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DECATUR — "Fake news" is not an easy thing to push back against in the instant age of the internet, but news consumers and journalists should better equip themselves for the long upcoming fight against it, media experts said during…

DECATUR — Those interested in donating toward the NAACP Decatur Branch's planned trip to the March for Our Lives in Washington, DC., can do so through the the Community Foundation of Macon County.

As the medical community considers how much to prescribe opioids for pain management, a new study concludes they are no better for chronic pain than generic Tylenol or ibuprofen.

DECATUR — Heritage Behavioral Health Center will offer two free Mental Health First Aid training sessions at the Decatur Public Library on March 16 and May 11.

The University of Illinois men's basketball team lost a marquee player when freshman Mark Smith said he would be leaving the program.

On a city block leased for $1 from the city of Decatur, Crossing Healthcare will expand its prescription produce program with an orchard and a summer farmers market for the general public.

DECATUR — The National Center for Missing & Exploited Children is seeking help to find a Missouri teen who has been missing for a year and may be trying to travel to Decatur.

DECATUR — With just two weeks left before the March 20 primary election, Bob Daiber is touring the area to let people know there is a candidate from outside the Chicago area running for governor.

The Herald & Review will hold a panel discussion on journalism and the state of the media at 6 tonight in the Madden Auditorium at the Decatur Public Library.