3+ hour ago   (104+ words) DECATUR, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) At approximately 9:10 a.m., the Decatur Fire Department was dispatched to 1628 N. Oakland Ave. for a report of a residential structure fire with an occupant possibly still inside. Upon arrival, firefighters encountered smoke and fire coming from the residence. The…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (222+ words) DECATUR, Ill. (WICS) - Decatur Mayor Julie Moore Wolfe will run for re-election in 2027. Moore Wolfe has been elected mayor three times and has served on the Decatur City Council since 2009. Mayor Moore Wolfe says she’s proud of the work she’s done…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (504+ words) DECATUR, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) - The Boys and Girls Club of Decatur announced their summer program for youth has been eliminated. The program officially ends tomorrow, but parents were only notified of this decision on Monday. Officials with the Decatur club said…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (247+ words) DECATUR, Ill. (WICS) - Decatur Fire Department crews, in collaboration with the Decatur Water Department, will be flushing and flow testing approximately 1,200 city fire hydrants during the month of April. This process is necessary to keep the city’s nearly 4,500 fire hydrants…...

4+ mon, 1+ week ago   (226+ words) DECATUR, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) - A Decatur man convicted of possessing child pornography of his own children, along with his wife, is seeking a change of venue and a new judge on additional charges he is facing. Lawyers for Doug Nichols filed…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (332+ words) DECATUR, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — The city of Decatur is looking ahead after approving a three-year revitalization plan aimed at boosting economic growth and strengthening neighborhoods. With more than 70,000 residents, city leaders say the goal is to grow Decatur while ensuring current…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (176+ words) DECATUR, Ill. (WICS/WRSP)— Police in Decatur have reopened an investigation into allegations involving a school district employee and a teenager. According to the Decatur Police Department, a school resource officer on March 27 received information indicating a 21-year-old female employee of…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (193+ words) NewsChannel20 82 year old Decatur man dies after a motor vehicle crash DECATUR, Ill (WICS) - The Sangamon County Coroner, Jim Allmon, can confirm the death of a 82 year-old Decatur man who was transported by EMS from a motor vehicle crash near the…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (169+ words) DECATUR, Ill. (WICS/WRSP)— A man has pleaded guilty after a deadly crash in Decatur in August 2025 that killed two people. Issaih K. Flagg, 37, was in court on April 1, 2026. Prosecutors updated the charges against him. He pleaded guilty to reckless homicide…...

4+ mon, 3+ week ago   (302+ words) NewsChannel20 (WICS) - At approximately 8:52 P.M the Decatur Fire Department responded to the 600 block of East Decatur St for multiple reports of a house on fire Callers also stated that the occupants had possibly jumped from the second story of the structure....