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DECATUR PARK DISTRICT RECEIVES NATIONAL GOLD MEDAL AWARD
The Decatur Park District received the National Gold Medal Award for Excellence in Park and Recreation Management by the National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) and the American Academy of Parks and Recreation Administration (AAPRA). The award was presented during the 2020 NRPA Annual Conference: A Virtual Experience. The 2020 Gold Medal Grand…
Read MoreCITY BEAT: IT WILL ALL BE OVER NEXT TUESDAY — OR WILL IT?
It’s been a crazy, exhausting election year but it should all come to an end next Tuesday night, Nov. 3 — or will it? Considering everything that has happened in the Presidential campaign this year, it is almost too much to expect the controversy surrounding both candidates and their parties, to end once…
Read MoreEVERY BOWL COUNTS AT THE GOOD SAMARITAN INN’S DRIVE-THRU EMPTY CHILI BOWL EVENT
Hunger doesn’t stop in a pandemic – it increases. New reports from Feeding America in conjunction with the University of Illinois project that as many as 17 million more Americans could be food insecure in the upcoming year, including 1 in 4 children. Since COVID-19 hit, the Good Samaritan Inn’s staff makes sure anyone…
Read MoreCITY APPROVES NEW ELECTRIC SUPPLY AGREEMENT WITH HOMEWOOD ENERGY
At the last City Council meeting, the City of Decatur Mayor and City Council approved a new electric supply agreement with Homefield Energy for all residential and small commercial electrical accounts within Decatur. Decatur secured a rate of 4.525 cents Kwh versus the current Ameren rate of 5.34 cents Kwh. This represents nearly…
Read MoreOSBORNE’S CITY BEAT: ED CULP BECOMES FIRST OFFICIAL CHALLENGER IN DECATUR CITY COUNCIL RACE
By Paul Osborne Ed Culp, 52, retired Chief Deputy in the Macon County Sheriff’s Office, has announced that he is running for a four-year term on the Decatur City Council in the Spring election. Culp made the an-nouncement during a press conference at the Decatur Civic Center this afternoon. “After 28 years serving this…
Read MoreSOCIAL SECURITY ANNOUNCES 1.3 PERCENT BENEFIT INCREASE FOR 2021
Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 1.3 percent in 2021, the Social Security Administration announced today. The 1.3 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 64 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2021. Increased payments to more than 8 million…
Read MoreCITY OF DECATUR ISSUES LAKE DECATUR DOCK AND BOAT ADVISORY
DECATUR – Lake Decatur dock and boat owners are advised to check their docks and boats as necessary due to the lake level continuing to gradually decrease as a result of below normal rainfall over the past 2 months. Lake Decatur’s water elevation is 612.5 feet above mean sea level, which is 2 feet…
Read MoreCITY BEAT: ONCE AGAIN, WSOY COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE DISPLAYED THE CARING HEART OF AREA RESIDENTS
This has not been an easy year for our community, but the tremendously successful 19th Annual WSOY Community Food Drive last Friday spoke volumes about why the Decatur area is such a great place to live — we have so many people who care about others and are willing to help those going…
Read More19TH ANNUAL WSOY COMMUNITY FOOD DRIVE RAISES $600,000, EQUAL TO 3.2 MILLION POUNDS OF FOOD
Posted on nowdecatur.com by Lindsay Romano October 2, 2020 – At 6 pm, The 19th Annual WSOY Community Food Drive raised $600,000. Thanks to purchasing power through the Central Illinois Food Bank, which equates to 3.2 million pounds of food. Over 1.6 million pounds of food was raised in 2019, but due to COVID-19, the food…
Read MoreDECATUR TRADES & LABOR ASSEMBLY ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT
Decatur Trades & Labor Assembly, AFL-CIO, representing more than 13,000 union members and retirees in Macon County, has announced the election of Lamarcus Williams as their president. Williams is currently president of the United Steel Workers Local 193G employed at Fuyao Glass. He is an active union member and had previously served Decatur…
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