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Director Jeff Mueller talks about the Oasis Day Center in Decatur

DECATUR — Brace yourself: The armadillos are coming, albeit slowly.

DECATUR — It seemed like any other traffic stop.

Sunday, Dec. 24

DECATUR — With snow falling and wind chills dipping into single digits, African-American Cultural and Genealogical Society Museum founder Evelyn Hood called another organizer of the annual Kwanzaa celebration on Friday.

Traditionally generous Americans may have less incentive to give to charitable causes next year when tax changes will make it less advantageous for many people to donate to charity in 2018, and it may be sparking a year-end stream of…

DECATUR — Health professionals have seen an uptick in influenza cases in the last two weeks in Central Illinois and across the country.

It's been cold, and it's now going to be downright dangerous this New Year's weekend with wind chills in negative territory and a scattering of snow to top it off.

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