In celebration of Juneteenth, a parade will take place Saturday at 9 a.m. starting from downtown Decatur and ending at A.C. Banks Park, and a festival will be hosted by organization New Way ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nov. 15—With six weeks still to go in the year, the Decatur Historic Depot & Railroad Museum has broken its all-time annual ...

A group of Decatur High School students will help leave a permanent mark in downtown Decatur to make sure that a lesser-known chapter in Martin Luther King Jr.’s activism is not forgotten. The Georgia ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — If you’re interested in history, Decatur has something coming up this weekend that is right up your wheelhouse. The History of Heartland 7th Annual Historic Preservation Week is ...

Mercedes Ball stood behind a microphone in the back room of an antebellum house in Decatur last week, getting a little teary-eyed as she spoke. “I make a conscious effort not to be prideful about much ...

Late-19th-century residence highlights preservation of one of Decatur’s notable Victorian homes. DECATUR, IL, UNITED STATES, March 13, 2026 /EINPresswire.com ...

DECATUR -- With the closure of the Simmons plant, Decatur faced a serious dilemma. The town either had to grow with new housing, businesses and city services or become a part of neighboring cities.