Affordable living meets lakeside charm in Decatur, Illinois. Explore parks, shows, dining, and easygoing streets without big-city costs.

Welcome to Decatur, Illinois, the financial oasis sitting pretty in the heart of the Prairie State, where $1,400 a month isn’t a sentence to ramen noodles and basic cable.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The City of Decatur announced Thursday that new level III electric vehicle chargers are now open and live at various spots in the community. There are two level III chargers ...

BELLEVILLE — The mother of a Collinsville woman who was critically injured when she was struck by a MetroLink train Tuesday said she is helping care for her daughter at a St. Louis hospital and wants ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — Decatur police are investigating after a shooting Sunday afternoon. It happened near the intersection of East Lawrence Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Drive around 2:30 p.m.

MIDDLEBURY — All Aboard! The Essenhaus campus will host its 16th annual train show from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, at 240 U.S. 20. The event will feature more than 40 vendors and 178 ...

A former Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawyer says the agency’s training for new deportation officers is broken as ICE ...

Metra commuter train service cuts caused by a train derailment in Chicago Ridge early Wednesday morning were expected to continue into Thursday. The derailment involved 10 rail cars and occurred about ...

The mother of a Collinsville woman who was critically injured when she was struck by a MetroLink train Tuesday said she is helping care for her daughter at a St. Louis hospital and wants police to ...

Crews are working to clear a CSX freight train derailment in Harvey, Illinois, early Friday morning. A CSX spokesperson said around 4:215 a.m., 17 train cars derailed near 140th and Spaulding Avenue.