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DECATUR — For nearly two hours, the scene along Oakland Avenue was somber, but filled with conversation among those who gathered to pay their respects for fallen police officer Chris Oberheim upon his final return home. But the crowds grew silent as the first sign of the procession appeared over the slight hill on the north end of the roadway.   Champaign Police Officer Chris Oberheim One of those standing across the street from Graceland Fairlawn Funeral Home was Adam DeJaynes, who ...

In this 2018 file photo, road work is performed along U.S. Business 51 near the Maryland Heights Road intersection. JIM BOWLING, HERALD & REVIEW DECATUR — The future of Business Route 51 between Pershing Road and Eldorado Street tops the Decatur City Councils agenda Monday.  City staff will seek input from council members on what improvements they would like to see to the dilapidated stretch of pavement, which is due for a facelift from the Illinois Department of Transportat...

Zanesville Metropolitan Housing Authority and U.S. Rep. Troy Balderson announced a grant to add video monitoring, other security at Maple Terrace Apartments

Man charged in machete attack near City Hall homeless camp in downtown KCMO EW Scripps and last updated 2021-04-07 19:38:43-04 KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An argument at the homeless camp outside City Hall in downtown Kansas City, Missouri, ended with The attack happened just before 10 p.m. on Monday near East 11th and Oak Streets about a block from City Hall. KCPD officers followed a blood trail several blocks south to Pershing Road and Grand Boulevard, but were unable to locate a victim, accordi...

Noon update DECATUR — Joni Knierim and Michael Grossman assisted voters at the Decatur Indoor Sports Center on Tuesday. By noon with approximately 80 votes handed in, the election judges were able to confirm Macon County Clerk Josh Tanners prediction for a steady stream of voters around lunch time. "This is about average for this time of day," Grossman said about the four midday voters. "But its a puny turnout," said election judge Bob Lewis. The judges expected more voters throughout the ...

Noon update DECATUR — Joni Knierim and Michael Grossman assisted voters at the Decatur Indoor Sports Center on Tuesday. By noon with approximately 80 votes handed in, the election judges were able to confirm Macon County Clerk Josh Tanners prediction for a steady stream of voters around lunch time. "This is about average for this time of day," Grossman said about the four midday voters. "But its a puny turnout," said election judge Bob Lewis. The judges expected more voters throughout the ...

Waukegan Research Paper 563 Words3 Pages Waukegan is one of the oldest communities in Illinois. Waukegan began as Potawatomie Indian settlement, Little Fort, and a French trading post. In 1829 the Potawatomie Indians ceded their land to the federal government in 1829. Between 1844 and 1846, the population grew from 150 to 750 people and then became incorporated in 1859 when the population rose to 2,500. On March 31, 1849 Little Fort changed its name to Waukegan, the Potawatomie word for “f...

Preservation Chicago called on the city and the Chicago Park District to seek a national park designation for Chicago's entire lakefront, which topped the group's new list of Chicago's most endangered historic places.

The historic Phyllis Wheatley Club and Home at 5128 S. Michigan Ave., an early 20th century settlement house established by suffragettes in the early 1900s, to aid African-American women coming from Down South during the Great Migration, made Preservation Chicago’s list of the city’s “7 Most Endangered Buildings” on Thursday. Supporters are fighting to save the home that’s poised to be torn down. Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times The Phyllis Wheatley Club and Home, a historic settlement house...

A 27-year-old woman was carjacked Tuesday in McKinley Park on the South Side.