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Herald & Review coat drive keeping kids warm for nearly 30 years

DECATUR — Enterprise School student Ayden Patrick was on a mission to find a versatile black coat. “I want something that is long enough,” he said.

 

Instagram favorites: Best H&R photos of 2017!

Do you follow Herald & Review on Instagram? We've compiled 12 beautiful pictures from our Instagram account in case you needed any more reason to give us a follow!

 

It's warm, but not a record

DECATUR -- Saturday’s weather may have been unseasonably warm for Christmas shopping, but it did not break any records. Central Illinois’ high temperature was only 54 degrees.

 

Officers turn out as tots shop with cops

DECATUR — Ten-year-old Shaveontae Covington was shopping at Target department store Saturday morning with Decatur Police Deputy Chief Jason Walker during Shop With a Cop. Although she was allowed to shop throughout the store, Shaveontae spent a great deal of…

 

IWU December grads get special send-off

BLOOMINGTON — December graduates at Illinois Wesleyan University don't get to participate in a formal commencement ceremony unless they return to campus in May. What they get instead has a more personal touch.

 

The best Decatur-area light displays? Right this way

DECATUR — Christmas lights are a family tradition for Dustin Pryde, who grew up in Harristown where his grandmother was on the board of trustees. The town hosted a Christmas light contest, and the trustees were the judges. Pryde would…

 

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