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ASSUMPTION — Raider Nation is circling the wagons around three middle schools students who were injured in an ATV accident in Assumption over the weekend.

DECATUR — The pothole forecast for the Decatur area sounds a lot like the winter weather forecast: It’s going to get worse before it gets better.

Archer Daniels Midland Co. said its involvement in lobbying for air service at Decatur Airport was not out of the ordinary in documents filed with the U.S. Department of Transportation.

DECATUR — Archer Daniels Midland Co. said there is nothing out of the ordinary about its involvement in lobbying for federally subsidized jet service at Decatur Airport, according to documents the company filed with the Department of Transportation.

Despite Illinois’ status as a free state, runaway slaves and free blacks did not find the state accommodating in its earliest days.

DECATUR -- A vehicle ended up flipped on its roof Sunday after an accident on North Martin Luther King Junior Drive near the intersection with the 600 block of East William Street.

Here is the week’s schedule of government meetings and other activities of interest to the public in Decatur and Macon County.

WASHINGTON — Hours after shuttering much of the federal government, feuding Democrats and Republicans in Congress spent Saturday dodging blame for a paralyzing standoff over immigration and showed few signs of progress on negotiations needed to end it.

WARRENSBURG — It's been said that some things in life are bigger than sports, and on Saturday, two of Warrensburg-Latham's youth basketball teams took that adage to heart by supporting a pair of their biggest fans.