A Decatur family’s food truck caught on fire and was destroyed Thursday, one day before its scheduled Independence Day grand ...

There are plenty of activities to take part in this weekend as we celebrate the 250th anniversary of America’s independence.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) — July is National Ice Cream Month, and with central Illinois in the grip of summer heat, many families are searching for a way to cool off. In Decatur, one local ice cream shop ...

Steven and Amanda Hancock spent three days painting their entire front lawn to resemble the American flag. They turned the ...

Decatur will have plenty of reasons to celebrate the Fourth of July with the 60th anniversary of a revived Spirit of America ...

Tom Potter and Cathi Cooper were among hundreds of persons in a candle-lighting ceremony Sunday night midway through the Decatur Jaycees' fireworks display at Nelson Park. A ...

A suspect was arrested in Decatur on Thursday after police responded to a possible home invasion. Lieutenant Ben Massey told ...

Dreams don’t have to be expensive, though modern life often tries to convince us otherwise. Decatur, Illinois is where ...

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Food truck history runs deep in this town. In 1960, Mr. Manzella sold homemade pizzas out of his vehicle before opening Manzella’s Italian Patio in Champaign. Urbana’s The Yard on Broadway has Smith ...

Sometimes the best meals come from the most unexpected places. You drive past a small building with a hand-painted sign or a parking lot that has seen better days, and you almost keep going. But the ...

Hidden in Decatur is a 114-year-old family business known across the U.S. for exceptional meat. And once again, it's received a prestigious award from the Illinois Association of Meat Processors.