Decatur is getting a baseball team, and they’ll be called the Bean Ballers. It’s a reference to the city’s long history with ...

But the building is most likely recognized for Staley Fellowship Club, created by A.E. Staley, who brought his starch company to Decatur in 1909. The organization was created to give employees a ...

Representing Decatur in such sister Midwestern cities as Akron, Rock Island, Dayton and Canton, the team went 10-1-2. The Staleys' first game Oct. 3, 1920, was a 20-0 win over the Moline Universal ...

NEW YORK — Decatur will be honored as one of the eight "original towns" during the National Football League's 100th anniversary. The Chicago Bears were founded in 1919 as the Decatur Staleys by A.E.