Community leaders in Decatur are hoping a new gun safety initiative can help prevent tragedy before it happens.

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — The Illinois State Police released on Thursday body camera footage of an officer-involved shooting in Decatur last month, just as prosecutors announced the officers involved ...

About three months after filing for bankruptcy, representatives for Hawthorne Race Course are alleging they are losing out on ...

Twenty things we've learned on recent episodes of the GTPS Insurance-powered News-Gazette Radio, from a Centennial teacher ...

Cities like Chicago, East St. Louis, and Rockford continue to rank among the most dangerous places in Illinois based on ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — A Decatur teenager will spend the next 25 years behind bars after taking a plea deal in a home ...

A man charged with first-degree murder for his role in a deadly Decatur shooting last month has been denied pretrial release.

On May 22nd, Decatur Police Detectives obtained an arrest warrant for 21-year-old Jarvis M. Smith Jr. for 1st Degree Murder for the shooting death of Deamontae ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — The Decatur Police Department held a press conference on Thursday to provide an update following last month’s officer-involved shooting. WCIA previously reported that officers ...

A 21-year-old was arrested in connection to a shooting in Decatur that left another man dead. 23-year-old Deamontae L. Weaver ...

An appeals court has thrown out the convictions against a Decatur woman for shooting videos and possessing pictures that ...

A DeKalb County jury found Donald Wooten, 27, guilty of trying to murder his pregnant girlfriend and their unborn child before leaving her in a Decatur park. Judge Tangela Barrie sentenced Wooten to ...