Category Archives: News
IDNR Warns Deer Hunters to Check for Chronic Wasting Disease
December 23, 2020 - For the last 18 years, Illinois has been working against the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in the state's deer population. CWD has the ability to spread extensively, even...
Dec 23, 2020
IDOT Offers Free Lyft Rides In Macon County To Encourage Sober Travel
December 22, 2020 - If you need a sober lift home this holiday season, The Illinois Department of Transportation and local law enforcement have announced that free Lyft ride credits are expanding to M...
Dec 22, 2020
Salvation Army Begins Christmas Food Basket Distribution
December 22, 2020 - The Salvation Army put together nearly 1,000 Christmas food baskets and began distributing them to the public Tuesday. The event was scheduled for 10 a.m., but when cars started ro...
Dec 22, 2020
Father-Daughter Team Helps Design, Install New DPS Marquee Signs
December 22, 2020 - The Montessori Academy for Peace has a new marquee sign, and its installation marked a special moment for one Decatur Public Schools Employee. Buddy Peck, the 4th longest employed ...
Dec 22, 2020
Millikin Professor Appointed to IL Juvenile Justice Commission
December 22, 2020 - Professor Keyria Rodgers, director of Millikin University's Criminal Justice Department and director of the Macon County Teen Justice Program, has been appointed to the Illinois Ju...
Dec 22, 2020
WATCH: Happy Holidays from Neuhoff Media
Neuhoff Media 2020 Holiday Card from NeuhoffMedia on Vimeo.
Dec 22, 2020
Take Our 2021 Travel Survey For a Change to Win a $100 Gift Card
Take our 2021 travel survey from now until January 31, 2021, for a chance to win a $100 Visa gift card! Take the survey and opt-in for the chance to win. The winner will be chosen on February 1, 2021,...
Dec 22, 2020
City of Decatur to Receive $125,000 for Revitalization
December 22, 2020 - The city of Decatur is receiving $125,000 from The Illinois Housing Development Authority Board The board approved $10 million in funding to support affordable housing and communit...
Dec 22, 2020
Seven Candidates File for DPS School Board. None of them Incumbents.
December 22, 2020 - Seven candidates have filed for the Decatur Public School board. Missing from the ballot in April, however, are the four incumbents. President Beth Nolan, Vice President Courtney C...
Dec 22, 2020
Boys and Girls Club of Decatur Celebrates Christmas for Kids
December 21, 2020 - Today, the Boys and girls Club of Decatur gave away more than 100 toys to kids in their program. The BGCD serves kids between the ages of 7 to 18. For the teenagers, they gave away...
Dec 21, 2020