Historian Cheryl Eichar Jett will speak at 1 p.m. March 10 at the Illinois State Museum in Springfield about the role of ...

March is Disability Awareness Month, and to celebrate the Greensburg Decatur County Chamber of Commerce is hosting an open house and a ribbon cutting at 11:30 a.m. today (Tuesday, March ...

Marry became the winningest coach in Michigan high school wrestling history over the weekend with 983 dual meet wins.

The Battle Creek Regional History Museum will host a presentation by author Maurice Imhoff on Feb. 28. Imhoff will discuss his new book, "The Story of the First Michigan Colored Regiment: Free Men Who ...

Dr. Charles E. Elliott, 72, and his wife Sherry, 68, live in the Todd House, a historic home in Old Decatur, and Elliott said his home fits into the Old Decatur community and so do he and his wife.

Mike Glenn is perhaps most widely known as a professional basketball player. Playing for the Atlanta Hawks from 1981 until 1985, he earned the nickname “Stinger” for his shooting accuracy. Glenn later ...

Back in 2014, singer-songwriter Lee Murdock released a song that asked the question: “What about the water?” The song is about the pollution in Lake Erie in the 1960s and ’70s. At that time, headlines ...

There is a different kind of energy surrounding Michigan Basketball as they head into tonight’s matchup against Northwestern (8:30 p.m. ET, BTN). For the first time in years, the conversation in Ann ...

January and February are the snowiest months in Southeast Michigan. It feels like we've already had our fair share of winter, but it isn't over yet. Out of the top 20 snowiest months on record, six ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Celebrating Black History Month in the Soy City. The African-American Cultural & Genealogical Society of Illinois Museum (AACGSM) announced its 2026 Black History Month events, ...

As Greek philosopher Heraclitus once said: If you do not expect the unexpected, you will not find it; for it is hard to be sought out and difficult.' Translated to the modern age, that tells us: ...

This month marks the 100th anniversary of Black History Month and Michigan is celebrating the occasion. The month recognizing Black Americans stems from the efforts of pioneering intellectual Carter G ...