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Decatur to brine freezing bridges with salt overnight
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Decatur to brine freezing bridges with salt overnight

  • Tristan Hardy
  • Updated Feb 4, 2020

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Salt truck drivers are focused on brining the city's overpasses and bridges Tuesday night.

Rape crisis center services at risk because of partial government shutdown
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Rape crisis center services at risk because of partial government shutdown

  • "We have to be thinking forward."
  • Updated Jan 23, 2019

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) - The government has been partially shut down for 32 days. It is the longest government shutdown and U.S. history.

Effingham candidate for mayor claims city doesn't recognize MLK Day
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Effingham candidate for mayor claims city doesn't recognize MLK Day

  • "I think it's a serious mistake."
  • Updated Jan 18, 2019

EFFINGHAM, IL (WAND) - Scott Ealy, a local attorney who's running for mayor, said the city of Effingham doesn't recognize Martin Luther King D…

Decatur Food Pantry offering help to federal workers
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Decatur Food Pantry offering help to federal workers

  • Updated Jan 16, 2019

DECATUR, IL (WAND) - Illinois senator, Richard Durbin, recently gave his remarks to the partial government shutdown. He said more than 8,000 f…

Big Brothers Big Sisters in Central Illinois looking for more 'Bigs'
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Big Brothers Big Sisters in Central Illinois looking for more 'Bigs'

  • Tristan Hardy
  • Updated Jan 9, 2019

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - January is known as National Mentoring Month.

Partial government shutdown could affect more than 8,000 Illinois federal workers
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Partial government shutdown could affect more than 8,000 Illinois federal workers

  • A little more than half of federal employees won't get paid until the shutdown is over.
  • Updated Dec 25, 2018

SPRINGFIELD, IL (WAND) - Out of 800,000 federal employees. It is reported that a little more than half of them are called back to into work (e…

Less Americans see Christmas as a religious holiday
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Less Americans see Christmas as a religious holiday

  • Data shows U.S. Adults celebrate Christmas as a religious holiday.
  • Dec 24, 2018

DECATUR, IL (WAND) - Most Americans believe the religious aspect of Christmas is emphasized less, nowadays. Researchers call it a "shrinking m…

Troopers, police and deputies increasing patrols during holidays
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Troopers, police and deputies increasing patrols during holidays

  • Illinois State Police and nearly 200 local law enforcement agencies are working together.
  • Dec 20, 2018

DECATUR, IL (WAND) - During this holiday season, the Illinois Department of Transportation, State Police and 200 local law enforcement agencie…

Sullivan celebrates its first tree lighting ceremony
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Sullivan celebrates its first tree lighting ceremony

  • All inspired by teenager and Hallmark movies
  • Dec 14, 2018

SULLIVAN, IL (WAND) - People in Sullivan celebrated its first tree lighting ceremony. It all spurred by the idea of a teenager. A tree lightin…

Bomb threat emails sent across Central Illinois
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Bomb threat emails sent across Central Illinois

  • Emails containing bomb threats show up in Decatur and Urbana
  • Dec 13, 2018

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Illinois was one of 21 states where emailed bomb threats were sent Thursday.

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