You know that feeling when you realize you’ve been ignoring something wonderful that’s been right under your nose the whole time? That’s exactly what’s happening with Decatur, Illinois, a city that ...

Nearly 400 participants braved the cold for Decatur's 25th Polar Plunge Saturday. Participants took a dip in Lake Decatur ...

The ongoing drought means weeks of lake levels dropping across central Illinois, but the recent rain has been good news.

The family of Debra K. Farmer, a longtime volunteer with the LaVerna Evans PTO, has donated to the LaVerna Evans Elementary School library ...

Springfield Area Arts Council organizes the Poetry Out Loud Contest annually. Mark Turcotte, the Illinois Poet Laureate, visits to share how poetry is thriving because it's more than dead poets.

Wood River Public Library hosts free Toddler Tales ...

JCPL is a Family Search Affiliate library; this allows access to Family Search’s digital collections that are otherwise accessible only through a Family Search Center. There are also a variety of ...

Decatur Public Schools seniors can try out careers they're interested in to find out if it's really a good fit through the ...

Amanda Klousnitzer-Hutchens found her passion for reading as a kid in Naperville, and that’s led her to start a mobile bookstore.

The local Polar Plunge is a fundraiser for the Special Olympics Illinois Region I which has 18 Central Illinois counties.

The renovated and expanded Bloomington Public Library opened in 2024 after many years of planning. After finishing long planned renovations and restoring old programs after the pandemic, the ...