Local officials have submitted formal requests for a contested case hearing regarding a proposed landfill.

Decatur Public Library will host a night of celebration July 8 for America's 250th birthday, aiming to educate people on the Declaration of Independence's history and the people who made it ...

The ME’s office listed the manner of death as “accident” and cause of death as “blunt force injuries.” The crash happened in ...

The Meigs-Decatur Public Library has officially welcomed a new addition thanks to the efforts of their friends of the library ...

GREENSBURG – Emergency Rooms across the country are reporting record numbers of tick bites. With that in mind, the Greensburg Decatur County Public Library is hosting Environmental Health Scientist ...

Dreams don’t have to be expensive, though modern life often tries to convince us otherwise. Decatur, Illinois is where ...

As dangerously high temperatures push heat indices into the hundreds, extreme heat warning issued through 10 p.m. Wednesday.

You won’t want to miss MARGARITATOWN: A Tribute to Jimmy Buffett & Other Coastal Classics on the Decatur Patch calendar ...

State Rep. Dan Howell (R-Cleveland) has announced that the Meigs-Decatur Friends of the Library has received a $14,776 Training Opportunities for Public Libraries (TOP) Grant to support broadband-rela ...

Spotted on the Decatur calendar: Decatur FC VS. GA Impact ...

Positioned two hours south of Chicago’s wallet-draining prices and three hours northeast of St. Louis, Decatur occupies prime ...

Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias will temporarily move DMV services in Charleston to the city's public library ...