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Central A&M rallies around 3 students hurt in ATV accident

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

 

Here is the pothole forecast: It looks rough out there

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.

 

Five at 5: ADM defends involvement in airport service decision and 4 other stories you should see

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.

 

Documents: ADM defends involvement in Decatur air service decision

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.

 

North to freedom on Illinois’ Underground Railroad

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

 

Car flipped on its roof in Decatur accident

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.

 

Calendar: See Macon County government meetings for Jan. 22-26

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

 

Democrats, GOP dodge blame for shutdown

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-Latham community rallies around couple with cancer

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.

 

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