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Residents and commuters traveling through northwestern Macon County may have noticed something different when they looked over at the newly erected wind farm west of Maroa.

Sheriff Howard Buffett is paying consultants to look over Macon County's jail and make recommendations to improve its mission. He thinks he may spend as much as $1.5 million before the process is complete.

DECATUR — The weather is a fickle partner for farmers, offering promise with spring rains for seeds, then dismay in the fall when unwelcome wetness keeps combines out of the fields during harvest. Macon County farmers have fared better than…

WINDSOR — A Shelby County woman won $1 million from a scratch-off lottery ticket, according to the Illinois Lottery.

DECATUR — Consultants privately paid for by new Macon County Sheriff Howard Buffett are expected to finish evaluating the county jail next week, the first step in potential upgrades for which Buffett said he is willing to spend more than…

DECATUR — A Millikin University teacher's recent allegations of sexual harassment have started an investigation into the director of a prominent Chicago-area theater company.

The state's first budget in three years has created problems for the city of Decatur's annual spending plan. The city will be receiving less income tax revenue than it had anticipated, City Manager Tim Gleason said.

The Navy report referenced in the editorial “Navy report depressing, important,” in the Our View section of Monday, Nov. 6, Dialogue, stemmed from an investigation of unrelated collisions involving the USS Fitzgerald and the USS John S. McCain. Petty Officer…