Category Archives: News
WATCH: Mental Wellness - Episode 3- Substance Use Disorder
NowDecatur and Crossing Healthcare bring you episode 3 of Mental Wellness. This 12-week series will offer a frank and honest conversation about tackling mental health issues in our community and remov...
Jan 25, 2021
Governor Pritzker Announces Investments to Help Small Businesses Access Funding
January 22, 2021 - Governor JB Pritzker today announced new investments by the State of Illinois to help more small businesses access federal COVID-19 emergency programs. The Illinois Department of Co...
Jan 22, 2021
State Unemployment Rate Increases in December
January 22, 2021 - The Illinois Department of Employment Security announced today that the unemployment rate increased +0.7 percentage point to 7.6%, while nonfarm payrolls were nearly unchanged, down...
Jan 22, 2021
LISTEN: Education Spotlight with Eisenhower Teacher Ron Lybarger
January 22, 2021 - Eisenhower teacher Ron Lybarger talks about a project where his students explored Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" Speech, and one of his students, Trinity Ingram, talks abo...
Jan 22, 2021
United Way Introducing Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Program
January 21, 2021 - The United Way of Decatur & Mid Illinois is bringing a new program to our community: Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. Each month, Dolly Parton's Imagination Library (DPIL) wi...
Jan 21, 2021
Macon County Youth Habitat Enhancement Projects Receive Funding for Schoolyard Habitat Grant Program
January 21, 2021 - The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) and the Illinois Conservation Foundation (ICF) today announced that 43 Illinois Schoolyard Habitat Action Grants have been awarde...
Jan 21, 2021
Former Anna Waters Head Start Student Creates Petition to Maintain Legacy
January 21, 2021 - The History of the Heartland organization published the story of Anna Waters on their social media page Monday. Former Head Start student (1967-68) Cassandra Brown read about the le...
Jan 21, 2021
Connect Illinois Initiative Begins Effort to Collect Computers, Cell Phones for Low-Income Families
January 21, 2021 - One million households in Illinois do not have internet devices at home. That makes doing schoolwork, applying for jobs, registering for utility assistance, contacting doctors far m...
Jan 21, 2021
Operation Enduring Support Begins Work on Easter Care Packages for Deployed Military
January 21, 2021 - Operation Enduring Support is now accepting donations for Easter Care Packages for our deployed military that will be mailed on March 22nd. Our young men and women in foreign countr...
Jan 21, 2021
IRS Warns Illinois Taxpayers of COVID-19 Scams
January 21, 2021 - The Internal Revenue Service's Criminal Investigation Division (IRS-CI) is warning Illinois taxpayers about a new wave of COVID-19-related scams as the agency delivers the second ro...
Jan 21, 2021 Finger at "SCAM ALERT" On Keyboard Button