Mark McDonald visits the History Room at the Decatur Public Library Mark McDonald speaks with Becky Damptz, Head of Archives & Special Collections at the History Room in Decatur Public Library.

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - History of the Heartland is an organization that aims to gather stories and preserve history. "This week we had stained-glass stories where we visited four beautiful historic ...

DECATUR -- Decatur, nestled in the gentle hills of the extreme northwest corner of the state, has had its share of ups and downs -- ups such as the growth of the poultry industry in 1939 to downs like ...

When the Decatur 175th anniversary party was in the planning stage in 2004, somebody suggested it would be nice if Commodore Stephen Decatur could attend. John Biedler, the minister of the Unitarian ...