Decatur, IL - During the week of April 14 to April 18, the City of Decatur is planning a potential prescribed burn of the City-owned natural area restoration located between Lake Shore Drive and the water's edge, immediately south of the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The southernmost (right) lane of eas...

Decatur Police Searching For Wanted Woman (Decatur, IL) -- Decatur Police are searching for a wanted woman. Hayley Davis has six felony warrants, including Felon in Possession of a Weapon, Burglary, and Possession of Methamphetamine. Anyone with information on her whereabouts should call Decatur Police.

Two Charged After Person Found Dead At Scene Of Fire In Macon Co (Macon Co., IL) -- Two people face charges after a person was found dead at the scene of a fire in Macon County this past weekend. Deputies discovered the body of 55-year-old Stephanie Krohn of Decatur Sunday in the eight-thousand block of Ridge Road. Inv...

New Sentencing Date Set For Decatur Couple Convicted On Child Porn Charges (Decatur, IL) -- A new sentencing date is set for a Decatur couple convicted on child porn charges. Douglas and Kelly Nichols were found guilty of possessing child pornography last October. The couple was arrested in 2022. The pair was set to be...

6yo Boy Hit And Killed By Vehicle In Decatur ID'ed (Decatur, IL) -- The six-year-old boy who was hit and killed by a vehicle in Decatur is being identified. The Macon County Coroner says Noah Michael Edwards was crossing the street Thursday morning to get to a school bus stop when he was hit near the corner of Oakland ...

2025 Community Service Block Grant Scholarship Empowerment Opportunity Center will be awarding the Community Service Block Grant Scholarship to 3 Macon County residents for the 2025-2026 school year. Each scholarship is up to $1,000.00. To be eligible for a Community Service Block Grant scholarship, you must meet the f...

6yo Boy Hit And Killed By Vehicle In Decatur (Decatur, IL) -- A six-year-old boy is dead after being hit by a vehicle in Decatur. Police say the child was crossing the street to get to a school bus stop when he was hit yesterday morning near the corner of Oakland Avenue and Packard Street. There were no indications tha...

Robert Scott Busboom, 62, of Foley, Alabama, formerly of Decatur, Illinois, passed away on February 26, 2025. Scott was born on November 3, 1962, to Wayne and Patricia Busboom in Champaign, Illinois. He was a beloved husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle , nephew, and friend, whose life touched many. A graduate ...

Teen Boy Found Guilty Of Killing Pregnant Woman In Decatur (Decatur, IL) -- A teenage boy will be sentenced next month for the killing of a woman and her unborn baby two years ago in Decatur. 17-year-old Mattarion Anderson was found guilty of murdering 20-year-old Janiah Thomas, who was 26 weeks pregnant at the time of...

Trial Date Set For Man Charged In Deadly Wrong Way I-55 Crash (Sangamon Co., IL) -- A trial date is set for a central Illinois man charged in a 2022 wrong-way crash in Sangamon County that left a Chicago area woman dead. Prosecutors say Shane Woods made a drunken suicide attempt on I-55 in Sangamon County on November 8...