The Greensburg Decatur County Public Library has received $19,471 in funding from the Decatur County Community Foundation for ...

Local advocacy group Soy City Indivisible will host an upcoming conversation on the growth and impact of data centers.

ARTHUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Arthur Public Library celebrated the groundbreaking of its new curiosity courtyard on Wednesday. The courtyard is part of a collaboration with the Children's Museum of ...

The summer reading challenge is underway at the Decatur Public Library and volunteers help make it successful.

The Decatur Book Festival will be returning for its 21st year with Tayari Jones and Pulitzer winner Brian Goldstone among the ...

CENTRAL ILLINOIS (WCIA) — A number of businesses are closed, and events have been cancelled or postponed this weekend in Central Illinois as the first winter storm of the season hits the area. Due to ...

The Decatur Book Festival (DBF) has revealed 16 authors presenting at the 2026 annual event on Oct. 2–3. The lineup includes ...

BEAR DOWN: Now that Illinois Democrats have wrapped up a week of celebrating the opening of the Obama Presidential Center — the long-awaited Southside landmark — attention is shifting to another ...

At 57th Street Beach in Chicago, people laid out towels on the sand and waded into the calm water to escape the heat. Lifeguards watched over the crowded scene. Ashburn resident Morhfia Wells went to ...

We’re not going to lie, 2025 was a tough year, as we lost many of the Black legends we knew and loved. Now, as 2026 gets underway, we must say goodbye to even more of those who had such a tremendous ...