City Beat

         Driving on North Water or North Main streets between Eldorado and Pershing Road is not enjoyable. The condition of the two main arteries that run from the downtown area and beyond is deplorable. Now, motorists will have to wait until the middle of 2025, at the earliest, for needed improvements to be made…

       One of my favorite “Scrapbook” subjects is the railroad history of Decatur and especially the Wabash Depot.      Like the Transfer House that I wrote about in my “Viewpoint” column last week (another favorite subject) the Wabash Depot has a connection to my life all the way back to my childhood, when I rode the…

        • JUST AS we were going to press last week, two more candidates threw their hats into the candidate ring for Macon County Coroner.      Tiffany Hall and Jeffrey Kashefska notified me of their candidacies. You can read their comments on page 12 of this week’s print and online editions.      Hall and Kashefska join…

         I had to be at a location in Forsyth recently and, on the way back to Decatur, I decided to stop at the Arby’s that is located along Route 51 North. I opted to eat inside instead of going through the drive-through and, once I was seated in the south part of the…

     One of the most beautiful, ornate buildings in the downtown Decatur area is the former Hotel Orlando which today is Orlando Apartments.      The Orlando and the Millikin Court Building occupy the entire east side of the 100 block of South Water Street and, together, present an imposing “fortress” standing proudly in the city’s core area.…

         As most of you know I walk to the downtown post office about every day that it is open because we have a post office box there and we transact other postal business there even though this newspaper is mailed out of the Mound Road Post Office every Wednesday.      I have to admit…

           • AGE IS becoming a factor in the public’s view, not only of the presidency, but regarding members of Congress. More and more media writers, left and right, are focusing more and more on the “age” issue. Today’s syndicated editorial cartoon on page 2 is about age, and Dr. Glenn Mollette writes…

             Former Decatur City Councilman Bill Faber uses his paid column on page 7 of this week’s print and online editions of the Decatur Tribune to focus some attention on another possible TIF District in Decatur. It is obvious that Bill takes a dim view of offering another TIF District as he…

         This week, in my “Scrapbook” feature on pages 4 and 5 of the print and online edition, I take another look at the Sept. 11, 2001 attack on America and the gathering we had in Central Park that day to join together and pray for our nation and the families who lost loved…

           It’s hard to believe that someone could buy a “Modern Home” out of a catalog in 1934 for $1,092.00 as indicated in  this week’s “Scrapbook” on pages 4 and 5 of the print edition.      Of course, that was for the materials to build the home, so, unless the homeowner could do all…