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DECATUR — Both eastbound lanes of Pershing Road near Martin Luther King Jr. Drive were closed to traffic around 12:15 p.m. after an apparent three-vehicle collision Friday.

DECATUR — Radio personality Mia Tyus believes it's important for women to regularly step away from busy schedules and focus on themselves.

DECATUR — The time is right for ghosts and ghouls, for tales of darkness in the night.

Source: Illinois Department of Revenue real estate transfer declaration sheets were submitted with the deeds recorded in the Macon County Recorder's Office. Dollar amounts represents the net sale price. Documents processed in October.

PROJECTS IN DECATUR

DECATUR — As two candles were lit during Dove Inc.'s annual candlelighting ceremony Thursday, a sense of sorrow turned to hope as the evening went on.

DECATUR — The Macon County Board approved nearly $100,000 donated by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation to the sheriff’s office Thursday, its first meeting since Buffett was appointed sheriff.

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Illinois officials are cutting costs by putting violent prisoners in less-secure prisons, a driver behind a 51 percent increase in inmate assaults over two years, a state employee union said Thursday.