Decatur News

Although this weeks CITY council agenda was short on items, council members heard updates on this years Farm Progress Show and on the Decatur Public School Districts High School Task Force during two Council Study Sessions.

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Macon County was one of just 21 counties in Illinois to draw $100 million or more in tourism dollars last year, bringing in $107.48 million according to a recent tourism economic impact report from the State of Illinois.

Fighting The Flu - H1N1 vaccine questions and answers We are fighting the flu. Every day we are going to be devoting time on StormCenter 17 at 5:00 to answer your questions about H1N1 or the seasonal flu.

SBased on preliminary data in Illinois, the statewide average rainfall was 8.9 inches, 6.0 inches above normal.

Volunteers Attend Last 2009 Hearing, Urge ICC to Reject $162 Million Increase DECATUR, Ill., Nov.

The City of Decatur will hold a press conference to discuss the results of the Voluntary Severance Plan implemented earlier this year and plans for reorganization at 11 a.m. Friday, October 30 in the city council chamber of the Decatur Civic Center.

Garbage haulers will collect leaves, tree limbs and other yard waste from residents on regularly scheduled yard waste collection days as we move into the fall leaf and yard waste collection season.

Deputy Chief Todd Walker of the Decatur Police Department will be conducting a press conference at 11:00 this morning regarding a Decatur "police officer involved shooting" that occurred around 1:30 this morning.

The MAMI committee led by Chairman Shyam Benegal and trustees Yash Chopra, Jaya Bachchan, Amit Khanna, Shabana Azmi and Amol Palekar unveiled the line-up for the 11th annual Mumbai Film Festival , which consists of 200 films from 56 countries.

Three Illinois newspapers say they have filed a lawsuit against Logan County officials seeking search warrants and other documents, some pertaining to the deaths of 5 family members in the town of Beason.

Union employees and members from other Locals in District Council 4 Graphic Communications Conference of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters are conducting an informational picket that began at 8:00 AM today The picket is due to a labor dispute with Huston-Patterson, located in Decatur at William and Church streets.

Two air carriers are expected to start flying out of Illinois airports in Decatur, Marion and Quincy by the end of year.

Mumbai, Oct 20 : Academy Award winning director Steven Soderbergh's 'The Informant', a dark political comedy based on true events, will open 11th Mumbai Film Festival staring Oct 29, the festival committee members announced here.

The Greater Decatur Chamber of Commerces Small Business Executive Council and City Centre Decatur have announced that they will merge effective immediately.

The Macon County Health Department has received portions of their H1N1 injectable and nasal mist vaccine and will be holding clinics during the week of October 19th through the 23rd.

Last week, the final chapter of the citys direct involvement in saving the Decatur Conference Center and Hotel was written when the members of the city council voted to prepay the general obligation notes that were used to purchase the complex in 2007.

Evelyn Hood and Kevin Wilmot went searching, understanding that popular Decatur lore said African-American veterans of the Civil War were buried separately from others who fought at the time.

Millikin University President Douglas Zemke says he will retire at the end of 2010.

Dove and StormCenter 17 are collecting Coats for Kids. Kids that benefited from receiving a coat last year still need your help.