Welcome to Decatur, Illinois, the financial oasis sitting pretty in the heart of the Prairie State, where $1,400 a month isn’t a sentence to ramen noodles and basic cable.

About 40 miles east of Springfield, this central Illinois gem operates like it missed the memo about skyrocketing costs of ...

With lake levels low in Lake Decatur, the city of Decatur is offering cleanup assistance for anyone with lakeside properties.

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — It was standing room only as city council members voted six to one at Monday’s meeting in favor of letting Broadwing Energy construct a gas-fired, electricity and steam ...

While Louisiana's largest lake, the Toledo Bend Reservoir, spans 1,200 miles of shoreline, the state's deepest lake only spans 1,125 acres. Lake Peigneur is the deepest lake in Louisiana, with a depth ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - A 3-year-old boy died and a 73-year-old man is in critical condition following a house fire last week in Decatur. The Sangamon County Coroner confirmed Monday that the boy died ...

A judge ordered a Round Lake Beach couple detained until trial after hearing about months of abuse authorities said they directed at the woman’s son that amounted to what Lake County State’s Attorney ...

The lack of water in Lake Decatur is now so severe it looks like it has suddenly become a tidal waterway, and the ebbing tide ...

Meet Daphne. Daphne is a year-old cat available for adoption at the Humane Society of Decatur and Macon County. Daphne does very well with other cats and is also very interested in dogs when they come ...

Back in 2014, singer-songwriter Lee Murdock released a song that asked the question: “What about the water?” The song is about the pollution in Lake Erie in the 1960s and ’70s. At that time, headlines ...

This guide shows how Google Maps can be used to identify overlooked magnet fishing locations, from bridges to waterways with historical activity. The focus is on research techniques, safety awareness, ...

The roughly 40 million Americans who get drinking water from wells are at particular risk when harmful forever chemicals contaminate the supply.