The Tyree family recently took advantage of our state’s eagerly anticipated annual sales tax holiday on school supplies, clothing and electronics.
Editor's Note: The following is the editorial that appeared in the Dec. 8, 1941, Decatur Herald and Decatur Review:
As much as I adore my garden, by the time fall rolls around part of me is grateful for the end of the growing season.
Nine-hundred-million slices of bacon. That would be enough for three slices for everyone in the United States, minus the vegans. And it is all going to be generated around the Chrisman area where Route 36 crosses the Indiana state line.
“Mr. President, thanks for the cash, it will help pay year-end bills. But the announcement that trade is being re-established with Mexico means even more. The cash is short term, but trade with a growing Mexican population is a long-term tool to help rebuild our struggling farm economy.”
Monsanto’s absorption into Bayer is now official. As with all corporate mergers and acquisitions, there is some bad that comes along with the good.
There were probably many U.S. Department of Agriculture political appointees and career civil service workers on the team that assembled the “trade aid” bail out announced by the White House last week for farmers.
There were probably many U.S. Department of Agriculture political appointees and career civil service workers on the team that assembled the “trade aid” bail out announced by the White House last week for farmers.
Agriculture is at center stage in White House political theatrics and the audience of farmers is finding out the script is unwritten and the actors are ad libbing their lines.
All kinds of people make up this great nation. Seniors, soldiers, individuals with disabilities and newlyweds — they are the workers, civic leaders, social workers and artistic creators of countless things and ideas that help us have better lives every day. All of our collective talents and …
Go ahead. Admit it.
Record heat can fuel fantasies of fleeing to the north.
For the tenure of the Trump administration, the media has been treated as the enemy; the enemy of the administration, and enemy of the people.
Since most Corn Belt farmers supported the presidential candidacy of Donald Trump, many are privately beginning to wonder how the global trade saga will end.
The Macon County History Museum on Saturday will host a program focusing on how railroads cost the Confederacy the Civil War.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker announces agreement between business and labor groups on a plan to erase $1.8 billion debt, generated by the wrenching COVID-19 pandemic, in the account that covers unemployment benefits.
The Herald & Review is introducing "In Search of Santa," a holiday feature series to draw attention to people whose lives illustrate the true meaning of Christmas. How to participate:
Browse Decatur and Macon County homes over 4,000 square feet in size.
The follow-up bill was scheduled for a Thursday committee hearing and it wasn’t clear if the amendment contained the bill’s final language or if more changes were coming.
The court reversed several contempt citations filed against DCFS Director Marc Smith for failing to comply with court orders to place state wards in appropriate settings.
The marker commemorates the day nearly 16 years ago when thousands came to see then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama announce his 2008 presidential bid from the Old State Capitol.
State wildlife officials suspect that bird flu killed at least 300 waterfowl recently found dead at public hunting sites across southern Illinois.
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A Weldon man is facing attempted murder charges in DeWitt County.
A 57-year-old man is in custody on murder charges in the death of a 41-year-old woman in Warrensburg, authorities said.
The Macon County coroner has identified the 41-year-old woman shot to death the night before Thanksgiving in Warrensburg.
The court-appointed trustee handling Decatur Celebration's bankruptcy case says he may need to hire expert help to probe accounts.
Logan County may yet receive four wind turbines previously struck from the proposed Pike Creek Wind Farm project as developers are given a new task: relocate them.
The follow-up bill was scheduled for a Thursday committee hearing and it wasn’t clear if the amendment contained the bill’s final language or if more changes were coming.
The court reversed several contempt citations filed against DCFS Director Marc Smith for failing to comply with court orders to place state wards in appropriate settings.
The marker commemorates the day nearly 16 years ago when thousands came to see then-U.S. Sen. Barack Obama announce his 2008 presidential bid from the Old State Capitol.