Prior to Sunday, the state's tornado total for the year was 128. At least five tornadoes have been confirmed across Illinois ...

A tornado caused significant damage to multiple homes in the Illinois community of Mount Zion, located about eight miles ...

A Tornado Watch was issued in most of central Illinois and some parts of Indiana on Sunday. The National Weather Service said ...

Two police officers and a suspect were shot early Wednesday during a traffic stop in the central Illinois city of Decatur, the city's police chief said. Decatur Police Chief Shane Brandel said shots ...

The ISP's Illinois Trafficking Enforcement Group (ITEG) eventually learned that the woman had been abused and sexually ...

Understand one thing before you go to Decatur: it’s a company town. True, there are four or five companies instead of just one, and some are owned by distant investors who have even less interest in ...

Decatur is a classic mid-western U.S. city situated on Lake Decatur, and with many historic brick buildings downtown. This city is the home of Millikin University and Richland Community College.

A.E. "Gene" Staley's successful corn manufacturing company in Decatur was already producing starch, glucose, sugar and syrup in 1919 when it added professional football to the assembly line. Staley, ...

DECATUR, Ill. (AP) — Two police officers conducting a traffic stop in a central Illinois city were shot and wounded early Wednesday by a suspect who died after officers returned fire, police said. The ...

On January 1, Illinois became the 11th state in the U.S. to legalize recreational marijuana, raking in nearly $3.2 million in revenue on the first day of sales. The legislation, enacted by the state’s ...

Two Illinois cities, Rockford and Decatur, are among the fastest-shrinking cities in the country, according to U.S. Census Bureau population estimates, part of an ongoing trend of Midwestern cities ...