From free carousel rides and ice cream giveaways to live music overlooking Lake Decatur and a fireworks display to cap off ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — July is National Ice Cream Month, and with central Illinois in the grip of summer heat, many families are searching for a way to cool off. In Decatur, one local ice cream shop ...

Iran has begun a dayslong funeral for the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, months after an airstrike killed him at ...

DECATUR — Police are seeking help and information from the public as they investigate two incidents of gun violence on ...

Iran’s joint military command has warned that all oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz must use its approved ...

A 3-year-old passenger was reportedly life-flighted Tuesday, Feb. 17, following a two-vehicle wreck in Decatur County. One driver was life-flighted along with the 3-year-old, and the other driver fled ...

A Dunwoody woman says her family had to purchase new lawn chairs after she says someone stole their original set from their viewing spot along Mount Vernon Road ahead of the annual Fourth of July ...

We are honoring all of the Black stars who left us in 2026.

While you may associate abandoned towns with the Old West, there are plenty in the Midwest as well, including these six ...

Supreme Court to hear challenge to state-level assault rifle bans The U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Tuesday to hear a challenge to the legality of state restrictions on assault-style rifles, giving the ...

Revolutionary War veterans and their families used their newfound freedom to travel west, settling in Central Illinois, where ...