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

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

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.

The federal Transportation Department says more than 550 commercial driving schools in the U.S. that train truckers and bus drivers must close after investigators found they employed unqualified ...

In the heart of the Prairie State sits a place where the American Dream hasn’t been priced into fantasy territory. Decatur, Illinois might be the last bastion of truly affordable homeownership in a ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Saturday was the 20th annual Model Train and Craft Show at the Charleston Coliseum. The best Presidents' Day sales on home ...

The Decatur High School Jazz I Band has been selected as one of just five Seattle-area high school jazz bands to perform at the 29th annual Starbucks Hot Java Cool Jazz at the Paramount Theatre at 7 p ...

Arlington Heights leaders and residents plan to rally Wednesday for Illinois lawmakers to fight off a bid from Indiana to ...

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 ...