The city of Decatur is working with the Coalition of Neighborhood Organizations (CONO) to encourage Decatur residents to get ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Less than a month after extinguishing a fire at a home on Johns Avenue in Decatur, firefighters were back at the same house early Sunday morning to find the residence fully ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

At least eight people in central Illinois were injured Sunday in an explosion at a processing plant, officials said. The explosion happened at an Archer Daniels Midland Company plant in Decatur just ...

On Sept. 13, Decatur, Illinois, city councilperson David Horn found out a monitoring well at a carbon capture and storage site in his community was leaking. He did not find out through an internal ...

During the height of the pandemic in 2022, the typical home took less than a month to go from listed to under contract, ...

Decatur was recently named the best affordable place to live in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. Seen here is a fountain at Decatur’s Central Park. Provided Two Illinois cities are among the 25 ...

Caterpillar recently produced its 50,000th rigid-frame off-highway truck-a milestone achieved at the Decatur, Illinois, plant where such trucks have been produced since 1963. Number 50,000 is a 777F, ...

Anyone who drives a car understands the sting of having to fill up their tank and pulling into the gas station, only to discover that gas prices have skyrocketed. Paying extra for gas means you have ...