesterday the Chamber of Commerce hosted Decatur's 68th annual Community Thanksgiving Luncheon. The event returned after a hiatus in 2020 due to the pandemic. Nearly 700 people gat...
Nov 24, 2021
Wishes Come True for Thirteen Area Nonprofits
November 23, 2021 -Wishes are coming true this week throughout the Decatur area as a total of more than $13,300 in grants is awarded to 13 local nonprofit organizations to fund items on their wish lis...
Nov 24, 2021
Nine Local Residents Receive Life-Changing Adult Scholarship Awards
November 23, 2021 - Nine Macon County residents, all nontraditional students, have received adult scholarship awards to help them pursue their interrupted dreams of completing a college education to e...
Nov 24, 2021
Decatur Hall of Fame inducts two new members
November 23, 2021 - Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe announced the 2021 Decatur Hall of Fame inductees this morning. The two new inductees were Dr. Jeanelle Norman, President of the Decatur branch NAAC...
Nov 23, 2021