Pavilion at Cresthaven Park in Decatur, Illinois. August 13, 2026.
Doug Wolfe
The Decatur Park District is in line to receive hundreds of thousands of dollars for improvements to a northside park.
The Middle Fork River remains threatened by toxic coal ash from the shuttered Vermilion Power Station.
The Decatur Park District unveiled a revitalized Garfield Park on Tuesday. It was a $1.5 million project turning the aging park into a modern facility.
The organization told WAND News it needs $750,000 to continue operations through next June.
Boys & Girls Club of Decatur, Illinois. August 10, 2026.
The amendment was defeated when every Republican on the Senate Agriculture Committee voted against it.
A building on the Farmer City square is being renovated into a new grocery store, with the total price running around $320,000.
The Mahomet–Seymour School Board unanimously approved an $84 million bond referendum on Monday night, which would allow construction of a new school without raising the tax rate.