Decatur News

Decatur, Ill.-Elburn residents Brock Feece, Bradley Staker and Bethany Schwartz were named to the dean's list at Millikin University for fall 2011.

Today, State Representative Bill Mitchell announced that the funds for a Macon County World War II Monument have been released by the State of Illinois during a press conference in Decatur.

In the early 19th century, when roads were often impassable and railroads were in their infancy, pioneers relied on rivers to travel, transport cargo and transmit information.

We were both only a year or two old when our families lived across the alley from each other in the small community of Hammond, about 20 miles east of Decatur on Route 36.

There is no need to travel to New Orleans to celebrate Mardi Gras this weekend. Downtown Decatur will bring the party to you on Saturday, February 11th at 5:00 p.m. with participating businesses coming together for an annual Mardi Gras celebration.

The schedule for the LPGA's developmental tour will have 16 events in 12 states and one in Mexico, and includes a purse of $1.8 million.

Macon County Coroner Michael E. Day has reported that an autopsy on Tobias D. Jarrett, 31, of Decatur, was completed this afternoon at the McLean County Morgue.

A new group of concerned citizens, community groups and business leaders are planting the seeds of growth in Decatur.

Barton Manufacturing has been sold to TAG Holdings and Seneca Partners . Corporate Finance Associates was the exclusive advisor.

St. Marys Hospital has received approval from the State of Illinois to open the newly constructed emergency room at the hospital.

DECATUR, Ill. - Darren Miller is overwrought and into heavy metal. None of it has anything to do with his personality or music choices, however.

Jason Goldfarb has done pretty well for a guy who was told his learning disabilities would keep him out of college.

A Champaign man was arrested early Saturday for drunken driving after his car allegedly ran a school bus carrying junior high school students off the interstate in western Vermilion County.

David Honn, 80, of Taylorville, IL died at 9:00 a.m. Thursday, February 02, 2012, at his residence.

Last weeks column about the homeless man who needed a sandwich on his birthday brought quite a few responses from our readers.

Sangamon Valley, as expected, received the coaches top seed in the Class 1A Illinois High School Association regional with Decatur Christian two and LSA fourth.

None of it has anything to do with his personality or music choices, however. It's what he does with his hands while he actually listens to opera and operates giant antique machines for the milling, shaping, bending and welding of metal into art.

Thank you Decatur Tribune for your excellent coverage of my efforts along with those of many volunteers to let the people of Decatur have their say on whether we should have a secret ballot in the primary.

This weeks Scrapbook article on pages 4 and 5 of the print edition of the Decatur Tribune is the third part of a series showing how the citys downtown area has changed during the past half century.

DECATUR, Ill. - Archer Daniels Midland's second-quarter net income tumbled 89 percent, the company said Tuesday, weighed down by hefty impairment charges and weakness in its three major segments, oilseeds, corn processing and agricultural services.