DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Sitting off of El Dorado Street near downtown Decatur is a building stuffed to the brim with African American history. With pictures, statues and much much more, the African ...

The Decatur Police Department said 36-year-old Darkece T. Johnson was arrested Tuesday on charges of aggravated DUI causing ...

A man is now under arrest following the investigation into a hit-and-run crash in Decatur on Tuesday. Decatur Police reported ...

URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — For most of women’s gymnastics history, Black athletes didn’t see the same representation as other races. But that’s beginning to change — both on coaching staffs and on the mat ...

Lawmakers from several states are trying to woo the Bears away from Chicago. Arlington Heights in Illinois, Hammond, Gary, Portage in Indiana — and even Iowa have pitched stadium plans. Indiana Gov.

Record-setting crowd for Illini women's gymnastics. ... Hartleb hits another win milestone. ... Three high school girls' basketball teams to watch in sectional semifinal games tonight. .. Catching up ...

Rev. Jesse Jackson’s career as a civil rights leader and politician took him across the country and around the world, yet he remained close to Illinois.

The civil rights leader spent six decades fighting to support Black students and the schools that serve them through protests ...

Sean Grayson was convicted in October of second-degree murder in the shooting death of Sonya Massey, a Sangamon County woman, after a confrontation in her kitchen in July 2024.

Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson, who was convicted last year of shooting an unarmed woman, has begun serving his 20-year prison sentence with the Illinois Department of Correction ...

Illinois Department of Corrections confirmed Sean Grayson is in their custody but declined to disclose his whereabouts, ...