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Per the agreement, employees will receive a 3.5% increase in their base salary next year and 4% in 2024.

Exchange of gunfire left one suspect dead and two officers wounded.

Police Chief said wounded officers part of team that has seized more than 60 illegal guns.

Two wounded Decatur police officers were part of a team that has seized more than 60 illegal guns since May, the citys police chief said.

Package paves the way for an Effingham-based concrete company to set up shop in the citys northeast side industrial corridor.

The Decatur City Council voted unanimously Monday to authorize a one-year pilot program that will increase service by operating four bus lines from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Sundays.

The Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police surveyed Illinois police departments, and among respondents, 60% said they are not fully staffed.

DECATUR — Over the concerns of a half-dozen African American community leaders and with its lone Black member absent, the Decatur City Council voted Tuesday to accept changes to the

City officials acknowledged that recruiting new officers is "increasingly challenging" and current officers are leaving the profession "sooner than expected."

See video and read a transcript of Decatur City Manager Scot Wrightons statement on gun violence in the city.