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DECATUR — It's not easy to fight the longstanding cultural stigma surrounding mental illness, especially in the African-American community, but the first step is talking about it, mental health and social services leaders said Thursday.

A refinery outage Wednesday in Roxana is predicted to affect gasoline prices throughout much of Illinois by as much as 20 cents a gallon.

ROXANA — Gas prices could jump as much as 20 cents per gallon today and Friday after the Illinois Emergency Management Agency reported a "flaring event" Wednesday at a refinery in Roxana, according to a GasBuddy alert.

The women's team and several local Special Olympic groups had fun during a basketball skills drill Wednesday in the Griswold Gym on the campus of Millikin University.

City officials and organizers of the Decatur Celebration say they will find ways to cut costs associated with the 33-year-old event's reliance on city services. The commitment was unclear in the story "Celebration fence gets council OK" in Wednesday's Herald…

The Herald & Review has set a list of goals to accomplish in 2018.

Aldi is building a new store on Decatur's north side, but signs proclaiming the new location showed up on the wrong side of Martin Luther King Jr. Drive recently.

The Maroa Fire Department also assisted Macon County sheriff's deputies at the scene of a two-vehicle crash on U.S. 51 at Wise Road on Tuesday morning. The department was omitted in "2 injured in crash on U.S. 51" on page…

WASHINGTON — Five officers involved in two Navy ship collisions last year that killed a total of 17 sailors, including 23-year-old Logan Palmer of Harristown, are being charged with negligent homicide, the Navy said Tuesday.