While the original Route 66 roadway is no longer in service, traveling along the historic route makes for the quintessential American road trip.
The Staley Pump House was once a fixture of Lake Decatur. What are your memories of the building?
Interstate 72 was proposed in the late 1960s for Central Illinois and was built in segments throughout the 1970s. Today, I-72 stretches 177 miles across Illinois from Hannibal to Champaign, carrying traffic past Decatur's north side.
We're taking a look back at Decatur and Macon County during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s.
You've probably crossed this 22nd Street bridge more than a few times in Decatur. A.E. Staley lent his name to a vast number of projects in Decatur, and this was another of his accomplishments.
Here are aerial photos of Decatur-area locations. Can you figure out where these are?
The Decatur Commodores were a professional minor league baseball team, nicknamed the "Commies" before that word became slang for communist, that played home games at Fans Field from the 1920s to 1974.
Decatur’s Transfer House is a work of art.
Linden. Emerson. Hershey. Let's look at the stories behind these roadway names.
The Prairie State is home to towns like Moonshine, Chicken Bristle, Gross, Sandwich, Hicks and many more...
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Decatur’s Transfer House is a work of art.
As the 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution went into effect in 1920, the banning of alcohol took hold. Prohibition lasted until 1933, when the amendment was appealed. Look at what it was like in Decatur >>>
Our readers posted on social media about memories of Joyland Amusement Park. Here are additional photos we found.
The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day March will be noon Monday, Jan. 17.
The Illinois State Museum is collecting items related to Route 66 for an upcoming exhibit.
Illinois has a colorful history, with connections to notorious mobsters, bandits and thieves since the territorial days through the Great Depression. Here are 20 outlaws and their stories:
Let's dig into the Herald & Review archives and look at these photos from the past.
It's an icon of Decatur. Here are seven factoids about the Central Park Transfer House.
Decatur Public Library's Local History Room will be featured on the public television program “Illinois Stories.”