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On November 1, 2026, at approximately 2:25 am, officers with the Decatur Police Department responded to reports of shots fired and a gunshot victim at The Flashback Lounge in the 2200 block of East Wood Street. Upon arrival, officers located a 25-year-old male in the rear parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds. The ...

A Pana woman was arrested Tuesday night following an investigation into a threatening Facebook post directed at a Pana school administrator. According to the Pana Police Department, officers were notified around 4:18 p.m. Tuesday, November 3rd, by Pana Community Unit School District officials about an anonymous post on...

A Decatur woman is facing attempted murder charges after a stabbing near Oreana that left a 31-year-old man with life-threatening injuries. The Macon County Sheriff's Office says deputies were called to the 5,000 block of North Route 48 around 10:50 Tuesday morning. They found the man on the front porch of a residence ...

The Illinois Department of Transportation, Illinois State Police and local law enforcement agencies across the state are putting a heightened focus on impaired driving this Halloween, reminding the public about the "Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over" and "Drive High, Get a DUI" safety campaigns, which ...

Decatur firefighters battled two overnight house fires October 7-8. The first call came around 10:55 p.m. to 680 West Grand Avenue, where crews found heavy smoke and flames at the rear of the home, with fire through the garage roof and threatening the second floor. No injuries were reported. A second fire was reported ...

Decatur Police are investigating a shots-fired incident reported Monday morning near the city's west end. Officers were called to the area of Sawyer Street and Graceland Avenue at around 9:30 a.m. after reports of gunfire in the neighborhood. When police arrived, they blocked off roughly two city blocks as they began s...

Decatur Police are investigating an early Monday morning shooting that left two people injured. Officers were called to 16th and Lawrence around 1 a.m. for reports of shots fired. When they arrived, they found a vehicle hit by gunfire and a man in a nearby yard who had also been shot. Police say that man was taken to...

The Decatur Police are asking for your help in solving this week's Crime of the Week. On Friday, September 4, at about 11:30pm, Decatur Police Officers responded to a burglary in progress at a business located at 701 West Eldorado Street. Before police arrived, a white male suspect broke through the front plexiglass do...

Decatur police arrested one man after several fights broke out following Friday night's MacArthur varsity football game. Decatur Public Schools says the fights happened during and after the game. Officers with the Decatur Police Department and deputies from the Macon County Sheriff's Office responded to the scene to he...

The DeWitt County Coroner has identified the woman killed in last Thursday's two-vehicle crash on Illinois Route 10 as 68-year-old Ruth A. Cowser of DeLand. Cowser was pronounced dead at the scene around 10:15 p.m. August 20th. Officials say she died from blunt force trauma. The crash happened at Route 10 East and Plow...