Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. DECATUR, Ill. (WCIA) — Book worms in Decatur might have to wait a little longer to read new releases. Staff at the Decatur Public ...

DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - The Decatur Public Library is getting over $95,000 in state funding. Secretary of State and State Librarian Jesse White has awarded FY18 Illinois Public Library Per Capita and ...

Professor Graybeard, whose real name is John Wicks, presented the Sensational Science Summer Show to Decatur-area families Monday as a finale to the Decatur Public Library’s Summer Reads program. Each ...

DECATUR – City officials extended an offer Thursday to buy the Decatur Public Library building, adding concrete terms to a previously expressed desire to own the facility.

The Decatur Public Library received $10,000 from the Carnegie Corporation of New York as part of a Carnegie Libraries 250 program celebrating the United States’ 250th anniversary.

On Monday, Feb. 2, 2026, at approximately 5:10 p.m., Decatur Police responded to a shooting at the Decatur Library. Officers located an adult male inside the library suffering from a gunshot wound.

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Police have apprehended the suspect accused of shooting a fellow patron at the downtown Decatur Library during an argument on Feb. 2. Medicus Brown, 44, of Decatur, was booked at the DeKalb County ...