Category Archives: News
Macon County Farm Bureau hosting Community Blood Drive
April 26, 2021 - Macon County Farm Bureau will host a Community Blood Drive from 8 am to 11 am on Saturday, May 15th at 1150 W Pershing Rd., inside Bloodmobile. To donate, please contact Betty Gosda a...
Apr 26, 2021
Macon County back at Warning Level for COVID-19
April 23, 2021 - The Macon County Health Department is reminding residents that our county has moved into and maintained its presence in the warning level status for COVID-19 metrics. A county is put ...
Apr 23, 2021
Crappie USA competition coming to Lake Decatur
April 23, 2021 - Crappie USA is celebrating its 25th Anniversary of providing competitive fishing to crappie anglers in 2021. Anglers will travel from across the country to join the competition on Lak...
Apr 23, 2021
LISTEN: MacArthur High School student Lilly Renfro
April 23, 2021 - MacArthur High School student Lilly Renfro joined Byers & Co to talks about her quest to become an Eagle Scout and an inspiring project she is working on to place a mural over a p...
Apr 23, 2021
Tate & Lyle installing new gas-fuelled boiler to reduce emissions
April 22, 2021 - As part of a $150 million dollar investment across multiple sites, Tate & Lyle are investing in their Decatur production facility, the largest site in their global network, to ins...
Apr 22, 2021
Staind cancels 2021 Illinois State Fair performance
April 22, 2021 - Staind has cancelled their performance at the 2021 Illinois State Fair due to scheduling conflicts. "We are disappointed that Staind will not be a part of our 2021 grandstand lineup,"...
Apr 22, 2021
39th/40th Annual Festival of Spring and Sangamon River Clean-Up
April 22, 2021 - Celebrate Earth Day and welcome spring with a day of in-person and virtual activities. The Macon County Conservation District and Decatur Audubon Society will be holding their 39th/40...
Apr 22, 2021
Annual Illinois Peace Officers Memorial Service to be held in May
April 22, 2021 - The Annual Illinois Peace Officers Memorial Service to honor law enforcement officers killed in Illinois in the line of duty, including six who died in 2019 and 10 who died in 2020, w...
Apr 22, 2021
St. Teresa English teacher wins 2021 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award
April 21, 2021 - Arlis DeJaynes, an English teacher and department head at St. Teresa High School in Decatur, is the winner of the 2021 St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Award in the Diocese of Springfield in I...
Apr 21, 2021
Morel mushrooms popping up in Central Illinois
April 21, 2021 - With yesterday's cold nonsense out of the way, it's a great time to go walk in the woods. This time of year, when Spring begins to warm up the ground, there are morel mushrooms waitin...
Apr 21, 2021